[Federal Register: December 30, 2002 (Volume 67, Number 250)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA-274]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Wisconsin Public Service
Corporation
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Wisconsin Public Service Corporation (WPSC) 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 January 29, 2003.
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: Xavier Puslowski (Program Office) 202-
586-4708 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) (16U.S.C. 824a(e)).
On November 28, 2002, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the
Department of Energy (DOE) received an application from WPSC to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada. WPSC is an
investor-owned electric utility having its principal place of business
in Green Bay, Wisconsin. WPSC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of WPS
Resources and is engaged in the generation, distribution and sale of
electric energy.
The electric energy to be sold by WPSC will be excess to its native
load or purchased from generators, power marketers or Federal power
marketing agencies. WPSC proposes to arrange for the delivery of
electric energy to Canada over the existing international transmission
facilities presently owned by Basin Electric Power Cooperative,
Bonneville Power Administration, Citizens Utilities Co., International
Transmission Company, 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 Inc.,
Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk
Power Corporation, Northern States Power, and Vermont Electric
Transmission Company. The construction, operation, maintenance, and
connection of each of the international transmission facilities to be
utilized by WPSC, 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 Sec. Sec. 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 WPSC application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-274. Additional copies
are to be filed directly with William L. Bourbonnais, Manager, Rates
and Economic Evaluation, Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, 700
North Adams Street, PO Box 19001, Green Bay, WI 54307-9001 And David
Martin Connelly, Esquire, Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux, L.L.P., 1100 New
York Avenue, NW., Suite 510 East, Washington, DC 20005-3934.
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 Fossil Energy Home Page at http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon
reaching the
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Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory'' Programs,'' then
``Electricity Regulation,'' and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the
options menus.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 24, 2002.
Anthony J. Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
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