[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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