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Administration, and the Western Area Power Administration, and opportunities for interested members of the public to participate in the development of such rates. These regulations supplement Delegation Order No. 0204-33 dated December 21, 1978, of the Secretary of Energy, effective January 1, 1979, which was published in the Federal Register on December 28, 197B (43 F.R. 60636), with respect to the actlvlties Of the Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy and the Power Marketing Administrators. (b) These regulations shall apply to all power and transmission rate adjustment proceedings for the four power marketing administrations which are commenced after December 31, 1980. Thus, for all new rate proceedings they supersede the informal practices followed by the Alaska and Southwestern Power Administrations and supersede the following published regulations only as they apply to rate adjustments: (1) for the Southeastern Power Administration, the "Procedure for Public Participation in the Formulation of Marketing Policy," 43 'F.R. 29186 (July 6, 1978); and (2) for the Western Area Power AdministratiQn, the "Procedures for Public Participation in General Adjustments in Rat~s for Power Marketed by the Western Area Power Administration," 43 F.R. 12076 (March 23, 1978), as amended by 44 F.R. 7796 (February 7, 1979). Section 903.2 - Definitions . , As used herein - - (a) "Administrator" means the Administrator of the Power Marketing Administration (PMA) whose rate is involved, in the rate adjustment or anyone acting in such capacity. . (b) "Assistant Secretary" means the. Assistant Secretary for Conservation and Renewable Energy of t~e Department, or anyone acting in such capacity. (c) "Department" means the Department of Energy including the PMAs and excluding the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. (d) "l'ERC" means the Federal Energy'Regu1atory Commission. (e) "Major rate adjustment" means a: rate adjustment other than a minor rate adjustment. . (f) "Mi nor new servi ce" means a new' servi ce which (1) will prOduce less than a 1 percent change in the annual ,revenues of the power system, or (2) is for.a new power system which has either annual sales normally less than 100 ml11ion kilowatthours or an installed capacity of less than 20,000 kilowatts, or (3) will not be provided for! more than one year, or (4) is for the temporary disposition, for not more th~n one year, of the output of a new powerp1ant. (g) "Mi nor rate adjustment" means a rate adjustment whi ch (1) wi 11 produce less than a 1 percent change in the annual revenues of the power system, or (2) is for a power system which has either annual sales normally less than 100 mi 11 ion ki lowatthours or an installed capacity of less than 20,000 kilowatts, or (3) is a rate for a minor new service. 56