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FAQs: Composite Rates

Q: What were the composite and agency average rates for Western wholesale power and transmission in FYs 2002-2004?

A: The Western-wide average power rate for FY 2004 was 17.68 mills/kilowatthour; the average firm transmission rate was $1.53/kilowatt-month. The following tables detail these rates by project.

Firm Composite Rates

REGIONAL OFFICE	PROJECT 1	FY 2002 FIRM COMPOSITE RATE (MILLS/kWh)	FY 2003 FIRM COMPOSITE RATE (MILLS/kWh)	FY 2004 FIRM COMPOSITE RATE (MILLS/kWh)
Upper Great Plains	Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program-Eastern Division	14.23	14.23	16.04 2
Rocky Mountain	Loveland Area Projects 3	21.70	21.70	23.44 4
Desert Southwest	Boulder Canyon	10.32	11.16	12.91
Desert Southwest	Parker-Davis	5.04 5	5.89 5	8.02 5
Sierra Nevada	Central Valley	23.83	24.63	24.73
Sierra Nevada	Washoe	17.90	17.90	17.89 6
CRSP Management Center	Salt Lake City Area 7 Integrated Projects	17.57	20.72	20.72
Average 8		15.80	16.60	17.68

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1 Falcon-Amistad and Provo River costs are repaid annually by the power users as provided by contract without regard to energy availability. Billing is not based on a mills/kWh amount.

2 The firm composite rate for PSMBP-ED was increased to 16.04 mills effective February 1, 2004 .

3 LAP consists of PSMBP-WD and the Fryingpan-Arkansas Project.

4 The firm composite rate for LAP was increased to 23.44 mills effective February 1, 2004 .

5 Composite rate when transmission rate is included.

6 Sales from the Washoe Project are non-firm.

7 SLCA/IP consists of the Collbran, Rio Grande Projects and Colorado River Storage Projects.

8 Average calculation is total projects’ composite rate divided by total number of projects.

Firm Transmission Rate

REGIONAL OFFICE	PROJECT	FY 2002 FIRM TRANSMISSION RATE ($/kW-month)	FY 2003 FIRM TRANSMISSION RATE ($/kW-month)	FY 2004 FIRM TRANSMISSION RATE ($/kW-month)
Upper Great Plains	Integrated System 1	2.95 2	2.39 3	2.45 4
Rocky Mountain	Loveland Area Projects 5	2.89	2.88	2.68
Desert Southwest	Intertie 230/345-kV	1.00	1.00	1.00
	Intertie 500-kV	1.44	1.44	1.44
	Parker-Davis	1.08	1.08	1.08
Sierra Nevada	Central Valley	0.57 6	0.57 6	0.57 6
Sierra Nevada	California-Oregon Transmission Project	0.59 7	0.59 7	0.66 7
CRSP Management Center	Colorado River Storage Project	1.78 8	2.06 9	2.33 9
Average 10		1.54	1.50	1.53

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1 The Integrated Transmission System includes transmission facilities owned by Western’s Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program-Eastern Division, Basin Electric Power Cooperative and Heartland Consumers Power District.

2 Rate effective May 1, 2001 , through April 30, 2002 .

3 Rate effective May 1, 2002 , through April 30, 2003 .

4 Rate effective May 1, 2003 , through April 30, 2004 .

5 Formula rate provisions revised every October 1.

6 Reflects new rates effective April 1, 2001 , through December 31, 2004 . Formula rate allows for revisions to the rate on April 30 of each year.

7 Reflects new rates effective on April 1, 2001 , through December 31, 2004 . This formula rate has provisions to be revised on a seasonal basis.

8 Formula rate provisions to be revised every April 1.

9 Formula rate provisions to be revised every October 1.

10 Total of projects’ firm transmission rates divided by total number of projects.