FERC Accepts Revisions to NorthWestern Corporation's South Dakota Formula Rate Template

Strategic Insights -

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has accepted revisions to NorthWestern Corporation's South Dakota formula rate template as submitted by Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) on November 3, 2021, with amendments made on December 17, 2021. The revisions incorporate a revenue credit for the transmission revenue requirement received from base plan funded projects under Schedule 11 of SPP's Tariff. The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before November 24, 2021, and January 7, 2022, respectively. No protests or adverse comments were filed, and the action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification, or rule affecting the filed document(s).

Key Takeaways:

  • FERC accepted revisions to NorthWestern Corporation's South Dakota formula rate template submitted by Southwest Power Pool, Inc. on November 3, 2021, with amendments made on December 17, 2021.
  • The revisions incorporate a revenue credit for the transmission revenue requirement received from base plan funded projects under Schedule 11 of SPP's Tariff.
  • The filing was publicly noticed, with interventions and protests due on or before November 24, 2021, and January 7, 2022, respectively.
  • No protests or adverse comments were filed.
  • The action does not constitute approval of any service, rate, charge, classification, or rule affecting the filed document(s).
  • The order constitutes final agency action, and requests for rehearing may be filed within 30 days of the date of issuance.
  • FERC granted notices of intervention, timely-filed motions to intervene, and unopposed motions to intervene out-of-time filed before the issuance date of the order.

Statistics:

  • The revisions to NorthWestern Corporation's South Dakota formula rate template were submitted on November 3, 2021.
  • Amendments to the submission were made on December 17, 2021.
  • The filing was noticed on November 24, 2021.
  • Interventions and protests were due on or before November 24, 2021, and January 7, 2022, respectively.
  • No protests or adverse comments were filed.
  • The order was issued on January 21, 2022.

Sources:

  • Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Open Access Transmission Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1, Att. H Add. 27 NW Corp., Attachment H Addendum 27 (2021)
  • 18 C.F.R. § 375.307 (2021)
  • 18 C.F.R. § 385.214 (2021)
  • 18 C.F.R. § 385.713 (2021)