[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 17, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7863-7864]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-3833]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA-200]
Application To Export Electric Energy; American Electric Power
Service Corporation
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEPSC) 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 March 19, 1999.
ADDRESS: 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: Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202-586-
9506 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 22, 1998, as supplemented on February 3, 1999, the
Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) received
an application from AEPSC for authorization to export electric energy
to Canada. AEPSC has seven public utility affiliates which,
collectively, are known as the ``AEP Operating Companies.'' The AEP
Operating Companies are investor-owned public utilities that serve
retail and wholesale customers in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio,
Tennessee, Virginia, and West Virginia. They include: Appalachian Power
Company; Columbus Southern Power Company; Indiana Michigan Power
Company; Kentucky Power Company; Kingsport Power Company; Ohio Power
Company; and Wheeling Power Company. AEPSC and the AEP Operating
Companies are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the American Electric Power
Company, Inc., a registered holding company with headquarters in
Columbus, Ohio.
In its February 3, 1999 supplemental filing, AEPSC indicated that
export authorization was being sought only for its generation-owning
affiliates, thus excluding Kingsport Power Company and Wheeling Power
Company from the application.
The energy and capacity to be exported will be from either surplus
generation of the AEP Operating Companies or from purchases on the
wholesale market. The Applicants intend to export to Canada using the
existing international transmission facilities owned by Basin Electric
Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Citizens Utilities,
Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine
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Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, 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 AEPSC, 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 AEPSC application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-200. Additional copies
are to be filed directly with F. Mitchell Dutton, Esq., American
Electric Power, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215-2373 and John
R. Lilyestrom, Esq., Hogan & Hartson, LLP., 555 13th Street, NW,
Washington, DC 20004.
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 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,'' then
``Electricity, and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the options menus.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on February 11, 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. 99-3833 Filed 2-16-99; 8:45 am]
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