[Federal Register Volume 65, Number 230 (Wednesday, November 29, 2000)]
[Notices]
[Pages 71094-71095]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 00-30407]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

(Docket No. EA-191-A)


Application to Export Electric Energy; Sempra Energy Trading 
Corp.

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Sempra Energy Trading Corp. (SET) has applied for renewal of 
its 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 December 29, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex (FE-27), Office of 
Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-287-5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Mintz (Program Office) 202-586-
9506 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 10, 1998, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the 
Department of Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA-191 authorizing SET to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power 
marketer using the international electric transmission facilities owned 
and operated by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison, Eastern Maine 
Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Inc., Maine 
Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, Minnesota Power 
and Light Co., Inc., Minnkota Power, New York Power Authority, Niagara 
Mohawk Power Corp., Northern States Power, and Vermont Electric 
Transmission Company. That two-year authorization expired on November 
10, 2000.
    On October 30, 2000, SET filed an application with FE for renewal 
of this export authority and requested that the authorization be 
granted for a five-year term and that the international transmission 
lines owned by Long Sault, Inc. be added to the list of authorized 
export points.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to become a party to this 
proceeding 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 Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 
of the FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 
385.214). Fifteen copies of each petition and protest should be filed 
with the DOE on or before the date listed above.
    Comments on the SET request to export to Canada should be clearly 
marked with Docket EA-191-A. Additional copies are to be filed directly 
with Michael A. Goldstein, Esq., Senior

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Vice President & General Counsel, Sempra Energy Trading Corp., 58 
Commerce Road, Stamford, CT 06902.
    DOE notes that the circumstances described in this application are 
virtually identical to those for which export authority had previously 
been granted in FE Order No. EA-191. Consequently, DOE believes that it 
has adequately satisfied its responsibilities under the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 through the documentation of a 
categorical exclusion in the FE Docket EA-191 proceeding.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above or by 
accessing the Fossil Energy Home Page at http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon 
reaching the Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Electricity,'' from the 
Regulatory Info menu, and then ``Pending Proceedings'' from the options 
menus.

    Issued in Washington, DC., on November 21, 2000.
Anthony Como,
Deputy Director, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/
Ex, Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 00-30407 Filed 11-28-00; 8:45 am]
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