# 2026-01330: Power Rates Stay Flat in Desert Southwest Through 2031

2026-01330, Desert Southwest Region and Western Area Lower Colorado Balancing Authority-Rate Order No. WAPA-222, is a Federal Register notice from Energy Department, Western Area Power Administration published 2026-01-26, effective 2026-10-01 (as of 2026-06-08).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01330
- As of: 2026-06-08
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2026-01330
- Title: Desert Southwest Region and Western Area Lower Colorado Balancing Authority-Rate Order No. WAPA-222
- Type: Notice
- Agencies: Energy Department; Western Area Power Administration
- Citation: 91 FR 3182
- Published: 2026-01-26
- Effective: 2026-10-01
- Comments close: 2026-03-27
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-08

## In one line

Power Rates Stay Flat in Desert Southwest Through 2031

## Summary

The Desert Southwest Region of the Western Area Power Administration is extending its current electricity service rates without any changes through September 30, 2031. This affects customers using balancing authority and transmission services in the Lower Colorado area, keeping costs steady for the next five years. The public can comment on this extension from January 26 to March 27, 2026.

## Abstract

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.

## Effects PRIA read

- Lower Colorado Rates Kept Unchanged: benefit, medium. If you are a customer using balancing authority or transmission services in the Western Area Lower Colorado (WALC) area, the Desert Southwest Region proposes to keep the existing formula rates unchanged. The current rates expire September 30, 2026, and the proposal would extend those same rates fro…

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## Sources
- [2026-01330 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2026/01/26/2026-01330/desert-southwest-region-and-western-area-lower-colorado-balancing-authority-rate-order-no-wapa-222)
- [2026-01330 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2026-01-26/pdf/2026-01330.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2026-01330 (as of 2026-06-08).