[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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