[Federal Register: June 20, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 118)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-316]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Cinergy Marketing &
Trading, LP
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Cinergy Marketing & Trading, LP (CMT) has applied for
authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada
pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before July 20, 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 June 6, 2006, the Department of Energy (DOE) received an
application from CMT for authority to transmit electric energy from the
United States to Canada as a power marketer. CMT is a Delaware limited
partnership with its principal place of business in Houston, TX. CMT
has requested an electricity export authorization with a 5-year term.
CMT does not own or control any generation, transmission, or
distribution assets, nor does it have a franchised service area. The
electric energy which CMT proposes to export to Canada would be surplus
energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing
agencies, and other entities within the U.S.
CMT will arrange for the delivery of exports to Canada over the
international transmission facilities owned by Basin Electric Power
Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Eastern Maine Electric
Cooperative, International Transmission Co., Joint Owners of the
Highgate Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric Power Company, Maine
Public Service Company, Minnesota Power, Inc., Minnkota Power
Cooperative, Inc., New York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power
Corp., Northern States Power Company, Vermont Electric Power Company,
and Vermont Electric Transmission Co.
The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by CMT 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 CMT application to export electric energy to Canada
should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-316. Additional copies are
to be filed directly with Jason S. Austin, Senior Counsel, Cinergy
Marketing & Trading, LP, 1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4900, Houston, TX
77002.
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
e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2006.
Ellen Russell,
Acting Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E6-9633 Filed 6-19-06; 8:45 am]
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