[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 118 (Tuesday, June 20, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Page 35418]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E6-9633]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-316]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Cinergy Marketing & 
Trading, LP

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Cinergy Marketing & Trading, LP (CMT) 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 July 20, 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 June 6, 2006, the Department of Energy (DOE) received an 
application from CMT for authority to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Canada as a power marketer. CMT is a Delaware limited 
partnership with its principal place of business in Houston, TX. CMT 
has requested an electricity export authorization with a 5-year term. 
CMT does not own or control any generation, transmission, or 
distribution assets, nor does it have a franchised service area. The 
electric energy which CMT proposes to export to Canada would be surplus 
energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing 
agencies, and other entities within the U.S.
    CMT 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 CMT 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 CMT application to export electric energy to Canada 
should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-316. Additional copies are 
to be filed directly with Jason S. Austin, Senior Counsel, Cinergy 
Marketing & Trading, LP, 1100 Louisiana Street, Suite 4900, Houston, TX 
77002.
    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 
e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 14, 2006.
Ellen Russell,
Acting Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery 
and Energy Reliability.
 [FR Doc. E6-9633 Filed 6-19-06; 8:45 am]
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