30-127. Uniform transmission voltage rate;
wholesale power rates; limitations
A. The uniform transmission voltage rate shall include proper components of cost
for power delivered over the sections of line designated under the provisions of section
30-126 at high voltage transmission levels, and power shall be sold at the uniform
transmission voltage rate for transmission voltage delivery at any point on such sections
of line. Power may be sold at the low voltage side of substations located on such
sections of line at rates covering the uniform transmission voltage rate plus proper
added cost components for low voltage delivery, and at locations served by extensions
from such sections of line at rates covering the uniform transmission voltage rate plus
proper added cost components for delivery over the extensions and related
facilities. The authority shall be under no obligation to construct or furnish any
substations or other facilities for delivery on the low voltage side or any extensions
from the main transmission lines.
B. The application of the uniform transmission voltage rate may from time to time
be extended to other sections of the main transmission lines and to sections of high
voltage transmission lines subsequently constructed when the application of the rate to
the other sections of line and subsequently constructed lines will not result in a
material increase in the rate, but no increase from this cause shall apply to or affect
the rates in existing contracts.
C. If electric power is purchased by the authority directly from facilities owned
and operated by the United States, an agency thereof, or other public or private sources,
at a cost to the authority not consistent with the uniform transmission voltage rate, the
rates for the power to purchasers from the authority shall be based upon the cost of
power to the authority together with all additional cost components pertinent thereto.
D. Wholesale power rates set forth in any power contract for sale of power by the
authority shall be limited as to modifications upward to the extent of variations in the
cost of power to the authority in its power purchase contracts, or variations in the
actual costs, including operating costs, to the authority of the facilities which shall
be specified in the power contract to be taken into account in determining costs.
E. Contracts or agreements for sale by the authority of electric power and energy
at wholesale shall recognize all applicable provisions of this chapter and may be
executed for such period as the authority deems necessary, but if such contracts or
agreements are made for a period exceeding twenty years they shall be made subject to
termination upon reasonable notice by the authority at any time after the initial twenty
year period.
F. No revenue bond issued by the authority, or agreement of the authority with
respect thereto, shall in any respect impair, modify or change the provisions of any
contract of the authority for the sale of electrical energy entered into pursuant to the
provisions of this chapter.
G. If secondary, dump, off-peak, or emergency energy becomes available to the
authority from Colorado river developments, or other public or private sources, it may be
purchased and resold by the authority to the extent of transmission facilities available,
at rates which will be adequate to cover the costs of delivering such energy, and under
terms and conditions suited to the uses which may be made of the energy.
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