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C), 2009 (Order No. EA–145–D), 2014 

(Order No. EA–145–E), and 2019 (Order 

No. EA–145–F). On January 25, 2024, 

Powerex 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, 

Powerex is a British Columbia 

corporation that is a wholly owned 

subsidiary of British Columbia Hydro 

and Power Authority (BC Hydro) a 

provincial Crown Corporation owned by 

the Government of British Columbia, 

Powerex is an instrumentality of a 

foreign state under the Foreign 

Sovereign Immunities Act. Id. at 2. 

Powerex is a power marketer authorized 

to sell wholesale electric energy, 

capacity, and ancillary services at 

market-based rates pursuant to authority 

granted by the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) under a 

wholesale power sales tariff currently 

on file. Powerex states that it ‘‘does not 

own any electric generation or 

transmission facilities and, as a power 

marketer, does not hold a franchise or 

service territory or native load 

obligation.’’ Id. at 5. Further, Powerex 

represents that ‘‘none of [its] affiliates 

own electric transmission facilities that 

constitute part of the electricity delivery 

system in the U.S. and Powerex is not 

affiliated with an entity that holds a 

franchise or service territory in the 

contiguous U.S.’’ Id. The Applicant 

asserts that it ‘‘. . . has no transmission 

‘‘system’’ of its own on which its 

exports of power could have a reliability 

or stability impact.’’ Id. at 5–6. 

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 Powerex’s Application 

should be clearly marked with GDO 

Docket No. EA–145–G. Additional 

copies are to be provided directly to 

Powerex Connor Curson, Powerex 

Corp., 666 Burrard Street, Suite 1300, 

Vancouver, British Columbia Canada, 

V6C 2X8, connor.curson@powerex.com, 

Deanna E. King, Bracewell LLP, 111 

Congress Avenue, Suite 2300, Austin, 

Texas 78701, deanna.king@

bracewell.com, and Tracey L. Bradley, 

Bracewell LLP, 2001 M Street NW, Suite 

900, Washington, DC 20036, 

tracey.bradley@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 

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 

February 16, 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 22, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03951 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2425–057] 

PE Hydro Generation, LLC; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 

Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2425–057. 

c. Date filed: January 3, 2022. 

d. Applicant: PE Hydro Generation, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Luray and 

Newport Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The two-development 

Luray and Newport Project is located on 

the South Fork of the Shenandoah River 

near the Towns of Luray (Luray 

Development) and Newport (Newport 

Development) in Page County, Virginia. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Jody Smet, 

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, PE 

Hydro Generation, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin 

Ave., Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 

20814; Phone at (804) 382–1764 or 

email at jody.smet@eaglecreekre.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Kristine Sillett at 

(202) 502–6575, or kristine.sillett@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and protests using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. Submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All 

filings must clearly identify the project 

name and docket number on the first 

page: Luray and Newport Project (P– 

2425–057). 

k. This application has been accepted 

but is not ready for environmental 

analysis. 

l. The Luray Development consists of: 

(1) a 21.9-foot-high, 530-foot-long 

reinforced concrete dam; (2) a 126-acre 

impoundment with a storage capacity of 

880 acre-feet; (3) a 100-foot-long, 27.5- 

foot-wide powerhouse, adjacent to the 

south end of the dam, containing three 

generating units having a total installed 

capacity of 1,600 kW; (4) 35-foot-long, 

2.4-kilovolt (kV) project generator lines; 

(5) a substation containing a 3-phase, 

2.4/34.5-kV transformer where 


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interconnection with the grid occurs; 

and (6) other appurtenances. 

The Newport Development consists of: 

(1) a 28.8-foot-high, 443-foot-long 

reinforced concrete dam; (2) a 103-acre 

impoundment with a storage capacity of 

1,090 acre-feet; (3) a 73.5-foot-long, 

21.2-foot-wide powerhouse adjacent to 

the north end of the dam, with three 

Francis turbine/generating units with a 

total installed capacity of 1,400 kW; (4) 

150-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV) project 

generator lines; (5) a substation 

containing a 3-phase, 2.4/34.5-kV 

transformer where interconnection with 

the grid occurs; and (5) other 

appurtenances. 

Both developments operate in run-ofriver mode with minimum flows of 47 

cubic feet per second (cfs) and 40 cfs, at 

the Luray and Newport Developments, 

respectively. The project had an average 

annual generation of 10,928 megawatthours between 2011 and 2016. 

m. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number, excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(886) 208–3676 (toll free) or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY). 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.

asp to be notified via email of new 

filings and issuances related to this or 

other pending projects. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. The 

Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members, and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595, or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 

385.211, and 385.214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests 

filed, but only those who file a motion 

to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified deadline date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE;’’ (2) set 

forth in the heading the name of the 

applicant and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

A copy of any protest or motion to 

intervene must be served upon each 

representative of the applicant specified 

in the particular application. 

o. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Request Additional Information— 

February 2024 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental 

Analysis—April 2024 

Dated: February 20, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–03932 Filed 2–26–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER24–1275–000] 

Aron Energy Prepay 34 LLC; 

Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Aron 

Energy Prepay 34 LLC’s application for 

market-based rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is March 12, 

2024. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

may mail similar pleadings to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

www.ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 


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