[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 7 (Friday, January 10, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1853-1854]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-00316]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-348-B]


Application To Export Electric Energy; NextEra Energy Power 
Marketing, LLC

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC (NEPM) 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.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before February 10, 2014.

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 February 11, 2009, DOE issued Order No. EA-348 to FPL Energy 
Power Marketing, Inc. to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Canada as a power marketer for a five-year term using 
existing international transmission facilities. That authority expires 
on February 11, 2014.
    On March 19, 2009, FPL Energy Power Marketing, Inc. notified DOE

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that, effective March 12, 2009, it changed its legal name to NextEra 
Energy Power Marketing, LLC. Accordingly, on March 26, 2009, DOE issued 
Order No. EA-348-A, in which it amended the original order by changing 
the name of the authorized exporter to NEPM. All other terms and 
conditions of Order No. EA-348 remained unchanged.
    On December 20, 2013, NEPM filed an application with DOE for 
renewal of the export authority contained in Order No. EA-348-A for an 
additional five-year term. Specifically, NEPM states that it seeks 
renewal, as a power marketer, to export electricity through existing 
Canadian border facilities.
    NEPM states that it does not own, operate, or control any physical 
assets such as electric generating or transmission facilities, and it 
does not have a franchised service area. The electric energy that NEPM 
proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy purchased from 
electric utilities and other suppliers within the United States.
    The existing international transmission facilities to be utilized 
by NEPM 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 NEPM application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA-348-B. An 
additional copy is to be provided directly to both Marty Jo Rogers, 
Senior Counsel, NextEra Energy Power Marketing, LLC, 601 Travis Street, 
Suite 1910, Houston, TX 77002, and Gunnar Birgisson, Senior Attorney, 
NextEra Energy, 801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20004. 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 January 6, 2014.
Brian Mills,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2014-00316 Filed 1-9-14; 8:45 am]
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