[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 122 (Friday, June 23, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 39137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-15907]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-187-A]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Merchant Energy Group of 
the Americas, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Merchant Energy Group of the Americas, Inc. (MEGA) 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 July 24, 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: Rosalind Carter (Program Office) 202-
586-7983 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 21, 1998, the Office of Fossil 
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA-187 
authorizing MEGA 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, 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 will expire on August 21, 2000.
    On May 31, 2000, MEGA filed an application with FE for renewal of 
the export authority contained in Order No. EA-187. In that 
application, MEGA also requested that the international transmission 
facilities of Long Sault, Inc. be added to the list of authorized 
export points.

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 MEGA request to export to Canada should be clearly 
marked with Docket EA-187-A. Additional copies are to be filed directly 
with Mr. Joseph P. Limone, Esq., General Counsel, Merchant Energy, 
Group of the Americas, Inc., 151 West Street, Suite 300, Annapolis, MD 
21401.
    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 No. EA-187. Consequently, DOE believes that it 
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-187 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 ``Electricity,'' from the 
Regulatory Info menu, and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the options 
menus.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on June 19, 2000.
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. 00-15907 Filed 6-22-00; 8:45 am]
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