[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59910-59911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16271]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[GDO Docket No. EA-515]


Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; AMA QSE, 
LLC

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: AMA QSE, LLC (the Applicant or ``AMA'') has applied for 
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 August 23, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for 
more information should be addressed by electronic mail to 
hq.doe.gov">Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226, 
hq.doe.gov">Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.

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 June 4, 2024, AMA QSE, LLC filed an application (Application or 
App.) with DOE to transmit electric energy from the United States to 
Mexico for a five-year term. App. at 1-2.
    According to the Application, AMA QSE, LLC is ``authorized to do 
business in the State of Texas and such other states as required by the 
current nature of its business.'' App. at 2. AMA states it ``does not 
currently own or control electric generation or transmission facilities 
and does not have a power supply of its own in the United States[.]'' 
Id. at 4. The Applicant represents that it is ``authorized by the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (``FERC'') to make sales of 
electric power at wholesale in interstate commerce at market-based 
rates.'' Id. at 2. Further, AMA QSE, LLC states it ``will purchase the 
energy to be exported from wholesale generators, electrical utilities, 
and federal power marketing agencies.'' Id. The Applicant adds that it 
will purchase the electricity ``through negotiated agreements that have 
been voluntarily executed by the selling parties after considering 
their own need for any such electricity.'' Id. at 4-5. The Applicant 
also notes its transactions will comply with all applicable regulatory 
requirements, including any export limits imposed by DOE. See Id. at 5-
6. The Applicant asserts its ``exports will not impair or tend to 
impede the sufficiency of electric power supplies in the United States 
or the regional coordination of electric utility planning or 
operations.'' Id. at 3.
    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 
Electricity.Exports@

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hq.doe.gov. 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 AMA QSE, LLC's Application 
should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-515. Additional copies 
are to be provided directly to Juan I. Romo, AMA QSE, LLC, 401 Franklin 
Street, Suite 2400-115, Houston, TX 77002, [email protected]; Frederick 
G. Jauss IV, Husch Blackwell LLP, 1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 
1000, Washington, DC 20006-3606, [email protected]; and 
Michael Blackwell, Husch Blackwell LLP, 1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, 
Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006-3606, 
[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 hq.doe.gov">Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
    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. 2024-16271 Filed 7-23-24; 8:45 am]
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