Intertie Access Policy of the Bonneville Power Administration: Oversight Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Water and Power Resources of the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, House of Representatives, One Hundredth Congress, First Session, on Intertie Access Policy of the Bonneville Power Administration, Hearing Held in Washington, DC.U.S. Government Printing Office, 1988 - Electric power transmission |
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Page 238 - Interior, who shall transmit and dispose of such power and energy in such manner as to encourage the most widespread use thereof at the lowest possible rates to consumers consistent with sound business principles, the rate schedules to liecoine effective upon confirmation and approval by the Federal Power Commission.
Page 419 - UDALL, from the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, submitted the following REPORT...
Page 656 - Administration is responsible for energy conservation, renewable resource development, and fish and wildlife enhancement under the provisions of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act of 1980 (16 USC 839 note).
Page 793 - Hearings before the Subcommittee on Energy and Power of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce and the Subcommittee on Crime of the House Commerce on the Judiciary, 96th Cong., 1st Sess.
Page 419 - The Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, to whom was referred the bill (HR...
Page 276 - California were we to lose the 20% of the energy which, on a day to day basis, is produced from the nuclear facilities owned by Pacific Gas & Electric, Southern California Edison, San Diego Gas and Electric and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Yet our experience with nuclear energy has not been a happy one. In addition to high cost, I will identify "three S factors" that plague the industry in my state and cloud its future.
Page 782 - ... any Federal transmission lines interconnecting the Pacific Northwest with another marketing area is made available for wheeling nonFederal energy. Federal energy and downstream power benefits to which Canada would be entitled under the proposed treaty would have priority to the use of Federal lines. Wheeling agreements on either an excess capacity basis or a firm basis are authorized. However, if the wheeling agreement is on a firm basis, the existence of excess capacity will be determined and...
Page 582 - ... wheel. In determining the existence of capacity excess to the needs of the Government, Federal needs reasonably foreseeable may be included, but the Secretary may not decline to enter into a wheeling agreement merely because he may have energy available for sale to serve the same load. The Secretary may enter into agreements for the wheeling of energy generated in Canada, but such energy stands on the same basis as any other non-Federal energy. It does not have the priority granted to Federal...
Page 373 - ... power subject to the Commission's jurisdiction under Part II of the Federal Power Act from public utilities to the Administrator of the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) at the average system cost (ASC) of that utility's resources (electric power generation by the utility) pursuant to section 5(c) of the Pacific Northwest Electric Power Planning and Conservation Act, 16 USC 830839h. The ASC is determined by BPA in accordance with 18 CFR part 301. (b) Effectiveness of rates. (1) During the...
Page 104 - ... Manager Power for the Department of Water and Power of the City of Los Angeles (Los Angeles) . Los Angeles is a fully integrated municipal utility, with complete generation, transmission and distribution facilities, organized and existing to provide electric service to a population of more than 3.1 million people within the geographical boundaries of the City of Los Angeles. I appreciate this opportunity to appear before you and present my views on the Intertie Access and Ratemaking policies...