[Federal Register: May 19, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 97)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-313]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Lehman Brothers Commodity
Services Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Lehman Brothers Commodity Services Inc. (Lehman Brothers) has
applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United
States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before June 19, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability, Mail Code: OE-20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-586-5860).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United
States to a foreign country are regulated and require authorization
under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C.
824a(e)).
On May 8, 2006, the Department of Energy (DOE) received an
application from Lehman Brothers for authority to transmit electric
energy from the United States to Mexico as a power marketer. Lehman
Brothers is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business
in New York, New York. Lehman Brothers has requested an electricity
export authorization with a 5-year term. Lehman Brothers does not own
or control any generation, transmission, or distribution assets, nor
does it have a franchised service area. The electric energy which
Lehman Brothers proposes to export to Mexico would be surplus energy
purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies,
and other entities within the U.S.
Lehman Brothers will arrange for the delivery of exports to Mexico
over the international transmission facilities owned by San Diego Gas &
Electric Company, El Paso Electric Company, Central Power & Light
Company, and Comission Federal de Electricidad, the national electric
utility of Mexico.
The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by Lehman
Brothers has previously been authorized by a Presidential permit issued
pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended.
Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to become a party to these
proceedings or to be heard by filing comments or protests to this
application should file a petition to intervene, comment or protest at
the address provided above in accordance with Sec. Sec. 385.211 or
385.214 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each
petition and protest should be filed with DOE on or before the dates
listed above.
Comments on the Lehman Brothers application to export electric
energy to Mexico should be clearly marked with
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Docket No. EA-313. Additional copies are to be filed directly with
David M. Perlman, Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Commodity
Services, Inc., 745 7th Avenue, New York, New York 10019, and David J.
Levine, Robin J. Bowen and Doron Ezickson, McDermott Will & Emery LLP,
600 13th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005-3096.
A final decision will be made on this application after the
environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and a determination is made by DOE
that the proposed action will not adversely impact on the reliability
of the U.S. electric power supply system.
Copies of this application will be made available, upon request,
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above or by
emailing Odessa Hopkins at Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E6-7687 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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