[Federal Register Volume 66, Number 231 (Friday, November 30, 2001)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59784-59785]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 01-29758]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-227-A]


Application To Export Electric Energy; New York Independent 
System Operator, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: The New York Independent System Operator, Inc. (NYISO) has 
applied to modify and renew its authority to transmit electric energy 
from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the 
Federal Power Act. In addition, NYISO is requesting expedited approval 
for their application.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before December 17, 2001.

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: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 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 October 16, 2001, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) received an application from NYISO to modify 
and renew the electricity export authorization issued in FE Order EA-
227 on September 7, 2000. In that Order, FE authorized NYISO, the 
entity with operational control over generation and transmission 
facilities within New York State, to export emergency and inadvertent 
energy to Canada using the international transmission facilities owned 
and operated by Long Sault, Inc., New York Power Authority, and Niagra 
Mohawk Power Corporation. In Order EA-227, FE limited the NYISO's 
exports to Canada to an instantaneous rate of transmission of 1000 
megawatts (MW). That two-year Order will expire on September 7, 2002.
    FE had based this 1000-MW limit on data contained in Section IX of 
the document titled, ``Load & Capacity Data, 1995 Report of the Member 
Electric Systems of the New York Power Pool.'' The updated version of 
that report for the year 2001 reflects a normal power transfer limit 
from New York to Ontario of 1675 MW, and an emergency transfer limit of 
2150 MW for limited periods of time. In its application, the NYISO 
requests that FE Order EA-227 be amended to reflect these updated 
transfer limits and that the amended Order be issued for an additional 
5-years.
    In numerous electricity export authorizations in which third 
parties have been authorized to export over existing international 
transmission facilities that they do not own or operate, FE has 
indicated that any change to the export limits assigned to those 
existing facilities would apply to all entities authorized to export 
over those facilities. If FE ultimately

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authorizes the increased export limits requested in this proceeding, 
those increased limits also would be available to all entities already 
authorized to use the affected international transmission facilities.

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 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 NYISO application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-227. Additional copies 
are to be filed directly with Michael C. Calimano, Vice President 
Operations & Reliability, Robert Fernandez, General Counsel, New York 
Independent System Operator, Inc., 3890 Carman Road, Schenectady, NY 
12303 and Arnold H. Quint, Hunton & Williams, 1900 K Street, NW., Suite 
1200, Washington, DC 20006.
    At the time this notice is being published, delivery of both 
regular and overnight mail to the Department of Energy headquarters 
building has been disrupted. DOE will consider facsimile transmissions 
to 202-287-5736, received before the closing date, as timely. 
Commenters should also submit original documents using traditional mail 
systems.
    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 ``Electricity Regulation'' 
and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, D.C., on November 26, 2001.
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. 01-29758 Filed 11-29-01; 8:45 am]
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