[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6705]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. EA-112]


Application to Export Electricity USGen Power Services, L.P.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: USGen Power Services, L.P. (USGen) has requested authorization 
to export electric energy to Canada. USGen is a marketer of electric 
energy. It does not own or control any electric generation or 
transmission facilities.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before April 19, 1996.

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. 20585-0350.

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 (FPA) (16 
U.S.C.Sec. 824a(e)).
    On March 1, 1995, USGen 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 
FPA. USGen neither owns nor controls any facilities for the 
transmission or distribution of electricity, nor does it have a 
franchised retail service area. Rather, USGen is a power marketer 
authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to engage 
in the wholesale sale of electricity in interstate commerce at 
negotiated rates pursuant to its filed rate schedules.
    In its application, USGen proposes to sell electric energy to 
Powerex, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Columbia Hydro and Power 
Authority. The electric energy USGen proposes to transmit to Canada 
would be purchased from electric utilities and Federal power marketing 
agencies in the United States. USGen asserts that such energy would be 
surplus to the requirements of the entities from which it would be 
purchased. USGen would arrange for the exported energy to be wheeled 
from the selling entities, over existing domestic transmission 
facilities, and delivered to Powerex over the Bonneville Power 
Administration's (BPA) 500--kilovolt (kV) line at the U.S.-Canada 
border near Blaine, Washington. The construction of these facilities 
previously was authorized by DOE in Presidential Permit PP-10.

Procedural Matters

    Any persons 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). Fifteen copies of 
such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on or before 
the date listed above. Additional copies are to be filed directly with: 
Ms. Sarah M. Barpoulis, USGen Power Services, L.P., 7500 Old Georgetown 
Road, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD 20814 AND Mr. Marc Bommersbach, U.S. 
Generating Company, 100 Pine Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA 
94111.
    A final decision will be made on this application after the 
environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a determination is made by 
the 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.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on March 11, 1996.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-6705 Filed 3-19-96; 8:45 am]
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