[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 88 (Monday, May 8, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26757-26758]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-6906]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-200-B]


Application To Export Electric Energy; American Electric Power 
Service Corporation

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

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: American Electric Power Service Corporation (AEPSC) has 
applied, on behalf of its generation-owning public utility affiliates, 
to renew their 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 23, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of 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: 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 April 6, 1999, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. 
EA-200 authorizing each of AEPSC's five generation-owning public 
utility members individually to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Canada. Order No. EA-200 authorized Appalachian Power 
Company (APC), Columbus Southern Power Company (CSPC), Indiana Michigan 
Power Company (IMPC), Kentucky Power Company (KPC) and Ohio Power 
Company (OPC) individually to export electric energy from the United 
States to Canada for a two-year term. On May 22, 2001, in Order No. EA-
200-A, DOE renewed that authorization for a five-year term and added 
Central Power & Light Company, Public Service Company of Oklahoma 
(PSCO), Southwestern Electric Power Company (SEPC) and West Texas 
Utilities Company to the list of AEPCS's member companies authorized to 
export electric energy to Canada.
    On April 20, 2006, AEPSC filed an application with DOE on behalf of 
only seven of its current public utility affiliates (APC, CSPC, IMPC, 
KPC, OPC, PSCO, and SEPC) for renewal of the export authority contained 
in Order No. EA-200-A for an additional five-year term. The electric 
energy that each company proposes to export electric to Canada would be 
either surplus to its own needs or purchased on the wholesale market. 
Each company authorized to export would individually arrange for the 
delivery of those exports over the international transmission 
facilities presently owned by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, 
Bonneville Power Administration, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, 
International

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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, 
Vermont Electric Power Company, Inc. and Vermont Electric Transmission 
Company.
    Because the existing authority contained in Order No. EA-200-A is 
due to expire on May 22, 2006, AEPSC has requested expedited treatment 
of this amendment application so that there would be no gap in export 
authority. In response to the AEPSC request, DOE has shortened the 
comment period to 15 days.
    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 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 the DOE on or before the 
dates listed above.
    Comments on the AEPSC application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-200-B. Additional copies 
are to be filed directly with John C. Crespo, Esq., American Electric 
Power, 1 Riverside Plaza, Columbus, Ohio 43215-2373 AND John R. 
Lilyestrom, Esq., Hogan & Hartson, LLP, 555 13th Street, NW., 
Washington, DC 20004.
    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 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 you 
may send an email to Odessa Hopkins at [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 2, 2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E6-6906 Filed 5-5-06; 8:45 am]
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