[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 234 (Tuesday, December 7, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 75994-75995]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-30625]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-191-D]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Sempra Energy Trading LLC

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Sempra Energy Trading LLC (SET) 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 filed and 
received by DOE on or before December 22, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed to: Christopher Lawrence, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE-20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350. Because of delays 
in handling conventional mail, it is recommended that documents be 
transmitted by overnight mail, by electronic mail to 
[email protected], or by facsimile to 202-586-8008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 
202-586-5260.

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 November 10, 1998, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order 
No. EA-191 which authorized Sempra Energy Trading Corp. (SETC) 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 SETC export authorization two additional 
times: on January 19, 2001 in Order No. EA-191-A and again on April 5, 
2006 in Order No. EA-191-B. Order No. EA-191-B expired on November 5, 
2010. On April

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10, 2008, DOE issued Order No. EA-191-C, amending EA-191-B to authorize 
SETC to export under its new name, Sempra Energy Trading LLC (SET), 
under the same terms contained in Order No. EA-191-B. On October 12, 
2010, SET filed an application with DOE for renewal of the export 
authority contained in Order No. EA-191-C for an additional five-year 
term.
    On November 23, 2010, SET supplemented its application by 
requesting expedited treatment of their application. In its letter, SET 
indicated that due to an administrative oversight it had not applied to 
renew its authorization in sufficient time to allow for normal DOE 
processing. SET recognized that its authority to export electric energy 
to Canada had expired and asserted that it has not traded electric 
energy since expiration of Order No. EA-191-B and that it would not do 
so until and unless it received renewed authority to export at the 
conclusion of this proceeding. In response to SET's request for 
expedited treatment, DOE has shortened the public comment period to 15 
days.
    The electric energy that SET 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 SET 
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 and received by DOE on or 
before the date listed above.
    Comments on the SET application to export electric energy to Canada 
should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-191-D. An additional copy 
is to be filed directly with Ted Chila, Senior Vice President, Sempra 
Energy Trading LLC, 58 Commerce Road, Stamford, CT 06902. 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://www.oe.energy.gov/permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at 
[email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on December 2, 2010.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-30625 Filed 12-6-10; 8:45 am]
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