[Federal Register Volume 67, Number 13 (Friday, January 18, 2002)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2645-2646]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 02-1328]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-256]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Lighthouse Energy Trading 
Company, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Lighthouse Energy Trading Company, Inc. (Lighthouse) 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 February 19, 2002.

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: 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 December 27, 2001, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) received an application from Lighthouse to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada. Lighthouse 
is a corporation formed under South Dakota Law with

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its principal place of business in Zimmerman, Minnesota. Lighthouse is 
a privately owned corporation and is not a subsidiary or affiliate of 
any other corporation. Lighthouse operates as a marketer and a broker 
of electric power at wholesale and arranges services in related areas 
such as fuel supplies and transmission services. Lighthouse does not 
own or control any electric power generation or transmission facilities 
and does not have a franchised service area.
    Lighthouse will purchase the power to be exported from electric 
utilities and federal power marketing agencies within the United States 
and arrange for the delivery of electric energy to Canada over the 
existing international transmission facilities owned by Basin Electric 
Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Citizen 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, operation, maintenance, and 
connection of each of the international transmission facilities to be 
utilized by Lighthouse, 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 DOE on or before the 
date listed above.
    Comments on the Lighthouse application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-256. Additional copies 
are to be filed directly with Rollie M. Hill, Lighthouse Energy Trading 
company, Inc., P.O. Box 81, Zimmerman, MN 55398.
    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 homepage at http://www.fe.de.gov. Upon 
reaching the Fossil Energy homepage, select ``Regulatory'' Programs,'' 
then ``Electricity Regulation,'' and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from 
the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 14, 2002.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power 
Import/Export, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 02-1328 Filed 1-17-02; 8:45 am]
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