[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 33 (Tuesday, February 19, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Page 11633]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-03714]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-336-A]


Application To Export Electric Energy; ConocoPhillips Company

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

ACTION: Notice of Application.

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SUMMARY: ConocoPhillips Company (CoP) has applied to renew its 
authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico 
pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before March 21, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or motions 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) at 
202-586-0808, or by email to [email protected].

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 Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 
824a(e)).
    On April 17, 2008, DOE issued Order No. EA-336, which authorized 
CoP to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico as a 
power marketer for a five-year term using existing international 
transmission facilities. That authority expires on April 17, 2013. On 
November 29, 2012, CoP filed an application with DOE for renewal of the 
export authority contained in Order No. EA-336 for an additional five-
year term.
    In its application, CoP states that neither it nor any of its 
affiliates currently own or control electric generating or transmission 
facilities except for those facilities necessary to connect generation 
facilities to the transmission grid. CoP states that all of the 
electric energy that CoP proposes to export to Mexico will be surplus 
to the needs of the selling entities. The existing international 
transmission facilities to be utilized by CoP 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 be heard in this 
proceeding should file a comment or protest to the application at the 
address provided above. Protests should be filed in accordance with 
Rule 211 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Rules of 
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to become 
a party to these proceedings should file a motion to intervene at the 
above address in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five 
copies of such comments, protests, or motions to intervene should be 
sent to the address provided above on or before the date listed above.
    Comments on the CoP application to export electric energy to Mexico 
should be clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA-336-A. An additional 
copy is to be provided directly to both Casey P. McFaden and Charles F. 
Eisenhardt, ConocoPhillips Company, 600 North Dairy Ashford, Houston, 
TX 77079. 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 sufficiency of supply or 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://energy.gov/node/11845, or by 
emailing Angela Troy at [email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 11, 2013.
Brian Mills,
Director of Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2013-03714 Filed 2-15-13; 8:45 am]
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