[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45607-45608]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-19018]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-281-B]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Manitoba Hydro
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Manitoba Hydro (Manitoba) has applied to renew its authority
to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant
to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA).
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before September 2, 2010.
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: Christopher Lawrence (Program Office)
202-586-5260 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 November 17, 2003, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order
No. EA-281, which authorized Manitoba to transmit electric energy from
the United States to Canada as a power marketer using existing
international transmission facilities for a two-year term. DOE renewed
the Manitoba export authorization as of November 17, 2005, in Order No.
EA-281-A for an additional five-year term. That Order will expire on
November 17, 2010. On July 15, 2010, Manitoba filed an application with
DOE for renewal of the export authority contained in Order No. EA-281-A
for an additional ten-year term.
The electric energy that Manitoba proposes to export to Canada
would be surplus energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal
power marketing agencies, and other entities within the United States.
The existing international transmission facilities to be utilized by
Manitoba have previously been authorized by Presidential permits issued
pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are appropriate
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for open access transmission by third parties.
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 Procedure (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 Manitoba application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-281-B. Additional
copies are to be filed directly with K. Jennifer Moroz, Manitoba Hydro
Law Department, 360 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada R3C 0G8
and Giuseppe Fina, Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux, L.L.P., 1701 Pennsylvania
Avenue, NW., Suite 900, Washington, DC 20006. A final decision will be
made on this application after the environmental impacts have been
evaluated pursuant to DOE's National Environmental Policy Act
Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after 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
[email protected].
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 28, 2010.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-19018 Filed 8-2-10; 8:45 am]
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