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4. Clear indication of the specific 

question(s) to which you are 

responding. 

Responses to this RFI must be 

submitted electronically to 

CapitalConnector-RFI@hq.doe.gov. with 

the subject line ‘‘Manufacturing Capital 

Connector’’ no later than 5:00 p.m. (ET) 

on March 4, 2024. Responses must be 

provided as attachments to an email. It 

is recommended that attachments with 

file sizes exceeding 25 MB be 

compressed (i.e., zipped) to ensure 

message delivery. Responses must be 

provided as a Microsoft Word (*.docx) 

or Adobe Acrobat (*.pdf) attachment to 

the email, and no more than 10 pages 

in length, 12-point font, 1-inch margins. 

Only electronic responses will be 

accepted. 

Responses including confidential 

business information will be handled 

per guidance in section VII of this 

document. 

A response to this RFI will not be 

viewed as a binding commitment to 

develop or pursue the project or ideas 

discussed. MESC may engage in preand post-response conversations with 

interested parties. 

VII. Confidential Business Information 

Because information received in 

response to this RFI may be used to 

structure future programs and/or 

otherwise be made available to the 

public, respondents are strongly advised 

NOT to include any information in their 

responses that might be considered 

business sensitive, proprietary, or 

otherwise confidential. 

Pursuant to 10 CFR 1004.11, any 

person submitting information that he 

or she believes to be confidential and 

exempt by law from public disclosure 

should submit via email two wellmarked copies: One copy of the 

document marked ‘‘confidential’’ 

including all the information believed to 

be confidential, and one copy of the 

document marked ‘‘non-confidential’’ 

with the information believed to be 

confidential deleted. Failure to comply 

with these marking requirements may 

result in the disclosure of the unmarked 

information under the Freedom of 

Information Act or otherwise. The U.S. 

Government is not liable for the 

disclosure or use of unmarked 

information and may use or disclose 

such information for any purpose. 

If your response contains confidential, 

proprietary, or privileged information, 

you must include a cover sheet marked 

as follows identifying the specific pages 

containing confidential, proprietary, or 

privileged information: 

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Use of Data: 

Pages [list applicable pages] of this 

response may contain confidential, 

proprietary, or privileged information 

that is exempt from public disclosure. 

Such information shall be used or 

disclosed only for the purposes 

described in this RFI. The Government 

may use or disclose any information 

that is not appropriately marked or 

otherwise restricted, regardless of 

source. 

In addition, (1) the header and footer 

of every page that contains confidential, 

proprietary, or privileged information 

must be marked as follows: ‘‘Contains 

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Information Exempt from Public 

Disclosure’’ and (2) every line and 

paragraph containing proprietary, 

privileged, or trade secret information 

must be clearly marked with [[double 

brackets]] or highlighting. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on February 6, 2024, 

by Giulia Siccardo, Director, Office of 

Manufacturing and Energy Supply 

Chains, 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 February 6, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02711 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–465–A] 

Application for Renewal of 

Authorization To Export Electric 

Energy; Brookfield Renewable Trading 

and Marketing LP 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Brookfield Renewable 

Trading and Marketing LP (the 

Applicant or BRTM) 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 March 11, 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. 

On March 26, 2019, DOE issued Order 

No. EA–465, authorizing BRTM to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada as a power marketer. 

On January 11, 2024, BRTM filed an 

application with DOE (Application or 

App.) for renewal of their export 

authority for an additional five-year 

term. App. at 1. 

According to the Application, 

Brookfield Energy Marketing LLC owns 

a 0.01 percent general partner interest in 

BRTM, and Brookfield Power New York 

Holding Corporation (BPNYHO) owns a 

99.99 percent limited partner interest in 

BRTM. App. at 1. Brookfield Energy 

Market LLC is a Delaware limited 

liability company and wholly-owned 

subsidiary of Brookfield Power US 

Holding America Company (BPUSHA). 

Id. BPNYHO is a Delaware corporation 

and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary 

of BPUSHA. Id. 

The Applicant states it does not ‘‘own 

or control any electric generation, 

transmission, or distribution facilities in 

the United States and does not have a 

franchise or service territory for the 

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electricity.’’ App. at 3. However, the 

Applicant ‘‘operates as a wholesale 

marketer of electric energy and as 

electric energy agent to Brookfield 

Renewable, which owns companies 

regulated as public utilities under the 

FPA and companies owning qualifying 

facilities.’’ Id. BRTM notes it has 

‘‘market-based rate authorization issued 

by the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (‘FERC’) under Section 205 

of the FPA.’’ Id. 

The Applicant asserts that it ‘‘does 

not have a franchised service area and, 

consequently, has no native load 

obligations’’ and will purchase the 

electric energy that it exports from 

electric utilities, qualifying cogeneration 

facilities, qualifying small power 

production facilities, Independent 

System Operators, Regional 

Transmission Operators, or from other 

exempt wholesale generators. App. at 6. 

Therefore, BRTM contends that ‘‘the 

electric energy that will be sold to 

BRTM is surplus to the needs of the 

selling entities’’ and ‘‘will not impair 

the sufficiency of the electric energy 

supply within the United States.’’ Id. 

BRTM also states it will comply with 

existing industry procedures for 

obtaining transmission capacity and 

asserts the proposed transmission 

would not impede or tend to impede the 

coordination in the public interest of 

facilities subject to DOE’s jurisdiction. 

Id. 

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 Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(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 BRTM’s Application should 

be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. 

EA–465–A. Additional copies are to be 

provided directly to the Senior Director, 

Legal, Attn: EMR Legal, Brookfield 

Renewable Trading and Marketing LP, 

200 Liberty Street, 14th Floor, New 

York, New York 10281, EMRLegal@

brookfieldrenewable.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 

January 30, 2024, 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 February 6, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02678 Filed 2–8–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[GDO Docket No. EA–498–A] 

Application for Amended Authorization 

To Export Electric Energy; NRG 

Business Marketing LLC 

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: NRG Business Marketing LLC 

(the Applicant or NRGBM), formerly 

known as Direct Energy Business 

Marketing, LLC (DEBM), has applied for 

amended 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 February 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. 

On March 31, 2023, DEBM applied for 

authorization to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada as a 

power marketer for a term of five years. 

On September 13, 2023, DOE issued 

EA–498, granting DEBM its requested 

permission. See EA–498. On December 

29, 2023, NRGBM filed an application 

with DOE (Application or App.) to 

amend the authorization to reflect 

DEBM’s name change to NRGBM. See 

App. at 1. 

The Application states that on July 31, 

2023, DEBM changed its name to 

NRGBM. App. at 1. NRGBM notes that 

‘‘[t]his action was solely a name 

change’’ and there were ‘‘no changes to 

the corporate structure, governance, or 

ownership of the LLC.’’ Id. at 2. The 

Application reflects that the other 

information concerning the subject 

exports provided in DEBM’s initial 

application for authorization, approved 

in EA–497, remains unchanged. See Id. 

at 1–4. 

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 


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