[Federal Register: April 15, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 71)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-351]
Application To Export Electric Energy; DC Energy Dakota, LLC
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: DC Energy Dakota LLC (DCE Dakota) 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 May 15, 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 April 7, 2009, DOE received an application from DCE Dakota 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. DCE Dakota does not own any
electric transmission facilities nor does it hold a franchised service
area. The electric energy which DCE Dakota proposes to export to Canada
would be surplus energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal
power marketing agencies, and other entities within the United States.
DCE Dakota has requested an electricity export authorization with a 5-
year term.
The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by DCE Dakota
has 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 sections 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 DCE Dakota application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-351. Additional
copies are to be filed directly with Stephen C. Palmer, Alston & Bird
LLP, The Atlantic Building, 950 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004-
1404. 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 April 8, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-8488 Filed 4-14-09; 8:45 am]
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