[Federal Register: April 12, 2006 (Volume 71, Number 70)]
[Notices]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-297-A]
Application To Export Electric Energy; SESCO Enterprises Canada
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Application.
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SUMMARY: SESCO Enterprises Canada (SESCO Canada) has applied to renew
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 May 12, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
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Reliability, Mail Code: OE-20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350 (Fax 202-586-5860).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793.
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 November 10, 2004, the Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order
No. EA-297 authorizing SESCO Enterprises Canada (SESCO Canada) to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power
marketer. That Order will expire on July 6, 2006.
On March 6, 2006, SESCO Canada filed an application with DOE for
renewal of the export authority contained in Order No. EA-297 for an
additional five-year term. SESCO Canada does not own or control any
transmission or distribution assets, nor does it have a franchised
service area. The electric energy which SESCO Canada proposes to export
to Canada would be purchased from electric utilities and Federal power
marketing agencies within the U.S.
SESCO Canada will arrange for the delivery of exports to Canada
over the international transmission facilities currently owned by Basin
Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Eastern
Maine Electric Cooperative, International Transmission Co., Joint
Owners of the Highgate Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric Power
Company, Maine Public Service Company, Minnesota Power, Inc., Minnkota
Power Cooperative, Inc., New York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power
Corp., Northern States Power Company, and Vermont Electric Transmission
Co.
The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by SESCO
Canada 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 Sec. Sec. 385.211 or
385.214 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Rules of Practice
and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each
petition and protest should be filed with DOE on or before the date
listed above.
Comments on the SESCO Canada application to export electric energy
to Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-297-A. Additional
copies are to be filed directly with Carol Smoots, Esq., Perkins Coie
LLP, 607 Fourteenth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005 and Michael
Schubiger, Chief Executive Officer, SESCO Enterprises, LLC, 120 Wood
Avenue South, Suite 511, Iselin, NJ 08830.
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 program's home page at http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/electricityregulation/
and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the
options menus.
Issued in Washington, DC, on April 6, 2006.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E6-5380 Filed 4-11-06; 8:45 am]
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