[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 113 (Monday, June 14, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 33610-33611]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-14198]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-182-C]


Application To Export Electric Energy; H.Q. Energy Services 
(U.S.) Inc.

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc. (HQUS) has applied to renew 
its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to 
Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA).

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before July 14, 2010.

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: Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 
202-586-5260 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 August 21, 1998, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. 
EA-182, which authorized HQUS to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Canada as a power marketer using existing 
international transmission facilities for a five-year term. DOE renewed 
the HQUS export authorization on August 21, 2000, in Order No. EA-182-A 
and again on

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August 19, 2005, in Order No. EA-182-B. That Order will expire on 
August 21, 2010. On May 13, 2010, HQUS filed an application with DOE 
for renewal of the export authority contained in Order No. EA-182-B for 
an additional five-year term.
    The electric energy that HQUS proposes to export to Canada would be 
surplus energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal power 
marketing agencies and other entities within the United States. The 
existing international transmission facilities to be utilized by HQUS 
have previously been authorized by Presidential permits issued pursuant 
to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are appropriate for open 
access transmission by third parties.
    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 HQUS application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-182-C. Additional 
copies are to be filed directly with Helene Cossette, Hydro-Quebec 
Production, 75, boulevard Rene-Levesque West, 17th Floor, Montreal 
Canada H2Z 1A4 and Jerry L. Pfeffer, Skaden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & 
Flom LLP, 1440 New York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20005. 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 emailing Odessa Hopkins at 
[email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on June 8, 2010.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-14198 Filed 6-11-10; 8:45 am]
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