[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 77 (Friday, April 21, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20654-20655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6033]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-312]


Application to Export Electric Energy; Emera Energy U.S. 
Subsidiary No. 2, Inc.

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Emera Energy U.S. Subsidiary No. 2, Inc. (Emera Sub 2) has 
applied for 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 8, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office Electricity Delivery and 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: Xavier Puslowski (Program Office), 
202-586-4708 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 5, 2006, the Department of Energy (DOE) received an 
application from Emera Sub 2 to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Canada. Emera Sub 2 is a Delaware corporation and 
wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of Emera Incorporated. Emera 
Incorporated owns two wholly-owned subsidiaries, Bangor Hydro-Electric 
Company, a transmission and distribution company providing wholesale 
and retail service in Maine, and Nova Scotia Power Inc. that serves 
customers located in Nova Scotia, Canada. Emera Sub 2 does not own or 
control any transmission or distribution assets, nor does it have a 
franchised service area. The electric energy which Emera Sub 2 proposes 
to export to Canada would be purchased from the marketplace and would 
be surplus to the power needs in the United States.
    Emera Sub 2 proposes to arrange for the delivery of electric energy 
to Canada over the existing international transmission facilities 
presently 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, operation, 
maintenance, and connection of each of the international transmission 
facilities to be utilized by Emera Sub 2 as more fully described in the 
application, has previously been authorized by a Presidential permit 
issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended.
    In its application Emera Sub 2 requests expedited treatment and 
requests that export authority, if granted, be made effective as of May 
1, 2006. In response to the Emera Sub 2 reqest, DOE has shortened the 
comment period to 15 days.
    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

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with DOE on or before the date listed above.
    Additional copies are to be filed directly with Calvin Bell, Emera 
Energy Services, Inc., One Cumberland Place, Suite 102, Bangor, ME 
04401; Deborah C. Brentani, Wright & Talisman, P.C., 1200 G Street, 
NW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005 and Richard J. Smith, Assistant 
Secretary, Emera Energy U.S. Subsidiary No. 2, Inc., c/o Emera 
Incorporated, 1894 Barrington Street, 18th Flr., Barrington Tower, P.O. 
Box 910, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3J 2W5.
    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/. Upon reaching the Home Page, select ``Pending 
Proceedings.''

    Issued in Washington, DC, on April 17, 2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E6-6033 Filed 4-20-06; 8:45 am]
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