[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 57 (Friday, March 22, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11819-11820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-7023]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. EA-113]
Application to Export Electricity Destec Power Services, Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Destec Power Services, Inc. (Destec) has requested
authorization to export electric energy to Mexico. Destec 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 22, 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, SW., Washington, DC 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 11, 1995, Destec filed an application with the Office of
Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization
to export electric energy to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the
FPA. Destec neither owns nor controls any facilities for the
transmission or distribution of electricity, nor does it have a
franchised retail service area. Rather, Destec 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, Destec proposes to sell electric energy to
Mexico. The electric energy Destec proposes to transmit to Mexico would
be purchased from electric utilities and Federal power marketing
agencies in the United States. Destec asserts that such energy would be
surplus to the requirements of the entities from which it would be
purchased. Destec would arrange for the exported energy to be wheeled
from the selling entities, over existing domestic transmission
facilities, and delivered to the foreign purchaser over one or more of
the following international transmission lines for which Presidential
permits (PP) have been previously issued: San Diego Gas and Electric
Company's (SDG&E) 230-kilovolt (kV), Miguel-Tijuana transmission line
(PP-68); the SDG&E 230-kV line at Imperial Valley (PP-79); El Paso
Electric Company's 115-kV lines at Diablo, New Mexico (PP-92) and
Ascarate, Texas (PP-48-A); Central Power and Light Company's 138-kV and
69-kV transmission lines at Brownsville, Texas (PP-94); and the 138-kV
transmission lines permitted to Mexico's Comision Federal de
Electricidad at Eagle Pass (PP-50), Loredo (PP-57), and Falcon Dam (PP-
57) in Texas.
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
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filed directly with: Mr. John J. Stauffacher, Director, Public Affairs,
Destec Energy, Inc. 2500 CityWest Blvd., Suite 150, Houston, Texas
77042 and W. Eric Dennison, Attorney, at the same address.
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 18, 1996.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-7023 Filed 3-21-96; 8:45 am]
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