[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 109 (Wednesday, June 5, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 28571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-14054]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket No. EA-114]
Application to Export Electricity MidCon Power Services Corp.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: MidCon Power Services Corp. (MPS) has requested authorization
to export electric energy to Canada. MPS 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 July 5, 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: William H. Freeman (Program Office)
202-586- 5883 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.
824a(e)).
On May 21, 1996, MPS 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.
MPS neither owns nor controls any facilities for the transmission or
distribution of electricity, nor does it have a franchised retail
service area. Rather, MPS 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, MPS proposes to sell electric energy to Canada.
The electric energy MPS proposes to transmit to Canada would be
purchased from electric utilities and other generators. MPS asserts
that such energy would be surplus to the requirements of the selling
utility or generator. MPS would arrange for the exported energy to be
wheeled from the selling entities, over existing domestic transmission
facilities, and delivered to the foreign purchaser over one or more of
the following international transmission lines for which Presidential
permits (PP) have been previously issued: New York Power Authority's
(NYPA) 230-kilovolt (kV), lines at Massena, New York (PP-25), and
Devil's Hole, New York (PP-30); NYPA 765 kV line at Fort Covington, New
York (PP-56); the NYPA 345-kV lines at Niagara Falls, New York (PP-74);
Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation's (NIMO) 4.8-kV Hogansburg, New York
line (PP-13); and NIMO's 13.2-kV line at Covington, New York, 230-kV(3
Phase) and 2-69-kV lines at Devil's Hole, New York, 38-kV Buffalo, New
York lines, 69-kV lines at Queenstown, New York, and 12-kV(3/cables)
Rainbow Br., New York lines (PP-31).
Any determination by the DOE to grant the request by MPS for export
authorization will be conditioned to require MPS to comply with all
reliability criteria, standards, and guidelines of the North American
Electric Reliability Council and Regional Councils.
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: Mr. Dennis Lawler, Vice President, MidCon Power Services
Corp., 701 East 22nd Street, Lombard, Illinois 60148 AND Mr. Peter Y.
Connor, Esq., 801 15th Street, Wilmette, Illinois 60091.
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 May 31, 1996.
Anthony J. Como.
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-14054 Filed 6-4-96; 8:45 am]
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