[Federal Register Volume 60, Number 148 (Wednesday, August 2, 1995)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39374-39375]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 95-19032]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Fossil Energy
(FE Docket No. EA-109)
Application to Export Electricity; Arizona Public Service Company
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Arizona Public Service Company (APS) has requested
authorization to export electric energy to Mexico.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before September 1, 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: Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202-586-
9506 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. In addition, the
construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of facilities at
the international border of the United States for the transmission of
electrical energy is prohibited in the absence of a Presidential permit
pursuant to Executive Order No. 12038.
On June 22, 1995, APS filed an application with the Office of
Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization
to export electric energy to the Comision Federal de Electricidad
(CFE), the national electric utility of Mexico, pursuant to section
202(e) of the Federal Power Act. APS proposes to export to CFE
emergency energy pursuant to a Reciprocal Emergency Assistance
Agreement between APS and CFE. This agreement commits both parties to
establish 34.5 kilovolt (kV) electric transmission interconnections
between the communities of Agua Prieta, Sonora, Mexico and Douglas,
Arizona, and San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora, Mexico, and San Luis,
Arizona, and to provide emergency assistance when requested by the
other party in order to mutually increase each party's distribution
system reliability. Under two separate applications, APS has applied to
FE for Presidential permits to construct the international transmission
facilities required by this agreement. These applications have been
docketed as PP-107 and PP-108, respectively.
Procedureal 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 sections 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 with: Dennis Beals,
Arizona Public Service Company, P.O. Box 53999, Station 9860, Phoenix,
Arizona 85072-3999, (602) 250-3101 and Bruce Gardner, Esq., Arizona
Public Service Company, P.O. Box 53999, Station 9820, Phoenix, Arizona
850772-3999, (602) 250-3507.
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 the DOE
determines whether the proposed action would impair the sufficiency of
electric supply within the United States or would 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 July 26, 1995.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal and Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 95-19032 Filed 8-1-95; 8:45 am]
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