[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 45 (Monday, March 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 11425]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-5940]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA-175 and EA-176]


Applications To Export Electric Energy; Enova Energy, Inc. and 
Sempra Energy Trading Corp.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of applications.

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SUMMARY: Enova Energy, Inc. and Sempra Energy Trading Corp. both power 
marketers, have submitted applications to export electric energy to 
Mexico.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before March 24, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex (FE-27), 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: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 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. 
824a(e)).
    The Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 
has received applications from the following companies for 
authorization to export electric energy to Mexico, pursuant to section 
202(e) of the FPA:

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                                                   Application   Docket 
                     Applicant                         date        No.  
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Enova Energy, Inc. (EEI)                              2/27/98     EA-175
Sempra Energy Trading Corp. (SET)................     2/27/98     EA-176
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    EEI, a wholly owned subsidiary of Enova Corporation which owns 100% 
of San Diego Gas & Electric Company (SDG&E), is a power marketer that 
does not own, operate or control any electric power generation, 
transmission or distribution facilities. In Docket EA-175, EEI proposes 
to purchase electric energy from electric utilities and federal power 
marketing agencies and transmit the energy on its own behalf to Mexico. 
EEI would arrange for the exported energy to be transmitted to Mexico 
over the international transmission facilities owned by SDG&E.
    In Docket EA-176, SET, a power marketer, also proposes to transmit 
to Mexico surplus electric energy purchased from utilities and federal 
power marketing agencies using the international transmission 
facilities owned by SDG&E. SET is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wine 
Acquisition Inc., which in turn, is owned 50% by Enova Corporation and 
50% Pacific Enterprises (which owns 100% of Southern California Gas 
Company).
    The SDG&E international transmission facilities, as more fully 
described in the applications, have previously been authorized by 
Presidential permits 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 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission'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.
    The comment period in this proceeding has been abbreviated so that 
each applicant may make a timely response to a solicitation for 320 MW 
or more of energy and capacity proffered by Comision Federal de 
Electricidad (CFE), the national electric utility of Mexico. FE 
considers this action to not harm, or otherwise prejudice, any entity 
that may wish to become a party to this proceeding because both EEI and 
SET are corporately related to SDG&E, the owner of the transmission 
facilities each proposes to use.
    Comments on EEI's request to export to Mexico should be clearly 
marked with Docket EA-175. Additional copies are to be filed directly 
with Dwain M. Boettcher, President, Enova Energy, Inc., P.O. Box 
126211, San Diego, CA 92112-6211 AND Michael C. Tierney, Enova 
Corporation, P.O. Box 129400, San Diego, CA 92112-9400.
    Comments on SET's request to export to Mexico should be clearly 
market with Docket EA-176. Additional copies are to be filed directly 
with Michael A. Goldstein, Esq., Vice President & General Counsel, 
Sempra Energy Trading Corp., One Greenwich Plaza, Greenwich, CT 06830 
AND Michael C. Tierney, Enova Corporation, P.O. Box 129400, San Diego, 
CA 92112-9400.
    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 March 3, 1998.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal and Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal and Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-5940 Filed 3-6-98; 8:45 am]
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