[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 161 (Monday, August 20, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 43578-43579]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-20900]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-247 and EA-248]


Application To Export Electric Energy; AES NewEnergy, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: Under two separate applications, AES NewEnergy, Inc. (AES 
NewEnergy) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from 
the United States to Mexico and 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 September 19, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Import/Export (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) 202-586-6667.

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. 
Sec. 824a(e)).
    On July 13, 2001, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) received two separate applications from AES 
NewEnergy for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Mexico and from the United States to Canada. AES NewEnergy, a 
Delaware corporation and wholly-subsidiary of the AES Corporation, a 
public utility holding company, is a power marketer that does not own 
or control any electric generation or transmission facilities nor

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does it have any franchised service territory in the United States
    In FE Docket No. EA-247, AES NewEnergy proposes to export electric 
energy to Mexico and to arrange for the delivery of those exports to 
Mexico over the international transmission facilities owned by San 
Diego Gas and Electric Company, El Paso Electric Company, Central Power 
and Light Company, and Comision Federal de Electricidad, the national 
utility of Mexico. In FE Docket No. EA-248, AES NewEnergy proposes to 
export electric energy to Canada and to arrange for the delivery of 
those exports to Canada over the international transmission facilities 
owned by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, 
International Transmission Company, 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 AES NewEnergy, as more fully described in 
the applications, 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 these 
applications 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 AES NewEnergy applications to export electric 
energy to Mexico and/or Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-
247 and/or Docket EA-248, respectively. Additional copies are to be 
filed directly with Cathy Barron, AES NewEnergy, Inc., 535 Boylston 
Street, Top Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02116 and R. Michael Sweeney, 
Jr., Troutman Sanders LLP, 401 9th Street, NW., Ste. 1000, Washington, 
DC 20004.
    A final decision will be made on these applications 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 these applications 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 August 9, 2001.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power 
Import/Export, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
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