[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 105 (Thursday, June 2, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32310-32311]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 05-10954]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-178-B]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Edison Mission Marketing 
and Trading, Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Edison Mission Marketing and Trading, Inc. (EMMT) has applied 
to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before July 5, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery & Energy 
Reliability, Mail Code: OE-20, 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) 202-586-2793.

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 May 29, 1998, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. 
EA-178 authorizing EMMT's predecessor, Citizens Power Sales, LLC (CP 
Sales) to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico as 
a power marketer. On May 3, 2000, in Order No. EA-178-A, DOE renewed 
the CP Sales authorization to export electric energy to Canada for a 
five-year term that expired on May 3, 2005.
    Subsequently, EMMT's parent, Edison Mission Energy, acquired CP 
Sales on

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July 3, 2000. In that transaction, CP Sales merged with EMMT, with EMMT 
as the surviving entity. EMMT has transacted under CP Sales' export 
authorization since that date.
    On April 4, 2005, EMMT filed an application with DOE for renewal of 
the export authority contained in Order No. EA-178-A for an additional 
five-year term. EMMT proposes to export electric energy to Mexico and 
to arrange for the delivery of those exports over the international 
transmission facilities presently owned by San Diego Gas & Electric, El 
Paso Electric Company, Central Power & Light Company, and Comision 
Federal de Electricidad, the national electric utility of Mexico.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to become a party to these 
proceedings 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 dates listed above.
    Comments on the EMMT application to export electric energy to 
Mexico should be clearly marked with Docket EA-178-B. Additional copies 
are to be filed directly with Joseph C. Bell, Jolanta Sterbenz, Geo. F. 
Hobday, Jr., Hogan & Hartson L.L.P., 555 Thirteenth Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20004-1109, And Robert F. Viola, Counsel, Edison Mission 
Marketing & Trading, Inc., 160 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 
02110-1776, And Karen A. Bell, Assistant Counsel, Edison Mission 
Marketing & Trading, Inc., 160 Federal Street, Boston, Massachusetts 
02110-1776.
    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 program's Home Page at http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon 
reaching the Home page, select ``Electricity Regulation,'' and then 
``Pending Proceedings'' from the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 27, 2005.
Anthony J. Como,
Senior Advisor to the Director for Regulatory Programs, Office of 
Electricity Delivery & Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 05-10954 Filed 6-1-05; 8:45 am]
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