[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 62 (Monday, April 3, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Page 16176]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-06480]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket Nos. PP-423, PP-424 and PP-425]


Notice of Issuance of Presidential Permits

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

ACTION: Notice of Issuance.

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SUMMARY: On February 13, 2017, the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of 
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability issued Presidential permits 
PP-423, PP-424, and PP-425 to AEP Texas Inc., transferring the 
authorizations in PP-94, PP-210, and PP-317 to a new corporate entity.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 
at 202-586-5260, or by email to [email protected], or 
Katherine Konieczny (Program Attorney) at 202-586-0503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: AEP Texas Central Company (AEP TCC) and AEP 
Utilities, Inc. (AEP Utilities) filed joint applications to voluntarily 
transfer the facilities authorized by Presidential permit Nos. PP-94, 
PP-219, and PP-317 to AEP Texas Inc. on July 20, 2016. The applications 
requested that the Department of Energy (DOE) rescind the Presidential 
permits held by AEP TCC and simultaneously issue permits to AEP Texas 
Inc., the new name of AEP Utilities, covering the same international 
transmission facilities from the previous permits. DOE issued the new 
Presidential permits on February 13, 2017.
    DOE deemed the rescission and reissuance of these permits to be 
primarily clerical in nature because the facilities at issue already 
exist and there will be no physical or operational changes to the 
facilities. The prior permit holder is a direct, wholly-owned 
subsidiary of the current entity that will own and operate the 
facilities after a corporate reorganization. There will be no change in 
ultimate control of the facilities; they will be owned and operated by 
a different entity in the same chain of ownership of the facilities.
    Prior to issuing any new Presidential permit, however, DOE must 
obtain concurrence from the Departments of State and Defense pursuant 
to Executive Order 10485, as amended by Executive Order 12038. DOE 
obtained such concurrence from the Department of State and the 
Department of Defense on December 28, 2016 and January 18, 2017, 
respectively, for the issuances of PP-423, PP-424 and PP-425.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 13, 2017.
Christopher A. Lawrence,
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2017-06480 Filed 3-31-17; 8:45 am]
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