[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 171 (Friday, September 3, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 54116-54117]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-22064]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-171-C]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Powerex Corp

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Powerex Corp. (Powerex) 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 October 4, 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 February 25, 1998, the DOE issued Order No. EA-171 which 
authorized Powerex to transmit electric energy from the United States 
to Canada for a two-year term as a power marketer using existing 
international transmission facilities. DOE renewed the Powerex export 
authorization on February 23, 2000, for a five-year term in Order No. 
EA-171-A, and again for five years on November 18, 2005, in Order No. 
EA-171-B. That Order will expire on November 18, 2010. On May 19, 2010, 
Powerex filed an application with DOE for renewal of the export 
authority contained in Order No. EA-171-B for an additional five-year 
term.
    The electric energy that Powerex 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 
Powerex 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 Powerex application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-171-C. Additional 
copies are to be filed directly with Mike MacDougal and Karen McDonald, 
Powerex Corp., 666 Burrard Street, Suite 1400, Vancouver, British 
Columbia, Canada V6C 2X8 and Deanna E. King, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, 
111 Congress Avenue, Suite 2300, Austin, Texas 78701. A final decision 
will be made on this application after the environmental impacts have 
been evaluated pursuant to DOE's National Environmental Policy Act 
Implementing Procedures (10 CFR Part 1021) and after 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://

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www.oe.energy.gov/permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins 
at [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 27, 2010.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-22064 Filed 9-2-10; 8:45 am]
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