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[FR Doc No: 94-29196]
[Federal Register: November 28, 1994]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
[FE Docket No. EA-66-B]
Application To Export Electricity; Citizens Utilities Company
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Application.
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SUMMARY: Citizens Utilities Company (Citizens) has requested
authorization to export electric energy to Canada.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before January 27, 1995.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Electricity (FE-52), Office of
Fuels Programs, Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-586-9624 or Michael T. Skinker
(Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United
States to a foreign country are regulated and require authorization
under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
On October 12, 1994, Citizens filed an application with the Office
of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for
authorization to export electric energy to Canada pursuant to section
202(e) of the Federal Power Act. Citizens has requested authority to
export up to 50,000 megawatt-hours (MWH) per year of electric energy to
Hydro-Quebec at a maximum rate of transmission of 50 megawatts (MW).
Citizens proposes to use the existing 120,000-volt transmission
facilities at Derby Line, Vermont, to affect the export. The
construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of these
facilities were authorized by Presidential Permit PP-66, issued by the
DOE on June 21, 1979.
Citizens and Hydro-Quebec have had an interconnection agreement
since January 25, 1988, which among other things, provides for mutual
assistance during emergencies. On March 31, 1993, in Order DOE/FE EA-
66, and again on May 28, 1993, in Order DOE/FE EA-66-A, FE granted
Citizens temporary authority to export to Hydro-Quebec in order to
supply electric service to Canadian customers during a maintenance
outage of Hydro-Quebec's Stanstead substation. Citizens now seeks
permanent authority to export to Hydro-Quebec under circumstances
similar to those authorized in Orders EA-66 and EA-66-A or because of
emergency conditions.
Procedural Matters
Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this application
should file a petition to intervene or protest at the address provided
above in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Any such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on or
before the date listed above. Additional copies of such petitions to
intervene or protests also should be filed directly with: Craig A.
Marks, Senior Counsel, Citizens Utilities Company, 1233 West Bank
Expressway, Harvey, La. 70059, (504) 367-7000, ext. 235; Kimberly M.
Kiener, Director Regulatory Affairs, Electric, Citizens Utilities
Company, 4255 Stockton Hill Road, Kingman, Az. 86401, (602) 692-2787;
and James P. Avery, Vice President, Energy, Citizens Utilities Company
1233 West Bank Expressway, Harvey, La. 70059, (504) 367-7000, ext. 210.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211, protests and comments will be
considered by the DOE in determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a petition
to intervene under 18 CFR 385.214. Section 385.214 requires that a
petition to intervene must state, to the extent known, the position
taken by the petitioner and the petitioner's interest in sufficient
factual detail to demonstrate either that the petitioner has a right to
participate because it is a State Commission; that it has or represents
an interest which may be directly affected by the outcome of the
proceeding, including any interest as a consumer, customer, competitor,
or a security holder of a party to the proceeding; or that the
petitioner's participation is in the public interest.
A final decision will be made on this application after a
determination is made by the DOE that the proposed action will not
impair the sufficiency of electric supply within the United States or
will not impede or tend to impede the coordination in the public
interest of facilities in accordance with section 202(e) of the Federal
Power Act.
Before an export authorization may be issued, the environmental
impacts of the proposed DOE action (i.e., granting the export
authorization, with any conditions and limitations, or denying it) must
be evaluated pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
Copies of this application will be made available, upon request,
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above.
Issued in Washington, DC, on November 18, 1994.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 94-29196 Filed 11-25-94; 8:45 am]
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