[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59909-59910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16269]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[GDO Docket No. EA-249-E]


Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric 
Energy; Constellation Generation Company LLC

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Constellation Generation Company LLC (the Applicant) has 
applied for renewed authorization to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before August 23, 2024.

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

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) 
under Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and Redelegation Order No. 
S3-DEL-GD1-2023.
    On February 10, 2022, DOE issued order No. EA-249-D to 
Constellation Generation Company LLC to transmit electric energy from 
the United States to Canada. On June 6, 2024, Constellation Generation 
Company LLC filed a renewal Application (Application or App.) for an 
additional five-year term. App. at 1.
    According to the Application, Constellation Generation Company LLC 
is a ``Pennsylvania limited liability company with its principal 
executive offices in Baltimore, Maryland.'' Id. at 2. Constellation 
Generation Company LLC states it is a competitive power generator 
``with approximately 32,000 megawatts of owned capacity located in a 
number of organized markets.'' Id. The Applicant further states that it 
``does not own or operate any transmission or distribution facilities 
and does not have a franchised service area.'' Id. Constellation 
Generation Company LLC is ``authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (``FERC'') to sell energy, capacity, an ancillary service at 
market-based rates in the United States.'' Id.

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    The Applicant states that it has and will continue to export on 
either firm or interruptible basis and ``will not impair the 
sufficiency of the electric power supply within the United States . . . 
[or] will not impede or tend to impede the regional coordination of 
electric utility planning or operations.'' Id. at 3. Constellation 
Generation Company LLC states it ``has and will continue to make all 
necessary commercial arrangements and will obtain any and all other 
regulatory approvals required in order to affect any power exports.'' 
Id. The Applicant further states it ``has and will continue to comply 
with the terms and conditions contained in the authorizations issued 
for these cross-border facilities as well as any other export 
limitations that DOE may deem appropriate, consistent with DOE's orders 
authorizing exports of electric energy by power marketers.'' Id. at 4.
    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 the previously provided email 
address in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
    Comments and other filings concerning Constellation Generation 
Company LLC's Application should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. 
EA-249-E. Additional copies are to be provided directly to Todd 
Brecher, Constellation Generation Company, LLC, 1310 Point Street, 8th 
Floor, Baltimore, MD 21231, 410-470-2593, 
[email protected]; and Buffy Pyle-Liberto, Constellation 
Energy Generation, LLC, 1310 Point Street, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD 
21231, 443-910-0414, [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 July 18, 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 July 19, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-16269 Filed 7-23-24; 8:45 am]
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