[Federal Register: June 3, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 105)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-356]
Application To Export Electric Energy; J.P. Morgan Commodities
Canada Corporation
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: J.P. Morgan Commodities Canada Corporation (JPMCCC) 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 6, 2009.
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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 26, 2009, DOE received an application from JPMCCC for
authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada
as a power marketer. The energy to be exported would be delivered to
Canada over existing transmission interconnections between the United
States and Canada over any facility determined by DOE to be appropriate
for third-party use. The electric energy which JPMCCC proposes to
export to Canada would be surplus to the needs of the selling entities.
JPMCCC has requested an electricity export authorization with a 5-year
term.
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 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 JPMCC application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-356. Additional
copies are to be filed directly with Ike Gibbs, Compliance Director &
Assistant General Counsel, JPMorgan Chase Bank, NM.A., 700 Louisiana
Street, Suite 1000, 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, 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 29, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-12921 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 am]
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