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WAPA

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)

The Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) markets hydroelectric power generated by federal dams and associated services to public entities in the Western United States.

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Official name: Western Area Power Administration
Display name: Western Area Power Administration (WAPA)
Short name: WAPA
Branch: Executive
Agency type: administration
Phone: 1-720-962-7000
Main address: P.O. Box 281213 Lakewood, CO 80228-8213

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Notice

Published March 27, 2026

91 FR 14838

2028 Resource Pool-Parker-Davis Project, Final Power Allocations

Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), a Federal Power Marketing Administration of the Department of Energy (DOE), announces its Parker-Davis Project (P-DP) final 2028 resource pool power allocations, developed under the requirements of the Final 2028 P-DP Power Marketing Plan. This notice also includes a summary of all comments received on WAPA's Proposed 2028 Resource Pool Allocations and WAPA's responses.

Starts April 27, 2026

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1-720-962-7000

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P.O. Box 281213 Lakewood, CO 80228-8213

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Notice

Published February 20, 2026

91 FR 8230

Collections From Central Valley Project Power Contractors To Carry Out the Restoration, Improvement and Acquisition of Environmental Habitat Provisions of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act of 1992

The collection procedures for the Sierra Nevada (SN) region have been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect. These collection procedures supersede those previously published in the Federal Register on April 16, 2003. The collection procedures remain unchanged but are being republished, for administrative purposes, to remove references to a specific Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) SN Power Marketing Plan (PMP).

Starts April 1, 2026

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Notice

Published January 26, 2026

91 FR 3182

Desert Southwest Region and Western Area Lower Colorado Balancing Authority-Rate Order No. WAPA-222

The Desert Southwest Region (DSW) of the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) proposes extending, without any changes, the existing balancing authority area and transmission provider services formula rates for Western Area Lower Colorado Balancing Authority (WALC) through September 30, 2031. The existing formula rates under Rate Schedules DSW-SD4 (Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch), DSW- RS4 (Reactive Supply and Voltage Control), DSW-FR4 (Regulation and Frequency Response), DSW-SPR4 (Spinning Reserve), DSW-SUR4 (Supplemental Reserves), DSW-EI4 (Energy Imbalance), DSW-GI2 (Generator Imbalance), DSW-TL1 (Transmission Losses), DSW-UUI (Unreserved Use Penalties), DSW-EIM1T (Administrative Service), DSW-EIM4T (Energy Imbalance Service), and DSW-EIM9T (Generator Imbalance Service) expire on September 30, 2026.

Comment by March 27, 2026

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Notice

Published January 26, 2026

91 FR 3177

Pacific Alternating Current Intertie Point-to-Point Transmission Service-Rate Order No. WAPA-211

The formula rates for the Sierra Nevada (SN) region Pacific Alternating Current Intertie (PACI) point-to-point transmission service have been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis (Provisional Formula Rates). These new formula rates supersede rates for short-term sales on the PACI, PACI-T4 REV, PACI-T5 REV and PACI DLAP-T6 (approved under Delegation Order No. S3-DEL-WAPA1-2023, Section 1.4.B). There are no changes from the existing formula rates for these services, and there are no material changes aside from updating the effective dates.

Starts April 1, 2026

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Notice

Published November 19, 2025

90 FR 52051

Boulder Canyon Project

The Deputy Secretary confirms, approves, and places into effect on a final basis the Western Area Power Administration (WAPA) Desert Southwest Region's (DSW) fiscal year (FY) 2026 base charge and rates for Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) electric service under Rate Schedule BCP-F11. The base charge is increasing 2.5 percent, from $74.3 million in FY 2025 to $76.2 million in FY 2026. This change is primarily due to a decrease in anticipated prior year carryover funds from FY 2025.

Starts October 1, 2025

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