[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 105 (Thursday, June 1, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 28593-28594]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-13433]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. EA-104]
Application To Export Electricity; Arizona Public Service Company
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has requested
authorization to export electric energy to Mexico. APS is a regulated
public utility incorporated in the State of Arizona and authorized to
do business in the States of Arizona and New Mexico.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before July 3, 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, SW., Washington, DC 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Warren E. Williams (Program Office) 202-586-9629 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 May 5, 1995, APS filed an application with the Office of Fossil
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to
export electric energy to the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE),
the Mexican national electric utility, pursuant to section 202(e) of
the Federal Power Act. APS proposes to sell CFE electricity which is in
excess of what is needed for APS customers. Specifically, APS has
proposed the sale of economy energy to CFE through the facilities of
San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E). As an economy energy sale, service
can be interrupted or curtailed by APS, CFE, or SDG&E.
The electricity to be sold to CFE would emanate from the APS
electrical grid and would be delivered to SDG&E at either the Palo
Verde substation west of Phoenix, Arizona, or the North Gila
substation, located east of Yuma, Arizona. SDG&E owns two 230-kilovolt
(kV) lines which interconnect with CFE. The first connects SDG&E's
Miguel substation located east of San Diego, California, with CFE's
Tijuana I substation located near Tijuana, Mexico; the second connects
SDG&E's Imperial Valley substation located near El Centro, California,
with CFE's La Rosita substation located west of Mexicali, Mexico. The
construction and operation of these international transmission lines
were previously authorized by Presidential Permit numbers PP-68 and PP-
79, respectively.
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: Dennis Beals,
Arizona Public Service Company, PO Box 53999, Station 9860, Phoenix,
Arizona 85072-3999, (602) 250-3101 and Bruce Gardner, Esq., Arizona
Public Service Company, PO Box 53999, Station 9820, Phoenix, Arizona
850772-3999, (602) 250-3507.
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. [[Page 28594]] 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 the DOE
determines whether the proposed action would impair the sufficiency of
electric supply within the United States or would 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 May 25, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-13433 Filed 5-31-95; 8:45 am]
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