[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 218 (Friday, November 12, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Page 61615]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-29568]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-153-A]


Application to Export Electric Energy; Citizens Power Sales

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Citizens Power Sales (CP Sales) has applied for renewal of its 
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 December 13, 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: On October 1, 1997, the Office of Fossil 
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) authorized CP Sales to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer using the international electric transmission facilities owned 
and operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison, Eastern Maine 
Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Long Sault, 
Inc., Maine Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, 
Minnesota Power and Light Co., Inc., Minnkota Power, New York Power 
Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Northern States Power, and 
Vermont Electric Transmission Company. That two-year authorization 
expired on October 1, 1999. On October 28, 1999, CP Sales filed an 
application with FE for renewal of this export authority and requested 
that the Order be issued for an additional five-year term.

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 CP Sales request to export to Canada should be 
clearly marked with Docket EA-153-A. Additional copies are to be filed 
directly with Mr. Joseph C. Bell, Jolanta Sterbenz, Hogan & Hartson 
L.L.P., 555 Thirteenth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20004-1109, and 
Geoffrey Mathews, Esq., Associate Counsel, Electricity Trading, 
Citizens Power Sales, 160 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110.
    DOE notes that the circumstances described in this application are 
virtually identical to those for which export authority had previously 
been granted in FE Order EA-153. Consequently, DOE believes that its 
has adequately satisfied its responsibilities under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 through the documentation of a 
categorical exclusion in the FE Docket EA-153-A proceeding.
    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, DC, on November 5, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-29568 Filed 11-10-99; 8:45 am]
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