[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 55 (Wednesday, March 20, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 11401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-6705]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. EA-112]
Application to Export Electricity USGen Power Services, L.P.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Application.
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SUMMARY: USGen Power Services, L.P. (USGen) has requested authorization
to export electric energy to Canada. USGen is a marketer of electric
energy. It does not own or control any electric generation or
transmission facilities.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before April 19, 1996.
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. 20585-0350.
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 (FPA) (16
U.S.C.Sec. 824a(e)).
On March 1, 1995, USGen 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
FPA. USGen neither owns nor controls any facilities for the
transmission or distribution of electricity, nor does it have a
franchised retail service area. Rather, USGen is a power marketer
authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to engage
in the wholesale sale of electricity in interstate commerce at
negotiated rates pursuant to its filed rate schedules.
In its application, USGen proposes to sell electric energy to
Powerex, a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Columbia Hydro and Power
Authority. The electric energy USGen proposes to transmit to Canada
would be purchased from electric utilities and Federal power marketing
agencies in the United States. USGen asserts that such energy would be
surplus to the requirements of the entities from which it would be
purchased. USGen would arrange for the exported energy to be wheeled
from the selling entities, over existing domestic transmission
facilities, and delivered to Powerex over the Bonneville Power
Administration's (BPA) 500--kilovolt (kV) line at the U.S.-Canada
border near Blaine, Washington. The construction of these facilities
previously was authorized by DOE in Presidential Permit PP-10.
Procedural Matters
Any persons 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). Fifteen copies of
such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on or before
the date listed above. Additional copies are to be filed directly with:
Ms. Sarah M. Barpoulis, USGen Power Services, L.P., 7500 Old Georgetown
Road, Suite 1300, Bethesda, MD 20814 AND Mr. Marc Bommersbach, U.S.
Generating Company, 100 Pine Street, Suite 2000, San Francisco, CA
94111.
A final decision will be made on this application after the
environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a determination is made by
the DOE that the proposed action will not adversely impact on the
reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system.
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 March 11, 1996.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-6705 Filed 3-19-96; 8:45 am]
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