[Federal Register: May 11, 2007 (Volume 72, Number 91)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-327]
Application To Export Electric Energy; DC Energy, LLC
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: DC Energy, LLC (DC Energy) 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 June 11, 2007.
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 202-586-8008).
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 1, 2007, the Department of Energy (DOE) received an
application from DC Energy for authority to transmit electric energy
from the United States to Canada as a power marketer. DC Energy, a
Delaware limited partnership with its principal place of business in
Vienna, Virginia, has requested an electricity export authorization
with a 5-year term. DC Energy does not own or control any electric
generation, transmission, or distribution assets, nor does it have a
franchised service area. The electric energy which DC Energy proposes
to export to Canada would be surplus energy purchased from electric
utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, and other entities within
the United States.
DC Energy 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 DC Energy
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 date
listed above.
Comments on the DC Energy application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-327. Additional
copies are to be filed directly with Stephen C. Palmer, Alston & Bird
LLC, The Atlantic Building, 950 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004-
1404.
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 and at
http://www.oe.energy.gov/304.htm.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 7, 2007.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E7-9083 Filed 5-10-07; 8:45 am]
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