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Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. Requests Filing of Rate Schedule FERC No. 426

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The Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. has submitted a document to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting the filing of Rate Schedule FERC No. 426, an agreement between Tri-State and San Isabel Electric Association, Inc. for a new 115 kV delivery point, the Ritchie Gulch Delivery Point. The agreement outlines the materials and services to be performed by Tri-State and San Isabel Electric Association, Inc. and addresses the allocation of cost responsibility and other obligations between the parties for the ownership, operational control, dispatch authority, maintenance, replacement, financial, and compliance responsibilities of specific delivery point-related transmission facilities.

Key Takeaways:

  • Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association, Inc. is a wholesale generation and transmission cooperative operating on a not-for-profit basis with its principal place of business in Westminster, Colorado.
  • The proposed agreement, Rate Schedule FERC No. 426, is between Tri-State and San Isabel Electric Association, Inc. for a new 115 kV delivery point, the Ritchie Gulch Delivery Point.
  • The agreement addresses the allocation of cost responsibility and other obligations between the parties for the ownership, operational control, dispatch authority, maintenance, replacement, financial, and compliance responsibilities of specific delivery point-related transmission facilities.
  • The agreement does not establish particular rates and does not cover the delivery or sale of wholesale power to Tri-State's Utility Members.
  • Tri-State requests that the Commission accept the Agreement, without suspension or condition, to become effective 60 days after the date of this filing.
  • Tri-State also respectfully seeks waiver of any of the cost support requirements of 18 C.F.R. § 35.12 that have not otherwise been addressed as part of this filing.
  • The Agreement has been electronically served on San Isabel Electric Association, Inc.

Statistics:

  • 115 kV delivery point: The new delivery point will operate at a voltage of 115 kV.
  • $0: The proposed agreement does not specify particular rates.
  • 60 days: Tri-State requests that the Commission accept the Agreement to become effective 60 days after the date of this filing.
  • 18 C.F.R. § 35.12: Tri-State seeks waiver of any of the cost support requirements of this section that have not otherwise been addressed as part of this filing.

Sources:

  • 16 U.S.C. § 824d (Federal Power Act)
  • 18 C.F.R. § 35.12 (Federal Energy Regulatory Commission regulations)
  • Tri-State Generation and Transmission Ass'n., 170 FERC P 61,224 (2020) (FERC order)
  • Sun Streams, LLC, Docket No. ER20-294-000 (2019) (FERC order)
  • Electronic Tariff Filings, Order No. 714, 124 FERC P 61,270 (2008) (FERC order)
  • COLO. REV. STAT. § 7-55-101, et seq. (Colorado Cooperative Act)

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