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App.) for renewal of their export 

authority for an additional five-year 

term. App. at 1. 

BETM is a California limited liability 

company that is a wholly owned 

subsidiary of Diamond Energy Trading 

and Marketing, LLC. Id. at 1–2. BETM 

represents that it is a power marketer 

authorized to sell wholesale electric 

energy, capacity and ancillary services 

outside of the Electric Reliability 

Council of Texas at market-based rates 

pursuant to authority granted by the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) under a wholesale power sales 

tariff currently on file with FERC. Id. at 

2. BETM states that as a power marketer, 

it ‘‘does not own any electric generation 

or transmission facilities and does not 

hold a franchise or service territory or 

native load obligation.’’ Id. at 4. Further, 

BETM represents that ‘‘none of BETM’s 

U.S.-based affiliates or subsidiaries own 

any electric transmission facilities other 

than generating facility interconnection 

facilities necessary to connect 

individual generating facilities to the 

grid[,] and BETM is not affiliated with 

an entity that holds a franchise or 

service territory in the U.S.’’ Id. BETM 

represents that because it neither owns, 

operates nor controls an electric power 

supply transmission and/or distribution 

system, ‘‘its exports cannot have any 

adverse impact on the reliability, 

stability, or sufficiency of supply on a 

franchised electric supply system or the 

electric power supply within the U.S.’’ 

Id. at 5. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

the Applicant have been previously 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. See App. at Exhibit C. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

Application at Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of FERC’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to this proceeding 

should file a motion to intervene at 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov in 

accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 

385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning BETM’s Application should 

be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. 

EA–464–A. Additional copies are to be 

provided directly to BETM Contract 

Administrator, Boston Energy Trading 

and Marketing LLC, One International 

Place, 9th Floor, Boston, MA 02110, 

BETMContractAdmin@betm.com, and 

Catherine McCarthy, Partner, Bracewell 

LLP, 2001 M Street NW, Suite 900, 

Washington, DC 20036, 

cathy.mccarthy@bracewell.com. 

A final decision will be made on the 

requested authorization after the 

environmental impacts have been 

evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after 

DOE evaluates whether the proposed 

action will have an adverse impact on 

the sufficiency of supply or reliability of 

the United States electric power supply 

system. 

Copies of this Application will be 

made available, upon request, by 

accessing the program website at 

https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications-0 or by emailing 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

December 19, 2023, by Maria Robinson, 

Director, Grid Deployment Office, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

20, 2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28479 Filed 12–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–392–B] 

Application for Renewal of 

Authorization To Export Electric 

Energy; Emera Energy Services 

Subsidiary No. 7 LLC 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Emera Energy Services 

Subsidiary No. 7 LLC (the Applicant or 

EES No. 7) has applied for renewed 

authorization to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before January 26, 2024. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christina Gomer, (240) 474–2403, 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

United States Department of Energy 

(DOE) regulates electricity exports from 

the United States to foreign countries in 

accordance with section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 

CFR 205.300 et seq.). Sections 301(b) 

and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) 

transferred this regulatory authority, 

previously exercised by the nowdefunct Federal Power Commission, to 

DOE. 

Section 202(e) of the FPA provides 

that an entity which seeks to export 

electricity must obtain an order from 

DOE authorizing that export. (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the 

authority to issue such orders was 

delegated to the DOE’s Grid Deployment 

Office (GDO) by Delegation Order No. 

S1–DEL–S3–2023 and Redelegation 

Order No. S3–DEL–GD1–2023. 

In May 2014, DOE issued Order No. 

EA–392, authorizing EES No. 7 to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada as a power marketer for 

a five-year term. This authority was 

renewed in 2019 (Order No. EA–392–A). 

On November 9, 2023, EES No. 7 filed 

an application with DOE (Application 

or App) for renewal of their export 

authority for another five-year term. 

App. at 1. 

In its Application, EES No. 7 states 

that it is a ‘‘wholly-owned subsidiary of 

Emera Incorporated (‘Emera’), a Nova 

Scotia company that is a publicly-traded 

diversified energy and services 

company.’’ Id. at 1. EES No. 7 states that 

it ‘‘is currently authorized to export 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada and has also received marketbased rate authority from the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(‘FERC’). Id. at 1–2. According to the 

Application, the Applicant’s parent 

company, Emera, ‘‘owns other energy 

concerns.’’ Id. at 2. However, the 

Applicant states EES No. 7 itself ‘‘does 

not own or control any electric power 

generation or transmission facilities and 

does not have a franchised electric 

power service area.’’ Id. at 6. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 


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the Applicant have been previously 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. See App. at Exhibit C. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

Application at the Electricity.Exports@

hq.doe.gov. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of FERC’s 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to this proceeding 

should file a motion to intervene at 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov in 

accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 

385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning EES No. 7’s Application 

should be clearly marked with GDO 

Docket No. EA–392–B. Additional 

copies are to be provided directly to 

Keith Sutherland, Vice President, Legal 

& Regulatory Affairs, Emera Energy, 

Inc., 5151 Terminal Road, Halifax, NS 

B3J 1A1, Canada, keith.sutherland@

emeraenergy.com, Jeffrey Jakubiak, 

Vinson & Elkins LLP, 1114 Avenue of 

the Americas, 32nd Floor, New York, 

NY 10036, JJakubiak@velaw.com, and 

Jennifer Mansh, Vinson & Elkins LLP, 

2200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 

500 West, Washington, DC 20037, 

JMansh@velaw.com. 

A final decision will be made on the 

requested authorization after the 

environmental impacts have been 

evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act Implementing 

Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and after 

DOE evaluates whether the proposed 

action will have an adverse impact on 

the sufficiency of supply or reliability of 

the United States electric power supply 

system. 

Copies of this Application will be 

made available, upon request, by 

accessing the program website at 

https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pendingapplications-0 or by emailing 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 

Signing Authority: This document of 

the Department of Energy was signed on 

December 19, 2023, by Maria Robinson, 

Director, Grid Deployment Office, 

pursuant to delegated authority from the 

Secretary of Energy. That document 

with the original signature and date is 

maintained by DOE. For administrative 

purposes only, and in compliance with 

requirements of the Office of the Federal 

Register, the undersigned DOE Federal 

Register Liaison Officer has been 

authorized to sign and submit the 

document in electronic format for 

publication, as an official document of 

the Department of Energy. This 

administrative process in no way alters 

the legal effect of this document upon 

publication in the Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on December 

20, 2023. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2023–28464 Filed 12–26–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Nuclear Security 

Administration 

Secretarial Determination of No 

Adverse Material Impact on the 

Domestic Uranium Mining, Conversion, 

and Enrichment Industries To Support 

Mo-99 Production 

AGENCY: National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On November 22, 2023, the 

Secretary of Energy issued a Secretarial 

Determination (hereafter 

‘‘determination’’) covering the sale, 

lease, or transfer of up to 750 kilograms 

uranium (kgU) of high-assay lowenriched uranium (HALEU) (above 5, 

but less than 20 weight percent (wt.-%) 

uranium-235) per year during the twoyear period following signature of the 

determination to support molybdenum99 (Mo-99) production. For the reasons 

set forth in the Department’s ‘‘Analysis 

of Potential Impacts of Certain Uranium 

Transactions on the Domestic Uranium 

Mining, Conversion, and Enrichment 

Industries,’’ which is incorporated into 

the determination, the Secretary 

determined that these transactions will 

not have an adverse material impact on 

the domestic uranium mining, 

conversion, or enrichment industries. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information may 

be sent to Peter Rocco: 

officeofconversion@nnsa.doe.gov or 

(202) 287–1018. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Authority and Background 

The Department of Energy (‘‘the 

Department’’) holds limited inventories 

of uranium in various forms and 

quantities that have been declared as 

excess and are not dedicated to U.S. 

national security missions. Within DOE, 

the National Nuclear Security 

Administration (NNSA) manages these 

inventories to carry out critical 

missions, including minimizing the use 

of highly enriched uranium (HEU) in 

civilian applications. NNSA downblends excess HEU from these 

inventories to high-assay, low-enriched 

uranium (HALEU)—a subset of low 

enriched uranium (LEU) enriched above 

the commercial level of 5 wt.-% and 

below 20 wt.-% of the isotope U–235— 

to be used as fuel for research reactors 

and target material for the production of 

critical medical isotopes. 

This notice involves the sale, lease, or 

transfer of HALEU to support 

molybdenum-99 (Mo-99) producers. 

Leases covered by this determination 

fulfill a directive in the American 

Medical Isotopes Production Act of 

2012 (Pub. L. 112–239, Division C, Title 

XXXI, Subtitle F, 42 U.S.C. 2065) for the 

Department to establish a program to 

make HALEU available, through lease 

contracts, for the production of Mo-99 

for medical uses. The sales, leases, or 

transfers covered by this determination 

also support U.S. nuclear 

nonproliferation initiatives by downblending HEU and encouraging the use 

of HALEU in civilian applications in 

lieu of HEU. 

These sales, leases, or transfers are 

conducted in accordance with the 

Atomic Energy Act of 1954 (42 U.S.C. 

2011 et seq., ‘‘AEA’’), as amended, and 

other applicable laws. Specifically, title 

I, chapters 6 and 14 of the AEA 

authorize DOE to sell or transfer special 

nuclear material, including HALEU. The 

USEC Privatization Act (Pub. L. 104– 

134, 42 U.S.C. 2297h et seq.), however, 

places certain limitations on DOE’s 

authority to sell or transfer uranium 

from its excess uranium inventory. 

Specifically, under section 3112(d)(2) of 

the USEC Privatization Act (42 U.S.C. 

2297h–10(d)(2)), DOE may make certain 

sales or transfers of natural uranium or 

LEU if the Secretary determines that the 

sales ‘‘will not have an adverse material 

impact on the domestic uranium 

mining, conversion, or enrichment 

industry, taking into account the sales of 

uranium under the Russian HEU 

Agreement and the Suspension 

Agreement,’’ 

On November 22, 2023, the Secretary 

of Energy issued a determination 

covering the sale, lease, or transfer of up 

to 750 kgU of HALEU per year during 

the two-year period following signing of 

the determination to support Mo-99 

production. For the reasons set forth in 

the Department’s ‘‘Analysis of Potential 

Impacts of Certain Uranium 

Transactions on the Domestic Uranium 

Mining, Conversion, and Enrichment 

Industries,’’ which is incorporated into 

the determination, the Secretary 

determined that these transactions will 

not have an adverse material impact on 

the domestic uranium mining, 


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