[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 11 (Thursday, January 18, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2272-2273]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-608]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-320]


Application To Export Electric Energy; S.A.C. Energy Investments, 
L.P.

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: S.A.C. Energy Investments, L.P. (SEI) 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 February 20, 2007.

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 202-586-5860).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 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. 
824a(e)).
    On November 13, 2006, the Department of Energy received an 
application from SEI for authority to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Canada as a power marketer. SEI is a Delaware limited 
partnership with its principal place of business in Stamford, 
Connecticut. SEI has requested an electricity export authorization with 
a 5-year term. SEI does not own or control any generation, 
transmission, or distribution assets, nor does it have a franchised 
service area. The electric energy which SEI proposes to export to 
Canada would be surplus energy purchased from electric utilities, 
Federal power marketing agencies, and other entities within the U.S.
    SEI will arrange for the delivery of exports to Canada over the 
international transmission facilities owned by Basin Electric Power 
Cooperative, Bonneville Power Administration, Eastern Maine Electric 
Cooperative, International Transmission Co., Joint Owners of the 
Highgate Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric Power Company, Maine 
Public Service Company, Minnesota Power, Inc., Minnkota Power 
Cooperative, Inc., New York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power 
Corp., Northern States Power Company, Vermont Electric Power Company, 
and Vermont Electric Transmission Co.
    The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of 
the international transmission facilities to be utilized by SEI 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 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 dates listed above.
    Comments on the SEI application to export electric energy to Canada 
should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-320. Additional copies are 
to be filed directly with Peter Nussbaum, Authorized Person, S.A.C. 
Energy Investments, L.P., 72 Cummings Point Road, Stamford, CT AND 
David J. Levine, Robin J. Bowen and Catherine M. Krupka, McDermott Will 
& Emergy LLP, 600 13th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005-3096.
    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.

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    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above and at 
http://www.doe.energy.gov/304.htm.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 11, 2007.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E7-608 Filed 1-17-07; 8:45 am]
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