[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 23 (Friday, February 3, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 5819-5820]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-1471]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-191-B]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Sempra Energy Trading 
Corp.

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Sempra Energy Trading Corporation (SET) has applied to renew 
for a term of five years 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 March 6, 2006.

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 202-586-5860).

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 January 19, 2001, the Department of Energy (DOE) authorized SET 
to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer. That authorization expired on November 10, 2005. On November 
23, 2005, SET filed an application with DOE for renewal of this export 
authority and requested that the authorization be granted for an 
additional 5-year term.
    SET would arrange for the delivery of the exported energy to Canada 
over the

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international transmission facilities owned by Basin Electric Power 
Cooperative, Booneville Power Administration, Eastern Maine Electric 
Cooperative, International Transmission Co., Joint Owners of the 
Highgate Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric Power Company, Maine 
Public Service Company, Minnesota Power, Inc., Minnkota Power 
Cooperative, Inc., New York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corp., Northern States Power Company and Vermont Electric Transmission 
Co.
    The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of 
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by SET 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 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 SET application to export electric energy to Canada 
should be clearly marked with Docket EA-191-B. Additional copies are to 
be filed directly with Michael A. Goldstein, Esq., Senior Vice 
President & General Counsel, Sempra Energy Trading Corp., 58 Commerce 
Road, Stamford, CT 06902.
    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.electricity.doe.gov. 
Upon reaching the Home page, select ``Divisions,'' then ``Permitting 
Siting & Analysis,'' then ``Electricity Imports/Exports,'' and then 
``Pending Proceedings'' from the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 30, 2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
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