[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 131 (Thursday, July 9, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37097-37098]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-18212]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. PP-188]


Application for Presidential Permit; Dynegy Power Corporation

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: Dynegy Power Corp. (Dynegy), an independent power producer, 
has applied for a Presidential permit to construct, connect, operate 
and maintain a new electric transmission facility across the U.S. 
border with Mexico.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before August 10, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Import and Export (FE-27), 
Office of 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-
586-9506 or Michael T. Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, connection, operation, and 
maintenance of facilities at the international border of the United 
States for the transmission of electric energy between the United 
States and a foreign country is prohibited in the absence of a 
Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 
amended by EO 12038.
    On July 1, 1998, Dynegy, formerly known as Destec Energy, Inc., a 
subsidiary of NGC Corporation, filed an application with the Office of 
Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential 
permit. Dynegy proposes to construct a one-quarter mile double circuit 
230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line to the U.S. border with Mexico from 
a 400 megawatt (MW) gas-fired electric powerplant it proposes to 
construct adjacent in Santa Teresa, Dona Ana County, New Mexico. At the 
border, the Dynegy transmission lines will interconnect with similar 
facilities owned by Comission Federal de Electricidad (CFE), the 
national electric utility of Mexico, and continue approximately 17 
additional miles in Mexico to CFE's future Paso Del Norte Substation.
    In its application Dynegy asserts that the facilities proposed 
herein are not to be interconnected with any other part of the U.S. 
electric power system thereby precluding third party use of these 
transmission facilities.
    Prior to exporting electric energy to Mexico Dynegy will be 
required to obtain an authorization from DOE pursuant to section 202(e) 
of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. Sec. 824a(e)).

Procedural Matters

    Any person 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 section 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 
Energy Regulatory

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Commission's 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 of such 
petitions to intervene or protest also should be filed directly with: 
Mr. David Kellermeyer, Dynegy Power Corp., 1000 Louisiana, Suite 5800, 
Houston, TX 77002-5050.
    Before a Presidential permit may be issued or amended, the DOE must 
determine that the proposed action will not adversely impact on the 
reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system and also consider 
the environmental impacts of the proposed action pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. DOE also must obtain the 
concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense 
before taking final action on a Presidential permit application.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above. In 
addition, this application will be made available on the Internet on 
the Office of Fossil Energy's home page. The site is accessible at 
www.fe.doe.gov. Select ``Regulatory'' then ``Electricity.''

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 2, 1998.
Ellen Russell,
Acting Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-18212 Filed 7-8-98; 8:45 am]
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