[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 96 (Wednesday, May 19, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27245-27246]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-12632]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA-211]
Application To Export Electric Energy; DTE Energy Trading, Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: DTE Energy Trading, Inc. (DTE) has applied for authority to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to
section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on
or before June 18, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex (FE-27), Office of
Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW,
Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-287-5736).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202-586-
9506 or Michael 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.
824a(e)).
On May 5, 1999, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department
of Energy (DOE) received an application from DTE to transmit electric
energy from the United States to Canada. DTE is a Michigan corporation
and a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTE Energy Company. DTE also is an
affiliate of The Detroit Edison Company, a public utility which also is
a wholly-owned subsidiary of DTE Energy Company.
DTE does not own or control any electric power generation or
transmission facilities and does not have a franchised electric power
service area. DTE operates as a marketer and broker of electric power
at wholesale and arranges services in related areas. The electric
energy which DTE proposes to export will be surplus energy purchased
from electric utilities and Federal power marketing agencies within the
United States.
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DTE proposes to arrange for the delivery of electric energy to
Canada over the international transmission facilities owned by Basin
Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Citizens
Utilities Company, The Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine Electric
Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Long Sault, Inc.,
Maine Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, Minnesota
Power Inc., Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York Power Authority,
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Northern States Power Company, and
Vermont Electric Transmission Company. The construction of each of the
international transmission facilities to be utilized by DTE, as more
fully described in the application, has previously been authorized by a
Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as
amended.
Procedural Matters
Any person desiring to become a party to this proceeding or to be
heard by filing comments or protests to this application should file a
petition to intervene, comment or protest at the address provided above
in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the FERC's Rules of
Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of
each petition and protest should be filed with the DOE on or before the
date listed above.
Comments on the DTE application to export electric energy to Canada
should be clearly marked with Docket EA-211. Additional copies are to
be filed directly with Raymond O. Sturdy, Jr., DTE Energy Company, 2000
Second Avenue, 688 WCB, Detroit, MI 48226 AND Thomas P. Weeks, DTE
Energy Trading, Inc., 101 N. Main Suite 300, Ann Arbor, MI 48104.
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, 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 or by
accessing the Fossil Energy Home Page at http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon
reaching the Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory'' and then
``Electricity'' from the options menus.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on May 14, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-12632 Filed 5-18-99; 8:45 am]
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