[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 38 (Friday, February 27, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8922-8923]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-4216]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-350]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Saracen Power LLC

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

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: Saracen Power LLC (Saracen Power) 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 March 30, 2009.

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 February 15, 2009, DOE received an application from Saracen 
Power for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States 
to Canada as a power marketer. Saracen Power is a Texas limited 
partnership with its principal place of business in Houston, TX. 
Saracen has requested an electricity export authorization with a 5-year 
term. Saracen Power does not own any electric transmission facilities 
nor does it hold a franchised service area. The electric energy which 
Saracen Power proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy 
purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, 
and other entities within the United States.
    Saracen Power proposes to export electric energy to Canada and to 
arrange for the delivery of those exports over the international 
transmission facilities presently owned by Bangor Hydro-Electric 
Company, 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, 
Sea Breeze Olympic Converter, 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 Saracen 
Power was previously authorized by a Presidential

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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-350. 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 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 February 23, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-4216 Filed 2-26-09; 8:45 am]
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