[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 148 (Tuesday, August 1, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46907-46908]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-19356]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-168-B]


Application to Export Electric Energy; PG&E Energy Trading-Power, 
L.P.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: PG&E Energy Trading-Power, L.P. (``PGET-Power'') 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 August 31, 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: 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 February 25, 1998, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) authorized PGET-Power to transmit electric 
energy from the United States to Canada using the international 
transmission facilities of Detroit Edison, Minnesota Power, Niagara 
Mohawk and New York Power Authority. On August 25, 1998, in Order EA-
168-A, DOE amended PGET-Power's electricity export authorization to add 
the remaining major transmission interconnections with Canada. That two 
year order will expire on August 25, 2000. On July 6, 2000, PEGET-Power 
filed an application with FE for renewal of its export authority and 
requested that authorization be issued for two years.
    PGET-Power, 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. PGET-Power 
will purchase the electric energy to be exported at wholesale from 
electric utilities and Federal Power Marketing Administrations in the 
United States.
    PGET-Power 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, operation, maintenance, and 
connection of each of the international transmission facilities to be 
utilized by PGET-Power, 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 PGET-Power application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-168-B. Additional copies 
are to be filed directly with Sanford L. Hartman, Assistant General 
Counsel, PG&E Energy Trading-Power, L.P., 7500 Old Georgetown Road, 
Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD 20814-6161 and Ms. Sarah Barpoulis, Senior 
Vice President, PG&E Energy Trading-Power, L.P., 7500 Old Georgetown 
Road, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD 20814-6161.
    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-168. 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-168 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 July 25, 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. 00-19356 Filed 7-31-00; 8:45 am]
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