[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65616-65617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17890]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[GDO Docket No. PP-412-1]


Application To Amend Presidential Permit; Lake Erie Connector 
Transmission, LLC

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Lake Erie Connector Transmission, LLC (LEC Transmission or 
Applicant) has applied to amend Presidential Permit No. PP-412 to 
reflect a change in upstream ownership and related name change.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before September 11, 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 construction, operation, maintenance, 
and connection of facilities at the international border of the United 
States for the transmission of electric energy between the United 
States and a foreign country is prohibited in the absence of a 
Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as 
amended by E.O. 12038. On April 10, 2023, the authority to issue such 
permits was delegated to the DOE's Grid Deployment Office by Delegation 
Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-GD1-2023.
    On January 12, 2017, DOE issued Presidential Permit No. PP-412, 
authorizing ITC Lake Erie Connector to construct, connect, operate, and 
maintain a 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line at the international 
border between the United States and Canada. On March 29, 2024, LEC 
Transmission filed an application with DOE (Application or App.) 
requesting to amend Presidential Permit No. PP-412 to reflect a change 
in the upstream ownership from ITC Project Holdings, LLC to Lake Erie 
Holdings, LLC and related name change from ITC Lake Erie Connector to 
LEC Transmission. App. at 2.
    According to the Application, on January 31, 2024, Lake Erie 
Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. and direct, wholly 
owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC, ``acquired 100 
percent of the ownership interests in ITC Project Holdings, LLC, the 
indirect upstream owner of ITC Lake Erie Connector.'' Id. The Applicant 
states that ``[f]ollowing the Transaction, the legal name of ITC Lake 
Erie Connector was changed to LEC Transmission.'' Id. LEC Transmission 
requests that DOE amend Presidential Permit No. PP-412 to reflect the 
correct legal name of the project company following NextEra Energy's 
acquisition of ITC Lake Erie Connector. Id. at 2-3.
    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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (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 LEC Transmission's 
Application should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. PP-412-1. 
Additional copies are to be provided directly to Justin Moeller, 
NextEra Energy, Inc., 801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 220 Washington, 
DC, 20004, [email protected] and John M. Kopinski, NextEra Energy 
Transmission, LLC, 700 Universe Blvd., Juno Beach, FL, 33408, 
[email protected].
    Before a Presidential permit may be issued, DOE must determine 
whether the proposed action is in the public interest. In making that 
determination, DOE will consider the environmental impacts of the 
proposed action (i.e., granting the Presidential permit, with any 
conditions and limitations, or denying the permit) pursuant to DOE's 
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part 
1021); determine the Applicant's proposed project's impact on electric 
reliability by ascertaining whether the proposed project would 
adversely affect the operation of the U.S. electric power supply system 
under normal and

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contingency conditions; and weigh any other factors that DOE may also 
consider relevant to the public interest. DOE also must obtain the 
favorable recommendation of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of 
Defense before taking final action on a Presidential permit 
application.
    LEC Transmission's Application may be reviewed or downloaded 
electronically at www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0 or by 
emailing [email protected]. 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 August 2, 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 August 7, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-17890 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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