[Federal Register: June 3, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 105)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-355]
Application to Export Electric Energy; Scotia Capital Energy Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Scotia Capital Energy Inc. (Scotia Capital) 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.
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 Scotia Capital
for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to
Canada as a power marketer using international transmission facilities
located at the United States border with Canada. Scotia Capital does
not own any electric transmission facilities nor does it hold a
franchised service area. The electric energy which Scotia Capital
proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy purchased from
electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, and other
entities within the United States. Scotia Capital 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 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 Scotia Capital application to export electric
energy to Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-355.
Additional copies are to be filed directly with Cecilia Williams,
Managing Director and Head of Compliance, Scotia Capital, 40 King
Street West, 33rd Floor, Toronto, ON, M5H 1H1, Canada and David J.
Levine, 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, by
accessing the program website 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. E9-12922 Filed 6-2-09; 8:45 am]
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