[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 106 (Thursday, June 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 35057-35058]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-13668]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-223]


Application To Export Electric Energy; CMS Marketing, Services 
and Trading Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: CMS Marketing, Services and Trading Company (CMS MS&T) 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 July 3, 2000.

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) 202-586-2793.

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) (16U.S.C. 
Sec. 824a(e)).
    On May 12, 2000, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department 
of Energy (DOE) received an application from CMS MS&T to transmit 
electric energy from the United States to Canada. CMS MS&T, a Michigan 
corporation, is a wholly owned subsidiary of CMS Enterprises Company 
which is in turn a wholly owned subsidiary of CMS Energy Corporation. 
CMS MS&T is a power marketer that does not own or control any electric 
generation or transmission facilities nor does it have any franchised 
electric service territory in the United States. CMS MS&T will purchase 
the electric energy to be exported at wholesale from electric utilities 
and Federal Power Marketing Administrations in the United States.
    CMS MS&T 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 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 CMS MS&T, 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 CMS MS&T application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with

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Docket EA-223. Additional copies are to be filed directly with Francis 
X. Berkemeier, Attorney, 212 W. Michigan Avenue, Jackson, MI 49201.
    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 May 19, 2000.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power 
Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 00-13668 Filed 5-31-00; 8:45 am]
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