[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 91 (Friday, May 9, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 26379-26380]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-10368]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-340]


Application to Export Electric Energy; Saracen Energy Partners, 
LP

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Saracen Energy Partners, LP (SEP) 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 June 9, 2008.

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 by the Department of Energy 
(DOE) pursuant to sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 
authorization under section 202(e) of the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).
    On May 1, 2008, DOE received an application from SEP for authority 
to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer. SEP has requested an electricity export authorization with a 
5-year term. SEP does not own any electric transmission facilities nor 
does it hold a franchised service area. The electric energy which SEP 
proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy purchased from 
electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, and other 
entities within the United States.
    SEP proposes to export electric energy to Canada and to 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 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 Company.
    The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of 
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by SEP was 
previously 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 
comment, petition, and protest should be filed with DOE on or before 
the dates listed above.
    All filings in this proceeding should be clearly marked with Docket 
No. EA-340. Additional copies are to be filed directly with Allison P. 
Duensing, Assistant General Counsel, The Saracen Group of Companies, 
Five Greenway Plaza, Suite 1310, Houston, TX 77040 and Daniel E. Frank, 
Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 
Washington, DC 20004-2415.
    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

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reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system.
    Copies of these applications will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above, by 
accessing the program Web site at http://oe.energy.gov/permits.htm, or 
by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2008.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
 [FR Doc. E8-10368 Filed 5-8-08; 8:45 am]
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