[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 188 (Friday, September 27, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 79283-79284]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-22174]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[GDO Docket No. EA-516]


Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Energia 
Sierra Juarez U.S., LLC

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Energia Sierra Juarez U.S., LLC (ESJ US or Applicant) has 
applied for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before October 28, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for 
more information should be addressed by electronic mail to 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9cd9f0f9ffe8eef5fff5e8e5b2d9e4ecf3eee8efdcf4edb2f8f3f9b2fbf3ea"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="682d040d0b1c1a010b011c11462d1018071a1c1b280019460c070d460f071e">[email protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, 240-474-8226 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a0f262f293e382329233e33640f323a25383e390a223b642e252f642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eaaf868f899e988389839e93c4af929a85989e99aa829bc48e858fc48d859c">[email protected]</span></a>.

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.

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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 now-defunct 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 August 16, 2024, ESJ US filed an application (Application or 
App.) with DOE for authorization to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Mexico. App. at 1. According to the Application, ESJ 
US is a power marketer and a Delaware limited liability company 
authorized to operate in California. Id. at 1, 6. Further, the 
Applicant states its corporate parent, Energia Sierra, S. de R.L. de 
C.V., is a ``wholly-owned subsidiar[y] of Sempra Infrastructure 
Partners, LP, which in turn is indirectly majority owned and controlled 
by Sempra, a publicly traded utility holding company based in San 
Diego, California.'' Id. at 1-2. ESJ US states it ``will sell energy, 
capacity and/or ancillary services into the [California Independent 
Service Operator (CAISO)] balancing authority area [.]'' Id.
    The Applicant represents that their exports would ``not impair the 
sufficiency of electric supply, nor would it impede or tend to impede 
regional coordination of electric utility planning or operation.'' Id. 
at 7. ESJ US further states that the electric power it ``plans to 
export will be surplus energy obtained in wholesale markets, and any 
such export transactions will be completed using CAISO's procedures 
and/or market structures, . . . applicable market rules implemented by 
the CAISO, and reliability standards implemented by the [North American 
Electric Reliability Corporation] and the [Western Electric Reliability 
Council].'' Id. 8-9. The Applicant asserts that its export transactions 
therefore ``will not adversely impact native load customers or other 
market participants, and will not compromise transmission security or 
reliability.'' Id. at 9.
    The existing international transmission facility to be utilized by 
the Applicant has been previously authorized by a Presidential permit 
issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and is 
appropriate for open access transmission by third parties. See App. at 
10.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this 
proceeding should file a comment or protest to the Application at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#37725b525443455e545e434e19724f4758454344775f461953585219505841"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="56133a333522243f353f222f78132e2639242225163e277832393378313920">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#642108010710160d070d101d4a211c140b161017240c154a000b014a030b12"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="71341d1412050318121805085f3409011e0305023119005f151e145f161e07">[email protected]</span></a> in 
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
    Comments and other filings concerning ESJ US's Application should 
be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-516. Additional copies are to 
be provided directly to Jerrod L. Harrison, Sempra Infrastructure, 488 
8th Avenue, HQ12, San Diego, CA 92101, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#573d3f3625253e2438391724323a272536303b3835363b7934383a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="543e3c3526263d273b3a1427313924263533383b3635387a373b39">[email protected]</span></a>, and 
Katy Wilson, Sempra Infrastructure, 488 8th Avenue, San Diego, CA 
92101, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ee859987829d8180ae9d8b839e9c8f8982818c8f82c08d8183"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c2a9b5abaeb1adac82b1a7afb2b0a3a5aeada0a3aeeca1adaf">[email protected]</span></a>.
    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/pending-applications-0 or by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e5b727b7d6a6c777d776a67305b666e716c6a6d5e766f307a717b30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e2a78e878196908b818b969bcca79a928d909691a28a93cc868d87cc858d94">[email protected]</span></a>.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on September 20, 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 September 24, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-22174 Filed 9-26-24; 8:45 am]
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