Background
On May 3, 2007, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit issued opinions in two separate lawsuits. One case dealt with the
way BPA allocated the costs of its 2000 Residential Exchange Program (REP) Settlement Agreements with the region's Investor-Owned
Utilities (IOUs) in rates. Because of this ruling, BPA requested a stay in the final approval of its FY 2007-2009 power rates. BPA plans
to publish a new rate proposal through a WP-07 Supplemental Power Rate Case. The outcome of this rate case will affect FY 2009
rates only, but will also review the REP settlement benefits paid to IOUs and the REP benefits the IOUs would have received in the
absence of the REP settlements from FY 2002-2008.
FRN and Supporting Documents
BPA's proposed 2007 Supplemental Wholesale Power Rate Schedules and GRSPs, as well as the Section 7(b)(2) Legal
Interpretation and Section 7(b)(2) Implementation Methodology, incorporated by reference as a part of this Notice, are
available through the links below:
In conducting BPA's WP-07 Supplemental Proceeding, BPA will be reviewing its previous development of power rates in the
WP-02 Wholesale Power Rate Adjustment Proceeding. As a result, BPA will be citing the WP-02 administrative record during
the WP-07 Proceeding. In order access documents in the WP-02 administrative record, parties should go to
the BPA Secure Rate Case Website.
Resources
The links on the right go to individual elements of the rate case.
WP-07 Supplemental Final Record of Decision
BPA recently released the Final ROD for the WP-07 Supplemental Rate Case.
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Rate Cases
