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[Federal Register: September 23, 2010 (Volume 75, Number 184)]
[Notices]               
[Page 57911]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-373]

 
Application to Export Electric Energy; EDF Trading North America, 
LLC

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: EDF Trading North America, LLC (EDF) has applied for authority 
to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant 
to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before October 25, 2010.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability, Mail Code: OE-20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-586-8008).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 
202-586-5260 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United 
States to a foreign country are regulated by the Department of Energy 
(DOE) pursuant to sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 
authorization under section 202(e) of the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).
    On August 30, 2010, DOE received an application from EDF for 
authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico 
for five years as a power marketer using existing international 
transmission facilities. EDF does not own any electric transmission 
facilities nor does it hold a franchised service area.
    The electric energy that EDF proposes to export to Mexico would be 
surplus energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal power 
marketing agencies and other entities within the United States. The 
existing international transmission facilities to be utilized by EDF 
have previously been authorized by Presidential permits issued pursuant 
to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are appropriate for open 
access transmission by third parties.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to become a party to these 
proceedings 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 EDF application to export electric energy to Mexico 
should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-373. Additional copies are 
to be filed directly with Eric Dennison, General Counsel, EDF Trading 
North America, LLC, 4700 W. Sam Houston Parkway N, Suite 250, Houston, 
TX 77041 and David J. Levine, McDermott Will & Emery LLP, 600 13th 
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, and a 
determination is made by 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, by 
accessing the program Web site at http://www.oe.energy.gov/permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at 
Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on September 17, 2010.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2010-23794 Filed 9-22-10; 8:45 am]
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