[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 245 (Wednesday, December 22, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 80482-80483]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-32123]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-262-C]


Application To Export Electric Energy; TransCanada Power 
Marketing Ltd.

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

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd. (TCPM) 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 
to DOE and received on or before January 21, 2011.

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 June 4, 2002 the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA-
262, which authorized TCPM to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Canada as a power marketer for a two-year term using existing 
international transmission facilities. DOE renewed the TCPM export 
authorization two additional times: on May 19, 2004 in Order No. EA-
262-A and again on May 17, 2011 in Order No. EA-262-B. Order No. EA-
262-B will expire on May 17, 2011. On December 13, 2010, TCPM filed an 
application with DOE for renewal of the export authority contained in 
Order No. EA-262 for a ten-year term.
    The electric energy that TCPM 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 TCPM 
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 and must be received on 
or before the date listed above.
    Comments on the TCPM application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket No. 262-C. An additional 
copy is to be filed directly with Frank Karabetsos, Legal Counsel, 
TransCanada Power Marketing Ltd., 450-1st Street, SW., Calgary Alberta, 
Canada T2P 5H1. 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

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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 16, 2010.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-32123 Filed 12-21-10; 8:45 am]
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