[Federal Register: February 27, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 38)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-350]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Saracen Power LLC
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Application.
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SUMMARY: Saracen Power LLC (Saracen Power) 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 March 30, 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 202-586-5860).
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 February 15, 2009, DOE received an application from Saracen
Power for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States
to Canada as a power marketer. Saracen Power is a Texas limited
partnership with its principal place of business in Houston, TX.
Saracen has requested an electricity export authorization with a 5-year
term. Saracen Power does not own any electric transmission facilities
nor does it hold a franchised service area. The electric energy which
Saracen Power proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy
purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies,
and other entities within the United States.
Saracen Power proposes to export electric energy to Canada and to
arrange for the delivery of those exports over the international
transmission facilities presently owned by Bangor Hydro-Electric
Company, 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,
Sea Breeze Olympic Converter, Vermont Electric Power Company, and
Vermont Electric Transmission Company.
The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by Saracen
Power was previously authorized by a Presidential
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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
comment, petition, and protest should be filed with DOE on or before
the dates listed above.
All filings in this proceeding should be clearly marked with Docket
No. EA-350. Additional copies are to be filed directly with Allison P.
Duensing, Assistant General Counsel, The Saracen Group of Companies,
Five Greenway Plaza, Suite 1310, Houston, TX 77040 and Daniel E. Frank,
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20004-2415.
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 these applications will be made available, upon request,
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above, by
accessing the program Web site at http://oe.energy.gov/permits.htm, or
by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on February 23, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-4216 Filed 2-26-09; 8:45 am]
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