[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 16, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Page 31153]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-12281]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-222]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Idaho Power Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Idaho Power Company (IPC) 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 June 15, 2000.

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) (16 U.S.C. 
Sec. 824a(e)).
    On May 4, 2000, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department 
of Energy (DOE) received an application from IPC to transmit electric 
energy from the United States to Canada. IPC, an Idaho corporation 
authorized to operate in Idaho, Oregon and Nevada, owns seventeen 
hydroelectric plants in the United States. The electric energy that IPC 
intends to export will be purchased from other electric utilities in 
the United States, Federal power marketing agencies, cogeneration 
facilities or qualifying cogeneration facilities, and exempt wholesale 
generators as those terms are defined in the FPA.
    IPC proposes to arrange for the delivery of electric energy to 
Canada over the existing international transmission facilities owned by 
Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, 
Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison Company, Eastern Maine Electric 
Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, 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 IPC, 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 IPC application to export electric energy to Canada 
should be clearly marked with Docket EA-222. Additional copies are to 
be filed directly with Gary A. Morgans and Catherine M. Giovannoni, 
STEPTOE and JOHNSON, LLP, 1330 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Washington, 
D.C. 20036.
    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 Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory Programs,'' 
then ``Electricity Regulation,'' and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from 
the options menus.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on May 10, 2000.
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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