[Federal Register Volume 61, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 1996)]
[Notices]
[Page 3012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 96-1607]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[FE Docket No. EA-98-A]


Application To Amend Electricity Export Authorization; Western 
Systems Power Pool

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: The Western Systems Power Pool (WSPP) filed an application to 
amend its authorization to export electricity to Canada by adding the 
names of ten new member companies to the list of authorized exporters.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before February 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Fossil 
Energy (FE-52), 1000 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20585-0350.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Mike Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

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.
    On September 2, 1994, in Order No. EA-98, the Office of Fossil 
Energy (FE) authorized 22 members of the Western System Power Pool 
(WSPP) in order to transmit electric energy from the United States to 
Canada. Specifically, the Order authorized each of the 22 entities to 
individually export electric energy to British Columbia Hydro and Power 
Authority (BC Hydro), or other future Canadian members of the WSPP, 
under the terms and conditions of the WSPP's pooling agreement and 
service schedules approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC). The order further authorized that the electric energy be 
transmitted using the international transmission facilities of the 
Bonneville Power Administration.
    On December 29, 1995, WSPP, on behalf of the following member 
companies, filed a request to amend Order No. EA-98 by adding their 
names to the list of authorized exporters in this docket:

Coastal Electric Services Company
Englehard Power Marketing, Inc.
Enron Power Marketing
Entergy Power, Inc.
Equitable Power Services Company
Heartland Energy Services
Illinova Power Marketing, Inc.
Koch Power Services, Inc.
LG&E Power Marketing Inc.
Valero Power Services Company

    By this joint application, each of the participating Pool members 
seeks an export authorization allowing them to enter into transactions 
with BC Hydro which involve the exportation of electricity from the 
United States. All such transactions would occur pursuant to the terms 
and conditions of the WSPP's pooling agreement and service schedules 
approved by the FERC.

Procedural Matters

    Any person desiring to be heard or to protest this application 
should file a petition to intervene or protest at the address provided 
above in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the Rules of 
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
    Any such petitions and protests should be filed with the DOE on or 
before the date listed above. Additional copies of such petitions to 
intervene or protests also should be filed directly with Michael E. 
Small, Wright & Talisman, Suite 600, 1200 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 
20005-3802
    Pursuant to 18 CFR 385.211, protests and comments will be 
considered by the DOE in determining the appropriate action to be 
taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the 
proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a petition 
to intervene under 18 CFR 385.214. Section 385.214 requires that a 
petition to intervene must state, to the extent known, the position 
taken by the petitioner and the petitioner's interest in sufficient 
factual detail to demonstrate either that the petitioner has a right to 
participate because it is a State Commission; that it has or represents 
an interest which may be directly affected by the outcome of the 
proceeding, including any interest as a consumer, customer, competitor, 
or a security holder of a party to the proceeding; or that the 
petitioner's participation is in the public interest.
    A final decision will be made on this application after a 
determination is made by the DOE that the proposed action will not 
impair the sufficiency of electric supply within the United States or 
will not impede or tend to impede the coordination in the public 
interest of facilities in accordance with section 202(e) of the Federal 
Power Act.
    Before an export authorization may be issued, the environmental 
impacts of the proposed DOE action (i.e., granting the export 
authorization, with any conditions and limitations, or denying it) must 
be evaluated pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on January 22, 1996.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Office of Coal & Electricity, Office of Fuels Programs, 
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 96-1607 Filed 1-29-96; 8:45 am]
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