[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 19, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 19574-19575]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-9692]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. EA-103]
Application to Export Electricity; North American Energy
Conservation, Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: North American Energy Conservation, Inc. (NAEC)has requested
authorization to export electric energy to Canada. NAEC 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 June 5, 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, SW., Washington, DC 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 March 20, 1995, NAEC 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. NAEC neither owns nor controls any facilities for
the transmission or distribution of electricity, nor does it have a
franchised retail service area. Rather, NAEC is a power marketer
authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to engage
in the wholesale sale of electricity in interstate commence at
negotiated rates pursuant to its filed rate schedule.
The application asserts that NAEC's suppliers and/or customers have
been utilities in the New England Power Pool, the New York Power Pool,
the Pennsylvania New Jersey Interconnection, and utilities in the
eastern provinces of Canada. NAEC claims that, although it holds title
to the electricity it sells, actual power flows are coordinated by the
operators of the utilities supplying, transmitting, and purchasing
NAEC's power.
NAEC proposes to use the following cross border transmission
facilities for which Presidential permits have been issued:
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Presidential permit holder Permit No. Voltage Location
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Niagara Mohawk Power Corp......... PP-31 230 kV Devil's Hole, NY.
New York Power Authority.......... PP-30 230 kV Devil's Hole, NY.
PP-74 345 kV Niagara Falls, NY.
PP-56 765 kV Fort Covington, NY.
PP-25 230 kV Massena, NY.
Long Sault........................ PP-24 115 kV Massena, NY.
Joint Owners of Highgate.......... PP-82 345 kV Highgate, VT.
Vermont Electric Trans. Co........ PP-76 450 kV DC Norton, VT.
345 kV Sandy Pond to Millbury #3.
345 kV Millbury #3 to West Medway.
Maine Electric Power Co........... PP-43 345 kV Houlton, ME.
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NAEC requests that FE: (1) Authorize it to export electric energy
to Canada utilizing the transmission facilities identified above,
without limitation as to amount or timing of the electricity exported,
for a period of time no less than the term of the transmission
contracts under which NAEC purchases transmission services for such
exports; (2) authorize it to commence exports of electric energy
utilizing non-firm transmission services immediately upon providing
copies of the FERC transmission tariffs under which NAEC purchases such
transmission services; (3) authorize it to commence exports of electric
energy utilizing firm transmission service within 30 days of providing
copies of the FERC transmission tariffs under which NAEC purchases such
transmission services; and (4) waive the following regulatory
requirements:
(a) Section 205.301 that requires export applications be filed six
months in advance of initiation of a proposed export;
(b) Section 205.302(f) that requires a description of the
transmission facilities through which the electric energy will be
delivered;
(c) Section 205.302(g) that requires a technical discussion of the
proposed electricity export's reliability, fuel use, and system
stability impact on the applicant's present and prospective electric
power supply system;
(d) Section 205.303(a) that requires a copy of the transmission
agreement;
(e) Section 205.303(c) that requires maps showing the applicant's
overall electric system, as well as detailed maps;
(f) Section 205.303(f) that requires an explanation of the
operating procedures to be used to inform neighboring electric
utilities in the U.S. of the available capacity and energy which may be
in excess of the applicant's requirements before delivery of such
capacity to the foreign purchaser, and
(g) Section 205.308 that requires an export authorization recipient
to file, among other documentation, annual reports of international
transactions in addition to the information it is required to file with
the FERC.
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
[[Page 19575]] with: Robert M. Beningson, North American Energy
Conservation, Inc., 280 Park Avenue, Suite 2700 West, New York, NY
10017 (212) 557-6200 (Facsimile 212-557-5678); with a copy to Robert M.
Beningson, 74 Haviland Road, Stamford, CT 06903; AND Jeffrey Meyers and
Harriet Moses, Esq., LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, 125 W. 55th
Street, New York, NY 10019-5389 (212) 424-8224 (Facsimile 212-424-
8500).
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 April 13, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-9692 Filed 4-18-95; 8:45 am]
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