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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issues Delegated Order on Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's Rate Schedule Filing

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On August 19, 2025, Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) submitted an amendment to Rate Schedule FERC No. 8, titled Wholesale Electric Service Contract between Tri-State and Empire Electric Association, Inc. The filing was publicly noticed, and no protests or adverse comments were filed. Pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's regulations, notices of intervention, timely-filed motions to intervene, and any unopposed motions to intervene out-of-time filed before the issuance date of this order are granted. This action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, contract, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in the filed document(s).

Key Takeaways:

  • Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. submitted an amendment to Rate Schedule FERC No. 8 on August 19, 2025.
  • The filing was publicly noticed, and no protests or adverse comments were filed.
  • Pursuant to Rule 214, notices of intervention, timely-filed motions to intervene, and any unopposed motions to intervene out-of-time filed before the issuance date of this order are granted.
  • The action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification, or any rule, regulation, contract, or practice affecting such rate or service provided for in the filed document(s).
  • This order constitutes final agency action, and requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance.
  • The Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation - West, Amery S. Pore, issued the delegated order on October 14, 2025.
  • Tri-State requested that the filing be accepted effective August 19, 2025.
  • The filing was accepted based on the authority delegated to the Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation - West, under 18 C.F.R. § 375.307.
  • The filing includes Rate Schedule No. 8, Empire Electric, which is a wholesale electric service contract between Tri-State and Empire Electric Association, Inc.

Statistics:

  • 18 C.F.R. § 385.214 was cited in the delegated order as the basis for granting notices of intervention, timely-filed motions to intervene, and any unopposed motions to intervene out-of-time.
  • The delegated order was issued by Amery S. Pore, Director, Division of Electric Power Regulation - West, on October 14, 2025.
  • 18 C.F.R. § 35.11 was cited as the authority for accepting the filing effective August 19, 2025.
  • The filing was publicly noticed, and no protests or adverse comments were filed.
  • Requests for rehearing by the Commission may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance of this order, pursuant to 18 C.F.R. § 385.713.

Sources:

  • 18 C.F.R. § 375.307
  • 18 C.F.R. § 385.214
  • 18 C.F.R. § 35.11
  • 18 C.F.R. § 385.713
  • Cent. Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp., 60 FERC P 61,106, reh'g denied, 61 FERC P 61,089 (1992)
  • Sunflower Elec. Power Corp., 173 FERC P 61,054 (2020) (Danly, Comm'r, dissenting)

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