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[FR Doc No: 94-29196]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
[FE Docket No. EA-66-B]


Application To Export Electricity; Citizens Utilities Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: Citizens Utilities Company (Citizens) has requested 
authorization to export electric energy to Canada.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before January 27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Electricity (FE-52), Office of 
Fuels Programs, Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-586-9624 or Michael T. Skinker 
(Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United 
States to a foreign country are regulated and require authorization 
under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
    On October 12, 1994, Citizens filed an application with the Office 
of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for 
authorization to export electric energy to Canada pursuant to section 
202(e) of the Federal Power Act. Citizens has requested authority to 
export up to 50,000 megawatt-hours (MWH) per year of electric energy to 
Hydro-Quebec at a maximum rate of transmission of 50 megawatts (MW). 
Citizens proposes to use the existing 120,000-volt transmission 
facilities at Derby Line, Vermont, to affect the export. The 
construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of these 
facilities were authorized by Presidential Permit PP-66, issued by the 
DOE on June 21, 1979.
    Citizens and Hydro-Quebec have had an interconnection agreement 
since January 25, 1988, which among other things, provides for mutual 
assistance during emergencies. On March 31, 1993, in Order DOE/FE EA-
66, and again on May 28, 1993, in Order DOE/FE EA-66-A, FE granted 
Citizens temporary authority to export to Hydro-Quebec in order to 
supply electric service to Canadian customers during a maintenance 
outage of Hydro-Quebec's Stanstead substation. Citizens now seeks 
permanent authority to export to Hydro-Quebec under circumstances 
similar to those authorized in Orders EA-66 and EA-66-A or because of 
emergency conditions.

Procedural Matters

    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this application 
should file a petition to intervene or protest at the address provided 
above in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
    Any such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on or 
before the date listed above. Additional copies of such petitions to 
intervene or protests also should be filed directly with: Craig A. 
Marks, Senior Counsel, Citizens Utilities Company, 1233 West Bank 
Expressway, Harvey, La. 70059, (504) 367-7000, ext. 235; Kimberly M. 
Kiener, Director Regulatory Affairs, Electric, Citizens Utilities 
Company, 4255 Stockton Hill Road, Kingman, Az. 86401, (602) 692-2787; 
and James P. Avery, Vice President, Energy, Citizens Utilities Company 
1233 West Bank Expressway, Harvey, La. 70059, (504) 367-7000, ext. 210.
    Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211, protests and comments will be 
considered by the DOE in determining the appropriate action to be 
taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a petition 
to intervene under 18 CFR 385.214. Section 385.214 requires that a 
petition to intervene must state, to the extent known, the position 
taken by the petitioner and the petitioner's interest in sufficient 
factual detail to demonstrate either that the petitioner has a right to 
participate because it is a State Commission; that it has or represents 
an interest which may be directly affected by the outcome of the 
proceeding, including any interest as a consumer, customer, competitor, 
or a security holder of a party to the proceeding; or that the 
petitioner's participation is in the public interest.
    A final decision will be made on this application after a 
determination is made by the DOE that the proposed action will not 
impair the sufficiency of electric supply within the United States or 
will not impede or tend to impede the coordination in the public 
interest of facilities in accordance with section 202(e) of the Federal 
Power Act.
    Before an export authorization may be issued, the environmental 
impacts of the proposed DOE action (i.e., granting the export 
authorization, with any conditions and limitations, or denying it) must 
be evaluated pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on November 18, 1994.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 94-29196 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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