[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39374-39375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19032]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Office of Fossil Energy
(FE Docket No. EA-109)


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.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before September 1, 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: Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202-586-
9506 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. In addition, the 
construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of facilities at 
the international border of the United States for the transmission of 
electrical energy is prohibited in the absence of a Presidential permit 
pursuant to Executive Order No. 12038.
    On June 22, 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 national electric utility of Mexico, pursuant to section 
202(e) of the Federal Power Act. APS proposes to export to CFE 
emergency energy pursuant to a Reciprocal Emergency Assistance 
Agreement between APS and CFE. This agreement commits both parties to 
establish 34.5 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission interconnections 
between the communities of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico and Douglas, 
Arizona, and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, and San Luis, 
Arizona, and to provide emergency assistance when requested by the 
other party in order to mutually increase each party's distribution 
system reliability. Under two separate applications, APS has applied to 
FE for Presidential permits to construct the international transmission 
facilities required by this agreement. These applications have been 
docketed as PP-107 and PP-108, respectively.

Procedureal 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 sections 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, P.O. Box 53999, Station 9860, Phoenix, 
Arizona 85072-3999, (602) 250-3101 and Bruce Gardner, Esq., Arizona 
Public Service Company, P.O. 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. 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 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 July 26, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal and Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-19032 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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