[Federal Register: August 7, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 151)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-164-C]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Constellation Energy
Commodities Group, Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. (Constellation)
applied to renew its authority to export electric energy from the
United States to Canada for a period of five years pursuant to section
202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before September 8, 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 January 23, 1998, DOE issued Order No. EA-164 authorizing
Constellation 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 for a period of two
years. DOE has twice renewed Constellation's authority to export for
five-year terms. The most recent authorization in Order No. EA-164-B
will expire on January 31, 2010. On July 27, 2009, Constellation filed
an application with DOE to renew the export authority contained in
Order No. EA-164-B for an additional five-year term.
Constellation does not own any electric transmission facilities nor
does it hold a franchised service area. The electric energy which
Constellation proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy
purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies,
and other entities within the United States, and exported using
international transmission facilities that have 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 Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc.
application to export electric energy to Canada should be clearly
marked with Docket No. EA-164-C. Additional copies are to be filed
directly with Lael Campbell, Constellation Energy Commodities Group,
Inc., 111 Market Place, Suite 500, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. 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 August 3, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-18944 Filed 8-6-09; 8:45 am]
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