[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 30 (Friday, February 13, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Page 7210]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-3216]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket Nos. EA-257-A]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Emera Energy Services, 
Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Emera Energy Services, Inc. (EES) has applied to renew its 
authorization to export 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 March 15, 2004.

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: Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202-
586-4708 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. 
824a(e)).
    On April 5, 2002, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA-257 authorizing EES to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer using certain international electric transmission facilities. 
That two-year authorization expires on April 5, 2004.
    On January 30, 2004, EES applied to the Department of Energy (DOE) 
to renew its authority to export electric energy from the United States 
to Canada. EES, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of 
business in Bangor, Maine, is a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of 
Emera Incorporated, a Nova Scotia corporation that is a diversified 
energy and services company. EES does not own or control any electric 
generation or transmission facilities nor does it have a franchised 
service area. Emera Incorporated owns and operates transmission 
facilities in the United States through its operating divisions. EES 
will engaged in the marketing of power as both a broker and as a 
marketer of electric power at wholesale. EES plans to purchase the 
power that it will sell from cogeneration facilities, federal power 
marketing agencies, electric utilities and exempt wholesale generators 
within the United States.
    In FE Docket No. EA-257-A, EES 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 Vermont 
Electric Power Company, Inc., Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, Joint 
Owners of the Highgate Project, Maine Electric Power Company, Maine 
Public Service Company, and Vermont Electric Transmission Company.
    The construction of each of the international transmission 
facilities to be utilized by EES 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 Sec.Sec. 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 EES application to export electric energy to Canada 
should be clearly marked with Docket EA-257-A. Additional copies are to 
be filed directly with Calvin Bell, Emera Energy Services, Inc., One 
Cumberland Place, Suite 102, Bangor, ME 04401, Wendy N. Reed, Deborah 
C. Brentani, Wright & Talisman, P.C., 1200 G Street, NW., Suite 600, 
Washington, DC 20005 and Mr. Richard J. Smith, Secretary and General 
Counsel, Emera Incorporated, 1894 Barington Street, 18th Floor, 
Barrington Tower, P.O. Box 910, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2W5.
    A final decision will be made on this application after the 
environmental impact has 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 menu.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 9, 2004.
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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