[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 159 (Wednesday, August 18, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Page 51025]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-20440]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-370]
Application to Export Electric Energy; Vitol Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Vitol Inc. (Vitol) 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 September 17, 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 August 5, 2010, DOE received an application from Vitol for
authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada
for five years as a power marketer using existing international
transmission facilities. Vitol does not own any electric transmission
facilities nor does it hold a franchised service area.
The electric energy that Vitol 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 Vitol
have previously been authorized by Presidential permits issued pursuant
to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are appropriate 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 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 Vitol application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-370. Additional
copies are to be filed directly with Ronald S. Oppenheimer, General
Counsel, Vitol Inc., 1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 5500, Houston, TX
770022 and Catherine Krupka, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, 1275
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. 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 August 12, 2010.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-20440 Filed 8-17-10; 8:45 am]
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