[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 122 (Tuesday, June 25, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 53070-53071]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-13875]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[GDO Docket No. EA-470-A]


Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric 
Energy; EDECSAMEX, S.A. de C.V.

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: EDECSAMEX, Sociedad An[oacute]nima de Capital Variable (the 
Applicant or EDECSAMEX) has applied for renewed authorization to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to 
the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before July 25, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for 
more information should be addressed by electronic mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226, 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Department of Energy (DOE) 
regulates electricity exports from the United States to foreign 
countries in accordance with section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 CFR 205.300 et 
seq.). Sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act (42 
U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) transferred this regulatory authority, 
previously exercised by the now-defunct Federal Power Commission, to 
DOE.
    Section 202(e) of the FPA provides that an entity which seeks to 
export electricity must obtain an order from DOE authorizing that 
export. (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the authority to issue 
such orders was delegated to the DOE's Grid Deployment Office (GDO) by 
Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-
GD1-2023.
    On July 18, 2019, DOE issued Order No. EA-470 authorizing EDECSAMEX 
to export electricity from the United States to Mexico as a power 
marketer for a five-year term. On April 30, 2024, EDECSAMEX filed an 
application

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(Application or App.) with DOE for renewal of their export authority 
for a five-year term. App. at 1.
    According to the Application, EDECSAMEX is incorporated under the 
laws of Mexico with its principal place of business in Mexico City, 
Mexico. Id. The Applicant is authorized by Centro Nacional de Control 
de Energ[iacute]a, Mexico's national grid operator, to transact as a 
wholesale power marketer in Mexico and import and export electricity 
with the United States. Id. at 2. The Applicant represents that 
``neither EDECSAMEX nor any of its owners hold a franchised electric 
power service area nor have a native load obligation'' and that it 
plans to source excess power supply from ERCOT, CAISO, and potentially 
other markets bordering Mexico. See id. at 3. EDECSAMEX asserts its 
commercial plan will not affect reliability or the sufficiency of the 
electric supply within the U.S. Id. The Applicant also represents its 
exports ``will not impede or tend to impede the coordination in the 
public interest of facilities subject to the jurisdiction of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission[.]'' Id. at 1.
    The existing international transmission facilities to be utilized 
by the Applicant have been previously authorized by Presidential 
permits issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are 
appropriate for open access transmission by third parties. See App. at 
Exhibit C.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this 
proceeding should file a comment or protest to the Application at 
[email protected]. Protests should be filed in accordance 
with Rule 211 of FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 
385.211). Any person desiring to become a party to this proceeding 
should file a motion to intervene at [email protected] in 
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
    Comments and other filings concerning EDECSAMEX's Application 
should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-470-A. Additional 
copies are to be provided directly to Vahid Sadeghpour, Sole 
Administrator, EDECSAMEX, S.A. de C.V., 2615 Centenary Street, Houston, 
TX 77005, [email protected], and Gregory Arroyo, Jr., Counsel 
for EDECSAMEX, S.A. de C.V., 124 Palm Blvd., Missouri City, TX 77459, 
[email protected].
    A final decision will be made on the requested authorization after 
the environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to DOE's 
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part 
1021) and after DOE evaluates whether the proposed action will have an 
adverse impact on the sufficiency of supply or reliability of the 
United States electric power supply system.
    Copies of this Application will be made available, upon request, by 
accessing the program website at https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0 or by emailing [email protected].
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on June 17, 2024, by Maria Robinson, Director, Grid Deployment 
Office, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. 
That document with the original signature and date is maintained by 
DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with 
requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE 
Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit 
the document in electronic format for publication, as an official 
document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no 
way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the 
Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on June 20, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-13875 Filed 6-24-24; 8:45 am]
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