[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 162 (Monday, August 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 42653-42654]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-20301]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-359]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Louis Dreyfus Energy 
Services L.P.

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Louis Dreyfus Energy Services L.P. (LDES) 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 September 23, 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 June 30, 2009, DOE received an application from LDES for 
authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada 
as a power marketer using international transmission

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facilities located at the United States border with Canada. LDES does 
not own any electric transmission facilities nor does it hold a 
franchised service area. The electric energy which LDES proposes to 
export to Canada would be surplus energy purchased from electric 
utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, and other entities within 
the United States. LDES has requested an electricity export 
authorization with a 5-year term.
    The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of 
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by LDES 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 date 
listed above.
    Comments on the LDES application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-359. Additional 
copies are to be filed directly with Ernest W. Kohnke, Esquire, Louis 
Dreyful Highbridge Energy LLC, 20 Westport Road, Wilton, CT 06897 and 
Daniel E. Frank, Caileen N. Gamache, 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 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 18, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-20301 Filed 8-21-09; 8:45 am]
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