[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 161 (Friday, August 20, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 51647-51648]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-19123]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-260-A]


Application To Export Electric Energy; EPCOR Merchant and Capital 
(US) Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: EPCOR Merchant and Capital (US) Inc. (EMC) has applied to 
renew its 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 September 20, 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: 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 April 8, 2002, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA-260 authorizing EMC to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer using existing international electric transmission facilities. 
That two-year authorization expired on April 8, 2004.
    On July 8, 2004, FE received an application from EMC to renew its 
authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to 
Canada. DOE requests that this renewal be issued for a five-year term. 
EMC is a Delaware

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corporation with its principal place of business in Calgary, Alberta, 
Canada. EMC is an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of EPCORE Utilities 
Inc. of Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. EMC is a power marketer that does 
not own or control any electric generation or transmission facilities 
nor does it have a franchised service territory in the United States.
    In FE Docket No. EA-260-A, EMC proposes to export electric energy 
to Canada and to arrange for the delivery of those exports over the 
international transmission facilities owned by Basin Electric Power 
Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, 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 EMC, as more fully described in its 
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 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 EMC applications to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-260-A. Additional copies 
are to be filed directly with Riaz Jessa, Transaction Accounting 
Assistant, EPCOR Merchant and Capital (US) Inc., EPCOR Place, 8th 
Floor, 505--2nd Street, SW., Calgary, Alberta T2P 1N8, Canada and 
Sandra E. Rizzo, Esq., Preston Gates Ellis, & Rouvelas Meeds, LLP, 1735 
New York Avenue, NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006.
    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, DC, on August 16, 2004.
Ellen Russell,
Acting Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & 
Power Import/Export, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil 
Energy.
[FR Doc. 04-19123 Filed 8-19-04; 8:45 am]
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