[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 1606]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-542]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-199]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Ontario Hydro

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Ontario Hydro has applied for authority to transmit electric 
energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of 
the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before February 10, 1999.

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)).
    On December 21, 1998, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) received an application from Ontario Hydro 
to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada. Ontario 
Hydro is the provincial electric utility within the Canadian Province 
of Ontario. Ontario Hydro does not own or control any generation and 
transmission facilities in the United States and does not have any 
franchised service territory in the United States.
    The electric energy Ontario Hydro proposes to export will be 
surplus energy purchased from electric utilities in the U.S. Ontario 
Hydro intends to export this energy to Canada over the existing 
international transmission facilities owned by Citizens Utilities, 
Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, Long Sault, 
Inc., Maine Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, 
Minnesota Power, Inc., Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York Power 
Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Northern States Power and 
Vermont Electric Transmission Company. The construction of each of the 
international transmission facilities to be utilized by Ontario Hydro, 
as more fully described in the application, has previously been 
authorized by a Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order 
10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

    Any person desiring to become a party to this proceeding or to be 
heard by filing comments or protests to this application 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 
each petition and protest should be filed with the DOE on or before the 
date listed above.
    Comments on the Ontario Hydro application to export electric energy 
to Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-198. Additional 
copies are to be filed directly with Joan Prior, Esq., Acting Senior 
Vice President, General counsel & Secretary, Ontario Hydro, 700 
University Ave., Toronto, Ontario, Canada N5G 1X6, and Peter M. Kirby, 
Esq., Winston & Strawn, 1400 L Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20005.
    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 or by 
accessing the Fossil Energy Home Page at http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon 
reaching the Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory'' and then 
``Electricity'' from the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-542 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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