[Federal Register: May 22, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 98)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-352]
Application to Export Electric Energy; NaturEner Tie Line, LLC
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: NaturEner Tie Line, LLC (NaturEner) 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 22, 2009.
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 by the Department of Energy
(DOE) pursuant to sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the Department of
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require
authorization under section 202(e) of the FPA (16 U.S.C.824a(e)).
On May 11, 2009, DOE received an application from NaturEner for
authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada.
NaturEner is engaged in the marketing of electric power at wholesale
from wind power generating stations located in the State of Montana.
NaturEner does not own any electric transmission facilities nor does it
hold a franchised service area. The electric energy which NaturEner
proposes to export to Canada would be generated at wind powered
generating stations (wind farms) located in the State of Montana and
developed by an affiliate, NaturEner USA, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company. The electricity would be delivered to Canada using
the international transmission facilities authorized by Presidential
Permit No. PP-305, issued pursuant to Executive Order No. 10485, as
amended, and currently under construction by the permit holder, Montana
Alberta Tie Ltd. (MATL). NaturEner has acquired contractual rights to
300 MW of northbound transmission service on the MATL line and has
requested an electricity export authorization with a 20-year term, the
expected operating life of the wind farms from which it will acquire
electric energy, and the effective term of the Transmission Service
Agreements.
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 NaturEner application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-352. Additional
copies are to be filed directly with Nancy Murray, General Counsel,
NaturEner Tie Line, LLC, 394 Pacific Avenue, Suite 300, San Francisco,
CA 94111 and James B. Vasile, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP, 1919
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 200, Washington, DC 20006. 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, by
accessing the program Web site at http://www.oe.energy.gov/permits_
pending.htm, or by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at
Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 19, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-11998 Filed 5-21-09; 8:45 am]
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