[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30532-30533]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2016-11601]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-418]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Termoelectrica U.S., LLC

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Termoelectrica U.S., LLC (Applicant) has applied for 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 June 16, 2016.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for 
more information should be addressed to: 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.

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 March 21, 2016, DOE received an application from the Applicant 
for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to 
Mexico as a power marketer solely over the TDM Gen-Tie, an authorized 
international electric transmission facility issued in Presidential 
Permit PP-235-2 and for a period not to extend beyond the date of 
termination of the associated Presidential Permit PP-235-2.
    In its application, the Applicant states that it does own or 
control an electric generation or transmission facility at the point 
where the 230kV generation tie-line crosses the U.S. Mexico border, and 
does not have a franchised service area. The Applicant's request is 
limited to the delivery of intermittent and de minimis start-up and 
station power to the TDM Facility over the TDM-Gen-Tie. The electric 
energy that the Applicant proposes to export to Mexico would be surplus 
energy purchased from third parties such as electric utilities and 
Federal power marketing agencies pursuant to voluntary agreements. The 
existing international transmission facility to be utilized by the 
Applicant 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

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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 and other filings concerning the Applicant's application 
to export electric energy to Mexico should be clearly marked with OE 
Docket No. EA-418. An additional copy is to be provided to both Daniel 
A. King, Sempra U.S. Gas & Power, LLC, 488 8th Ave., HQ12S1, San Diego, 
CA 92101 and Jose A. Lau, Sempra International, LLC, 488 8th Ave., 
HQ13N1, San Diego, CA 92101.
    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 May 11, 2016.
Christopher Lawrence,
Energy Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2016-11601 Filed 5-16-16; 8:45 am]
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