[Federal Register: January 11, 1999 (Volume 64, Number 6)]
[Notices]               
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-198]

 
Application To Export Electric Energy; Ontario Hydro 
Interconnected Markets Inc.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Ontario Hydro Interconnected Markets Inc. (OHIM) 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 February 10, 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: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 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 December 21, 1998, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) received an application from OHIM to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada. OHIM does 
not own or control any generation and transmission facilities in the 
United States and does not have any franchised service territory in the 
United States. OHIM is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is a 
wholly-owned subsidiary of Ontario Hydro, the provincial electric 
utility within the Canadian Province of Ontario.
    The electric energy OHIM proposes to export will be surplus energy 
purchased from electric utilities in the U.S. OHIM intends to export 
this energy to Canada over the existing international transmission 
facilities owned by Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison

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Company, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, 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 and Vermont Electric 
Transmission Company. The construction of each of the international 
transmission facilities to be utilized by OHIM, 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 OHIM application to export electric energy to 
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-198. Additional copies 
are to be filed directly with Peter D. MacMillan, Esq., Secretary, 
Ontario Hydro Interconnected Markets Inc., 700 University Ave., 
Toronto, Ontario, Canada N5G 1X6, and Peter M. Kirby, Esq., Winston & 
Strawn, 1400 L Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20005.
    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 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 January 5, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
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