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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Issues Delegated Order on Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association's Revised Agreement

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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued a delegated order on July 16, 2025, concerning the revised Balancing Authority Services Agreement between Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) and Western Area Power Administration, Rocky Mountain Region. The agreement was filed on May 22, 2025, and was accepted for filing, effective April 23, 2025, after no protests or adverse comments were filed. 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 documents.

Key Takeaways:

  • The FERC accepted the revised Balancing Authority Services Agreement between Tri-State and Western Area Power Administration, Rocky Mountain Region, filed on May 22, 2025.
  • The agreement was accepted for filing, effective April 23, 2025, after no protests or adverse comments were filed.
  • Pursuant to Rule 214 of the Commission's regulations (18 C.F.R. § 385.214), 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.
  • 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 documents.
  • The order constitutes final agency action, and 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.
  • The agreement is between Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) and Western Area Power Administration, Rocky Mountain Region.
  • Tri-State Genetic and Transmission Association, Inc. (Tri-State) filed a revised balancing authority services agreement between Tri-State and Western Area Power Administration, Rocky Mountain Region.

Statistics:

  • The agreement was filed on May 22, 2025.
  • The agreement was accepted for filing, effective April 23, 2025.
  • 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:

  • 1 Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc., Other Tariffs, Agreements, and Schedules, BA Agreement, Balancing Authority Services Agreement with WAPA-RMR (2.0.0).
  • 2 See 18 C.F.R. § 35.11; Cent. Hudson Gas & Elec. Corp., 60 FERC P 61,106, reh'g denied, 61 FERC P 61,089 (1992); but see Sunflower Elec. Power Corp., 173 FERC P 61,054 (2020) (Danly, Comm'r, dissenting).

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