[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 70 (Wednesday, April 12, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18730-18731]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-5380]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-297-A]


Application To Export Electric Energy; SESCO Enterprises Canada

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

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: SESCO Enterprises Canada (SESCO Canada) 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 May 12, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy

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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: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 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 November 10, 2004, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order 
No. EA-297 authorizing SESCO Enterprises Canada (SESCO Canada) to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer. That Order will expire on July 6, 2006.
    On March 6, 2006, SESCO Canada filed an application with DOE for 
renewal of the export authority contained in Order No. EA-297 for an 
additional five-year term. SESCO Canada does not own or control any 
transmission or distribution assets, nor does it have a franchised 
service area. The electric energy which SESCO Canada proposes to export 
to Canada would be purchased from electric utilities and Federal power 
marketing agencies within the U.S.
    SESCO Canada will arrange for the delivery of exports to Canada 
over the international transmission facilities currently owned by Basin 
Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville 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 SESCO 
Canada 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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission'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 SESCO Canada application to export electric energy 
to Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-297-A. Additional 
copies are to be filed directly with Carol Smoots, Esq., Perkins Coie 
LLP, 607 Fourteenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005 and Michael 
Schubiger, Chief Executive Officer, SESCO Enterprises, LLC, 120 Wood 
Avenue South, Suite 511, Iselin, NJ 08830.
    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/programs/electricityregulation/ and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the 
options menus.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
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