[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 138 (Tuesday, July 20, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38898-38899]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18430]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA-214]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Southern Company Energy
Marketing L.P.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Southern Company Energy Marketing L.P. (SCEM) 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 August 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: Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202-
586-4708 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 July 2, 1999, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department
of Energy (DOE) received an application from SCEM to transmit electric
energy from the United States to Canada. SCEM, a Delaware limited
partnership, is a power marketer that does not own or control any
electric generation or transmission facilities nor does it have any
franchised service territory in the United States.
SCEM proposes to arrange for the delivery of electric energy to
Canada over the international transmission facilities owned by Basin
Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Citizens
Utilities, Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative,
Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric
Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, Minnesota Power & Light,
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 SCEM, 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 SCEM application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-214. Additional copies
are to be filed directly with JoAnn P. Russell,
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Esq., Glenn E. Camus, Esq., Southern Company Energy Marketing L.P., 900
Ashwood Parkway, Suite 490, Atlanta, GA 30338 AND James C. Beh, Esq.,
Antoine P. Cobb, Esq., Troutman Sanders LLP, Suite 500 East, 1300 I
Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005-3314.
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 Programs,''
then ``Electricity Regulation,'' and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from
the options menus.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 13, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power
Import/Export, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-18430 Filed 7-19-99; 8:45 am]
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