[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 81 (Monday, April 28, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22912-22913]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-10858]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA-143 and EA-144]


Applications To Export Electric Energy; CNG Energy Services 
Corporation

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of applications.

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SUMMARY: CNG Energy Services Corporation (CNG), a power marketer, has 
submitted applications to export electric energy to Mexico and Canada 
pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before May 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex (FE-52), Office of 
Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-287-5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: William H. Freeman (Program Office) 
202-586-5883 or Michael 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 April 10, 1997, CNG filed two applications with the Office of 
Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization 
to export electric energy to Mexico (Docket EA-143) and Canada (Docket 
EA-144) as a power marketer, pursuant to section 202(e) of the FPA. 
Specifically, CNG has proposed to transmit to Mexico and Canada 
electric energy purchased from electric utilities and other suppliers.
    CNG would arrange for the exported energy to be transmitted to 
Mexico over the international transmission facilities owned by San 
Diego Gas and Electric, El Paso Electric Company, Central Power and 
Light Company, and Comision Federal de Electracidad. GNC would arrange 
for the exported energy to be transmitted to Canada over the 
international facilities owned by Basin Electric, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison Company, Eastern 
Maine Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Maine 
Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, Minnesota Power 
and Light Company, Minnkota Power, New York Power Authority, Niagara 
Mohawk Power Corporation, Northern States Power and Vermont Electric 
Transmission Company. Each of the transmission facilities, as more 
fully described in these applications, has previously been authorized 
by a Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as 
amended.

Procedural Matters

    Any persons desiring to become a party to these proceedings or to 
be heard by filing comments or protests to these applications should 
file a petition to intervene, comment or protest at the address 
provided above in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the 
FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedures (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. Responses to CNG's request to 
export to Mexico should be clearly marked with Docket EA-143. Responses 
to CNG's request to

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export to Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-144. 
Additional copies are to be filed directly with: Kevin J. Lipson, 
Jolanta Sterbenz, Hogan & Hartson L.L.P. Columbia Square, 555 
Thirteenth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004-1109, (202)637-5600 and 
Gary A. Jeffries, CNG Energy Services Corporation, One Park Ridge 
Center, P.O. Box 15746, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15244-0746, (412)787-
4268.
    A final decision will be made on these applications 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 actions will not adversely impact on the 
reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system.
    Copies of these applications will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 21, 1997.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Electric Power Regulation, Coal & Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal 
& Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 97-10858 Filed 4-25-97; 8:45 am]
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