1474 Federal Register / Vol. 77, No. 6 / Tuesday, January 10, 2012 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–318–B] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

AEP Energy Partners, Inc. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: AEP Energy Partners, Inc. 

(AEPEP) has applied to renew its 

authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Mexico 

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA). 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before February 9, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene should be 

addressed to: Christopher Lawrence, 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because 

of delays in handling conventional mail, 

it is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to 

Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to (202) 586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at (202) 586–5260, or by email to 

Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov. 

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 February 22, 2007 the Department 

of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA– 

318, which authorized CSW Power 

Marketing to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Mexico for a 

five-year term using existing 

international transmission facilities. 

CSW Power Marketing changed its name 

to AEPEP. On June 27, 2007, DOE 

rescinded Order No. EA–318 and issued 

Order No. EA–318–A to AEPEP under 

the same terms and conditions as the 

previous authorization. That authority 

will expire on February 22, 2012. On 

December 19, 2011, AEPEP filed an 

application with DOE for renewal of the 

export authority contained in Order No. 

EA–318–A for a ten-year term. 

The electric energy that AEPEP 

proposes to export to Mexico will be 

purchased on the wholesale market in 

addition to purchase agreements AEPEP 

has entered into with the coal-fired 

Oklaunion Unit No. 1 near Vernon, 

Texas and various wind farms in the 

state of Texas. The power and energy to 

be purchased by AEPEP will be surplus 

to the needs of the selling entities. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

AEPEP have previously been authorized 

by Presidential permits issued pursuant 

to Executive Order 10485, as amended. 

In addition to facilities determined by 

DOE to be appropriate for open access 

transmission by third parties, AEPEP 

was also authorized to export using 

small radial block-loaded facilities at 

Redford and Presidio, Texas. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

application at the address provided 

above. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 

CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to these proceedings 

should file a motion to intervene at the 

above address in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (385.214). Five copies of such 

comments, protests, or motions to 

intervene should be sent to the address 

provided above on or before the date 

listed above. 

Comments on the AEPEP application 

to export electric energy to Mexico 

should be clearly marked with OE 

Docket No. 318–B. An additional copy 

is to be filed directly with Jay E. Jadwin, 

Chief Counsel, American Electric Power 

Service Corporation, 155 W. Nationwide 

Blvd., Suite 500, Columbus, OH 43215 

AND Carolyn Y. Thompson, Jones Day, 

51 Louisiana Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20001–2113. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

Part 1021) and after a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not have an adverse 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://energy.gov/ 

node/11845 or by emailing Angela Troy 

at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on January 4, 

2012. 

Brian Mills, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2012–217 Filed 1–9–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

[Case No. RF–018; Case No. RF–019] 

Decision and Order Granting a Waiver 

to Samsung From the Department of 

Energy Residential Refrigerator and 

Refrigerator-Freezer Test Procedures 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Decision and Order. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE) gives notice of the 

decision and order (Case Nos. RF–018, 

RF–019) that grants to Samsung 

Electronics America, Inc. (Samsung) a 

waiver from the DOE electric 

refrigerator and refrigerator-freezer test 

procedures for the basic models set forth 

in its petitions for waiver in Cases RF– 

018 and RF–019. Under today’s decision 

and order, Samsung shall be required to 

test and rate these refrigerator-freezers 

using an alternate test procedure that 

takes their multiple defrost cycles into 

account when measuring energy 

consumption. 

DATES: This Decision and Order is 

effective January 10, 2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Dr. Michael G. Raymond, U.S. 

Department of Energy, Building 

Technologies Program, Mailstop EE– 

2J, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0121. 

Telephone: (202) 586–9611, Email: 

Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov. 

Ms. Elizabeth Kohl, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of the General Counsel, 

Mail Stop GC–71, 1000 Independence 

Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585– 

0103, (202) 586–7796, Email: 

Elizabeth.Kohl@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations (10 CFR 430.27(l)), 

DOE gives notice of the issuance of its 

decision and order as set forth below. 

The decision and order grants Samsung 

a waiver from the applicable residential 

refrigerator and refrigerator-freezer test 

procedures in 10 CFR part 430, subpart 

B, appendix A1 for certain basic models 

of refrigerator-freezers with multiple 

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