Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 124 / Tuesday, June 28, 2011 / Notices 37797 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–380] 

Application to Export Electric Energy; 

Freepoint Commodities, LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Freepoint Commodities, LLC 

has requested authority to transmit 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA). 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted to DOE 

and received on or before July 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed to: Lamont Jackson, 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 

Lamont.Jackson@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to 202–586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lamont Jackson (Program Office) 202– 

586–0808. 

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 April 15, 2011, DOE received an 

application from Freepoint 

Commodities requesting authority to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada for ten years as a power 

marketer. Freepoint Commodities 

proposes to use existing authorized 

international electric transmission 

facilities that are appropriate for open 

access by third parties, including 

facilities that have been authorized but 

not yet constructed and placed into 

operation. Neither Freepoint 

Commodities nor any of its affiliates 

owns, controls or operates any electric 

transmission facilities in the United 

States. 

The electric energy that Freepoint 

Commodities proposes to export to 

Canada would be surplus energy 

purchased from electric utilities and 

Federal power marketing agencies 

within the United States. The existing 

international transmission facilities to 

be utilized by Freepoint Commodities 

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 

§§ 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 and must be received on or before 

the date listed above. 

Comments on the Freepoint 

Commodities application to export 

electric energy to Canada should be 

clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA– 

380. An additional copy is to be filed 

directly with Daniel M. Hecht, General 

Counsel, Freepoint Commodities, LLC, 

1281 E. Main Street, Third floor, 

Stamford, CT 06902 and Margaret A. 

Moore, Vincenzo Franco, and Julia 

Wood, Van Ness Feldman, P.C., 1050 

Thomas Jefferson St., NW., seventh 

floor, Washington, DC 20007. 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:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.Hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC on June 21, 

2011. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16146 Filed 6–27–11; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–379] 

Application to Export Electric Energy; 

Freepoint Commodities, LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Freepoint Commodities, LLC 

has requested 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 requests 

to intervene must be submitted to DOE 

and received on or before July 28, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed to: Lamont Jackson, 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 

Lamont.Jackson@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to 202–586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Lamont Jackson (Program Office) 202– 

586–0808. 

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 April 15, 2011, DOE received an 

application from Freepoint 

Commodities requesting authority to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Mexico for ten years as a power 

marketer. Freepoint Commodities 

proposes to use existing authorized 

international electric transmission 

facilities that are appropriate for open 

access by third parties, including 

facilities that have been authorized but 

not yet constructed and placed into 

operation. Neither Freepoint 

Commodities nor any of its affiliates 

owns, controls or operates any electric 

transmission facilities in the United 

States. 

The electric energy that Freepoint 

Commodities proposes to export to 

Mexico would be surplus energy 

purchased from electric utilities and 

Federal power marketing agencies 

within the United States. The existing 

international transmission facilities to 

be utilized by Freepoint Commodities 

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 

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