[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 132 (Tuesday, July 10, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Page 35949]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-17178]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-243]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Tenaska Power Services 
Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Tenaska Power Services Co. (Tenaska Power) 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 August 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Imports/Exports (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: 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 June 4, 2001, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department 
of Energy (DOE) received an application from Tenaska Power to transmit 
electric energy from the United States to Canada. Tenaska Power, a 
Nebraska Corporation with its principal place of business in Texas, is 
engaged in the marketing and trading of electricity at wholesale. 
Tenaska Power does not own or control any electric power generation or 
transmission facilities and does not have a franchised power service.
    Tenaska Power proposes to arrange for the delivery of electric 
energy to Canada over the existing international transmission 
facilities owned by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, 
International Transmission, 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 
Tenaska 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 Tenaska Power application to export electric energy 
to Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-243. Additional 
copies are to be filed directly with Norma Rosner Iacovo, Assistant 
General Counsel, Tenaska Power Services Co., 1701 E. Lamar Boulevard, 
Suite 100, Arlington, TX 76006 and Neil L. Levy, Esq., Kirkland & 
Ellis, 655 Fifteenth Street, NW., Suite 1200, Washington, DC 20005.
    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, DC, on July 3, 2001.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power 
Imports/Exports, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil 
Energy.
[FR Doc. 01-17178 Filed 7-9-01; 8:45 am]
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