[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 124 (Tuesday, June 28, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Pages 37797-37798]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-16145]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-379]


Application to Export Electric Energy; Freepoint Commodities, LLC

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Freepoint Commodities, LLC has requested authority to transmit 
electric energy from the United States to Mexico 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 July 28, 2011.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be 
addressed to: Lamont Jackson, 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: Lamont Jackson (Program Office) 202-
586-0808.

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 April 15, 2011, DOE received an application from Freepoint 
Commodities requesting authority to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Mexico for ten years as a power marketer. Freepoint 
Commodities proposes to use existing authorized international electric 
transmission facilities that are appropriate for open access by third 
parties, including facilities that have been authorized but not yet 
constructed and placed into operation. Neither Freepoint Commodities 
nor any of its affiliates owns, controls or operates any electric 
transmission facilities in the United States.
    The electric energy that Freepoint Commodities proposes to export 
to Mexico would be surplus energy purchased from electric utilities and 
Federal power marketing agencies within the United States. The existing 
international transmission facilities to be utilized by Freepoint 
Commodities 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

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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 Freepoint Commodities application to export 
electric energy to Mexico should be clearly marked with OE Docket 
No.EA-379. An additional copy is to be filed directly with Daniel M. 
Hecht, General Counsel, Freepoint Commodities, LLC, 1281 E. Main 
Street, Third floor, Stamford, CT 06902 and Margaret A. Moore, Vincenzo 
Franco, and Julia Wood, Van Ness Feldman, P.C., 1050 Thomas Jefferson 
St., NW., seventh floor, Washington, DC 20007. 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 have an adverse 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 June 21, 2011.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2011-16145 Filed 6-27-11; 8:45 am]
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