[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 173 (Wednesday, September 6, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53992-53993]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-22791]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-189-A]


Application to Export Electric Energy; PanCanadian Energy 
Services Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: PanCanadian Energy Services Inc. (PCES) 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 October 6, 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: Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202-
586-4708 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On September 15, 1998, the Office of Fossil 
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA-189 
authorizing PCES 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 September 15, 2000.
    On August 11, 2000, PCES filed an application with FE for renewal 
of the export authority contained in Order No. EA-189 for a term of 
five years. In that application, PCES also requested that the 
international transmission facility 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 PCES request to export to Canada should be clearly 
marked with Docket EA-189-A. Additional copies are to be filed directly 
with Lee Alexander and Stefan Krantz, Dickstein Shapiro Morin & 
Oshinsky, LLP, 2101 L Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20037-1526 and Alan 
Reid and Paul Kahler, PanCanadian Petroleum Limited, 125 9th Avenue, 
SW, Calgary, Alberta T2P 2S5.
    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-189. 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-189 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

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Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Electricity,'' from the Regulatory 
Info menu, and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 31, 2000.
Ellen Russell,
Acting Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & 
Power Im/Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
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