[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 90 (Tuesday, May 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25315-25316]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-11865]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA-207]
Application To Export Electric Energy; PDI New England, Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: PDI New England, Inc. (PDI) 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 May 26, 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: Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202-586-
9506 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.
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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.
Sec. 824a(e)).
On March 29, 1999, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the
Department of Energy (DOE) received an application from PDI for
authorization to export electric energy to Canada. PDI is a wholly-
owned subsidiary of WPS Power Development, Inc. which, in turn, is a
wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of WPS Resources Corporation. WPS
Resources Corporation is an exempt public utility holding company
headquartered in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
PDI and its affiliate, PDI Canada, Inc., is in the process of
acquiring certain generating assets that are being divested from Maine
Public Service Company (MPS). As part of the forthcoming transaction
with MPS, PDI Canada, Inc., will be providing energy to a wholesale
customer in the Province of New Brunswick, Canada. PDI may be called
upon from time to time to provide backup power to its affiliate, PDI
Canada, Inc., to service the contract. Providing such backup power
would constitute an export of electricity from the United States to
Canada.
The energy to be exported by PDI will be surplus generation
produced from the MPS generating assets that will soon be acquired by
PDI and PDI Canada, Inc. PDI intends to export to Canada using the
existing international transmission facilities owned by MPS. The
construction of each of the international transmission facilities to be
utilized by PDI, 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 PDI application to export electric energy to Canada
should be clearly marked with Docket EA-207. Additional copies are to
be filed directly with Gerald L. Mroczkowski, Vice President, PDI New
England, Inc., 677 Baeten Road, Green Bay, Wisconsin 54304 AND Bradley
D. Jackson, Foley & Lardner, 150 East Gilman Street, Madison, Wisconsin
53703-1441.
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.
DOE has granted the applicant's request for an expedited notice and
comment period of fifteen (15) days so that PDI might be able to export
electric energy to Canada, if called upon, by June 8, 1999.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 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. 99-11865 Filed 5-10-99; 8:45 am]
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