[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 151 (Friday, August 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Page 39681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18944]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-164-C]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Constellation Energy 
Commodities Group, Inc.

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. (Constellation) 
applied to renew its authority to export electric energy from the 
United States to Canada for a period of five years pursuant to section 
202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before September 8, 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 202-586-8008).

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 January 23, 1998, DOE issued Order No. EA-164 authorizing 
Constellation to transmit electric energy from the United States to 
Canada as a power marketer using international transmission facilities 
located at the United States border with Canada for a period of two 
years. DOE has twice renewed Constellation's authority to export for 
five-year terms. The most recent authorization in Order No. EA-164-B 
will expire on January 31, 2010. On July 27, 2009, Constellation filed 
an application with DOE to renew the export authority contained in 
Order No. EA-164-B for an additional five-year term.
    Constellation does not own any electric transmission facilities nor 
does it hold a franchised service area. The electric energy which 
Constellation proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy 
purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, 
and other entities within the United States, and exported using 
international transmission facilities that have 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 date 
listed above.
    Comments on the Constellation Energy Commodities Group, Inc. 
application to export electric energy to Canada should be clearly 
marked with Docket No. EA-164-C. Additional copies are to be filed 
directly with Lael Campbell, Constellation Energy Commodities Group, 
Inc., 111 Market Place, Suite 500, Baltimore, Maryland 21202. 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, by 
accessing the program Web site at http://www.oe.energy.gov/permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at 
[email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 3, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-18944 Filed 8-6-09; 8:45 am]
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