Legal Status This site displays a prototype of a “Web 2.0” version of the daily
Federal Register. It is not an official legal edition of the Federal
Register, and does not replace the official print version or the official
electronic version on GPO’s govinfo.gov.

The documents posted on this site are XML renditions of published Federal
Register documents. Each document posted on the site includes a link to the
corresponding official PDF file on govinfo.gov. This prototype edition of the
daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov will remain an unofficial
informational resource until the Administrative Committee of the Federal
Register (ACFR) issues a regulation granting it official legal status.
For complete information about, and access to, our official publications
and services, go to About the Federal Register on NARA's archives.gov.

The OFR/GPO partnership is committed to presenting accurate and reliable
regulatory information on FederalRegister.gov with the objective of
establishing the XML-based Federal Register as an ACFR-sanctioned
publication in the future. While every effort has been made to ensure that
the material on FederalRegister.gov is accurately displayed, consistent with
the official SGML-based PDF version on govinfo.gov, those relying on it for
legal research should verify their results against an official edition of
the Federal Register. Until the ACFR grants it official status, the XML
rendition of the daily Federal Register on FederalRegister.gov does not
provide legal notice to the public or judicial notice to the courts.

Legal Status

Notice

Robert D. Willis Power Rate

A Notice by the Southwestern Power Administration on 05/16/2025

• 1.

1.

• Document Details Published Content - Document Details Agencies Department of Energy Southwestern Power Administration Document Citation 90 FR 21029 Document Number 2025-08740 Document Type Notice Pages 21029-21030
  (2 pages) Publication Date 05/16/2025 Published Content - Document Details

• PDF Official Content

  • View printed version (PDF) Official Content

• Document Details Published Content - Document Details Agencies Department of Energy Southwestern Power Administration Document Citation 90 FR 21029 Document Number 2025-08740 Document Type Notice Pages 21029-21030
  (2 pages) Publication Date 05/16/2025 Published Content - Document Details

• Document Dates Published Content - Document Dates Comments Close 06/16/2025 Dates Text A consultation and comment period will begin May 16, 2025 and end June 16, 2025. Written comments are due on or before June 16, 2025. Published Content - Document Dates

• Table of Contents Enhanced Content - Table of Contents This table of contents is a navigational tool, processed from the
  headings within the legal text of Federal Register documents.
  This repetition of headings to form internal navigation links
  has no substantive legal effect.

  • AGENCY:
  • ACTION:
  • SUMMARY:
  • DATES:
  • ADDRESSES:
  • FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
  • SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
  • Public Participation
  • Legal Authority
  • Availability of Information
  • Environmental Impact
  • Determination Under Executive Order 12866
  • Signing Authority
  • Footnotes Enhanced Content - Table of Contents

• Public Comments Enhanced Content - Public Comments Comments are no longer being accepted.
  See DATES for details.

Enhanced Content - Public Comments
- Regulations.gov Data Enhanced Content - Regulations.gov Data Additional information is not currently available for this document.

Enhanced Content - Regulations.gov Data

- Sharing Enhanced Content - Sharing Shorter Document URL https://www.federalregister.gov/d/2025-08740 Email Email this document to a friend Enhanced Content - Sharing

• Print Enhanced Content - Print
  • Print this document Enhanced Content - Print
• Document Statistics Enhanced Content - Document Statistics Document page views are updated periodically throughout the day and are cumulative counts for this document. Counts are subject to sampling, reprocessing and revision (up or down) throughout the day.

Page views 33
as of
03/14/2026 at 2:15 pm EDT Enhanced Content - Document Statistics
- Other Formats Enhanced Content - Other Formats This document is also available in the following formats:

JSON Normalized attributes and metadata XML Original full text XML MODS Government Publishing Office metadata More information and documentation can be found in our developer tools pages.

Enhanced Content - Other Formats
- Public Inspection Public Inspection This PDF is FR Doc. 2025-08740 as it appeared on Public Inspection on
05/15/2025 at 8:45 am.

It was viewed
1
times while on Public Inspection.

If you are using public inspection listings for legal research, you
should verify the contents of the documents against a final, official
edition of the Federal Register. Only official editions of the
Federal Register provide legal notice of publication to the public and judicial notice
to the courts under 44 U.S.C. 1503 & 1507. Learn more here.

Public Inspection
Published Document: 2025-08740 (90 FR 21029) This document has been published in the Federal Register. Use the PDF linked in the document sidebar for the official electronic format.

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain
the following:

1. the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document
2. the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to
3. the agency docket number / agency internal file number
4. the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details.

Department of Energy

Southwestern Power Administration

AGENCY:

Southwestern Power Administration, DOE.

ACTION:

Notice of proposed rate.

SUMMARY:

Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) proposes to revise the existing Robert Douglas Willis Hydropower Project (Robert D. Willis) Rate Schedule to increase annual revenues by 28.6% from $1,282,836 to $1,650,648 effective August 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027. Interested persons may review the proposed rate and supporting studies on Southwestern's website and submit comments. Southwestern will evaluate all comments received in this process.

DATES:

A consultation and comment period will begin May 16, 2025 and end June 16, 2025. Written comments are due on or before June 16, 2025.

ADDRESSES:

Written comments should be submitted to: Fritha Ohlson, Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, Office of Corporate Operations, Southwestern Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 6655 S Lewis Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136 or emailed to swparates@swpa.gov. Commenters should identify themselves and the entity which they represent and clearly state which proposed rate they are providing comments on.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ashley Corker, Director, Division of Resources and Rates, Southwestern Power Administration, U.S. Department of Energy, 6655 S Lewis Ave., Tulsa, Oklahoma 74136, (918) 595-6682, ashley.corker@swpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

On December 17, 2015, in Rate Order No. SWPA-70, the Deputy Secretary of Energy placed into effect the current Robert D. Willis rate schedule (RDW-15) on an interim basis for the period January 1, 2016, to September 30, 2019. FERC confirmed and approved RDW-15 on a final basis on June 15, 2016, for a period ending September 30, 2019. On September 22, 2019, in Rate Order No. SWPA-76, the Assistant Secretary for Electricity extended RDW-15 for two years, for the period of October 1, 2019, through September 30, 2021. On August 30, 2021, in Rate Order No. SWPA-79, the Administrator, Southwestern, extended RDW-15 for two years, for the period of October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2023. On September 25, 2023, the Administrator, Southwestern, extended RDW-15 on a temporary basis through September 30, 2024. On September 13, 2024, the Administrator, Southwestern, extended RDW-15 on a temporary basis through September 30, 2025, unless superseded.

Guidelines for preparation of power repayment studies are included in DOE Order No. RA 6120.2 entitled Power Marketing Administration Financial Reporting. Following these guidelines, Southwestern prepared a 2023 Current Power Repayment Study using the existing Robert D. Willis Rate Schedule. This study indicates that Southwestern's legal requirement to repay the investment in the power generating facility for power and energy marketed by Southwestern will not be met without an increase in revenues. The need for increased revenues is primarily due to increased operations and maintenance costs and increased costs associated with existing investments and replacements in the Corps hydroelectric generating facility.

Southwestern prepared a 2023 Revised Power Repayment Study to address the revenue shortfall and inform development of the proposed rate schedule. The 2023 Revised Power Repayment Study indicates that the proposed Rate Schedule will increase annual revenues approximately 28.6% from $1,282,836 to $1,650,648 and be effective from August 1, 2025, through September 30, 2027.

Southwestern will continue to perform its Power Repayment Studies annually, and if the results of any future Power Repayment Studies indicate the need for a change in revenues, Southwestern will proceed with appropriate action at that time.

Public Participation

Procedures for public participation in power and transmission rate adjustments of the Power Marketing Administrations are found at title 10, part 903, subpart A of the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR part 903). The proposed action is a minor rate adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR 903.2(e). In accordance with 10 CFR 903.14, the public consultation and comment period is 30 days. Southwestern will review and consider all timely public comments at the conclusion of the consultation and comment period and adjust the proposal as appropriate. The Robert D. Willis ( printed page 21030) Rate Schedule will then be approved on an interim basis.

Legal Authority

By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-RATES-2016, effective November 19, 2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) the authority to develop power and transmission rates to Southwestern's Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, or to remand or disapprove such rates, to FERC. By Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2024, effective August 30, 2024, the Secretary of Energy also delegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Under Secretary for Infrastructure. By Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-SWPA1-2023, effective April 10, 2023, the Under Secretary for Infrastructure redelegated the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Administrator, Southwestern.

Availability of Information

The 2023 Robert D. Willis Power Repayment Studies and the proposed Robert D. Willis Rate Schedule are available on Southwestern's website at: https://www.energy.gov/​swpa/​rate-schedule-actions. At the conclusion of the consultation and comment period, Southwestern will post all comments received at the same website location.

Environmental Impact

Southwestern is in the process of determining whether an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement should be prepared or if this action can be categorically excluded from those requirements. [1 ]

Determination Under Executive Order 12866

Southwestern has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice by the Office of Management and Budget is required.

Signing Authority

This document of the Department of Energy was signed on May 12, 2025, by Marshall Boyken, Acting Administrator for Southwestern Power Administration, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That delegated authority document, with the original signature and date, is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of DOE. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register.

Signed in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2025.

Treena V. Garrett,

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.

Footnotes

1.

                     In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended, [42 U.S.C. 4321-4347](https://www.govinfo.gov/link/uscode/42/4321); the Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing NEPA ([40 CFR parts 1500-1508](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-40/part-1500)); and DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures and Guidelines ([10 CFR part 1021](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-10/part-1021)).

Back to Citation [FR Doc. 2025-08740 Filed 5-15-25; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

Published Document: 2025-08740 (90 FR 21029)