[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 97 (Friday, May 19, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29138-29139]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-7679]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-311]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Lehman Brothers Commodity 
Services Inc.

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Lehman Brothers Commodity Services Inc. (Lehman Brothers) has 
applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

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DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before June 19, 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 May 8, 2006, the Department of Energy (DOE) received an 
application from Lehman Brothers for authority to transmit electric 
energy from the United States to Canada as a power marketer. Lehman 
Brothers is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business 
in New York, New York. Lehman Brothers has requested an electricity 
export authorization with a 5-year term. Lehman Brothers does not own 
or control any generation, transmission, or distribution assets, nor 
does it have a franchised service area. The electric energy which 
Lehman Brothers proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy 
purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, 
and other entities within the U.S.
    Lehman Brothers will arrange for the delivery of exports to Canada 
over the international transmission facilities 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, Vermont Electric Power Company, 
and Vermont Electric Transmission Co.
    The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of 
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by Lehman 
Brothers 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 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 dates 
listed above.
    Comments on the Lehman Brothers application to export electric 
energy to Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-311. 
Additional copies are to be filed directly with David M. Perlman, 
Senior Vice President, Lehman Brothers Commodity Services, Inc., 745 
7th Avenue, New York, New York 10019, and David J. Levine, Robin J. 
Bowen and Doron Ezickson, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 600 13th Street, 
NW., Washington, DC 20005-3096.
    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 by 
emailing Odessa Hopkins at [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 12, 2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E6-7679 Filed 5-18-06; 8:45 am]
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