[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54116-54117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22064]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-171-C]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Powerex Corp
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Powerex Corp. (Powerex) 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 October 4, 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 February 25, 1998, the DOE issued Order No. EA-171 which
authorized Powerex to transmit electric energy from the United States
to Canada for a two-year term as a power marketer using existing
international transmission facilities. DOE renewed the Powerex export
authorization on February 23, 2000, for a five-year term in Order No.
EA-171-A, and again for five years on November 18, 2005, in Order No.
EA-171-B. That Order will expire on November 18, 2010. On May 19, 2010,
Powerex filed an application with DOE for renewal of the export
authority contained in Order No. EA-171-B for an additional five-year
term.
The electric energy that Powerex 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
Powerex 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 Powerex application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-171-C. Additional
copies are to be filed directly with Mike MacDougal and Karen McDonald,
Powerex Corp., 666 Burrard Street, Suite 1400, Vancouver, British
Columbia, Canada V6C 2X8 and Deanna E. King, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP,
111 Congress Avenue, Suite 2300, Austin, Texas 78701. 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://
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www.oe.energy.gov/permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins
at [email protected].
Issued in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2010.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-22064 Filed 9-2-10; 8:45 am]
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