[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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