[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 40357-40358]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-18976]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA-122-A]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Electric Clearinghouse,
Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Electric Clearinghouse, Inc. (ECI) has applied for renewal of
its 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 August 25, 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: Rosalind Carter (Program Office) 202-
586-7983 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 8, 1997, the Office of Fossil
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) authorized ECI to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power
marketer using the international electric transmission facilities owned
and operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison, Eastern Maine
Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Long Sault,
Inc., Maine Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company,
Minnesota Power and Light Co., Inc., Minnkota Power, New York Power
Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., Northern States Power, and
Vermont Electric Transmission Company. That two-year authorization will
expire on August 8, 1999. On June 28, 1999, ECI filed an application
with FE for renewal of this export authority and requested that the
Order be issued for an additional five-year term.
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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 ECI request to export to Canada should be clearly
marked with Docket EA-122-A. Additional copies are to be filed directly
with Mr. Daniel A. King, Esq., Electric Clearinghouse, Inc., 805 15th
Street, N.W., Suite 510-A, Washington, D.C. 20005-2207, AND Kathryn L.
Patton, Esq., Electric Clearinghouse, Inc., 1000 Louisiana, Suite 5800,
Houston, TX 77002-5050.
DOE notes that the circumstances described in this application are
virtually identical to those for which export authority had previously
been granted in FE Order EA-122. Consequently, DOE believes that it has
adequately satisfied its responsibilities under the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 through the documentation of a
categorical exclusion in the FE Docket EA-122-A proceeding.
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 Programs,''
then ``Electricity Regulation,'' and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from
the options menus.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on July 16, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-18976 Filed 7-23-99; 8:45 am]
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