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Dated: January 29, 2008. 

Tracy R. Justesen, 

Assistant Secretary for Special Education and 

Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. E8–1907 Filed 1–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–332] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Nexen Marketing U.S.A. Inc. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Nexen Marketing U.S.A. Inc. 

(Nexen) has applied for 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 March 3, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

586–8008). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). 

On December 17, 2007, the 

Department of Energy (DOE) received an 

application from Nexen for authority to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada as a power marketer. 

Nexen, a Delaware corporation with its 

principal place of business in Calgary, 

Alberta, Canada, has requested an 

electricity export authorization with a 5- 

year term. Nexen does not own or 

control any electric generation, 

transmission, or distribution assets 

within the United States, nor does it 

have a franchised service area in the 

United States. The electric energy which 

Nexen proposes to export to Canada 

would be surplus energy purchased 

from electric utilities, Federal power 

marketing agencies, and other entities 

within the United States. 

Nexen will arrange for the delivery of 

exports to Canada over the international 

transmission facilities owned by Basin 

Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville 

Power Administration, Eastern Maine 

Electric Cooperative, International 

Transmission Co., Joint Owners of the 

Highgate Project, Long Sault, Inc., 

Maine Electric Power Company, Maine 

Public Service Company, Minnesota 

Power, Inc., Minnkota Power 

Cooperative, Inc., New York Power 

Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power 

Corp., Northern States Power Company, 

Vermont Electric Power Company, and 

Vermont Electric Transmission Co. 

The construction, operation, 

maintenance, and connection of each of 

the international transmission facilities 

to be utilized by Nexen has previously 

been authorized by a Presidential permit 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings 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 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

DOE on or before the date listed above. 

Comments on the Nexen application 

to export electric energy to Canada 

should be clearly marked with Docket 

No. EA–332. Additional copies are to be 

filed directly with Douglas F. John, John 

& Hengerer, 1730 Rhode Island Ave., 

NW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036–

3116 and Diane Cameron, Director, 

Regulatory, Nexen Marketing U.S.A. 

INC., 801 7th Avenue, SW., Calgary, AB 

T2P 3P7 Canada. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/permitting/ 

electricity_imports_exports.htm, or by emailing Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 29, 

2008. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E8–1917 Filed 1–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–337] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Synergy Power Marketing, Inc. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Synergy Power Marketing, 

Inc. (Synergy) has applied for 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 February 19, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202–

586–8008). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586–

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). 

On January 28, 2008, the Department 

of Energy (DOE) received an application 

from Synergy for authority to transmit 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada as a power marketer. Synergy, a 

power marketer with its principal place 

of business in Alberta, Canada, has 

requested an electricity export 

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authorization with a 5-year term. 

Synergy does not own or control any 

electric generation, transmission, or 

distribution assets, nor does it have a 

franchised service area. The electric 

energy which Synergy proposes to 

export to Canada would be surplus 

energy purchased from electric utilities, 

Federal power marketing agencies, and 

other entities within the United States. 

Synergy requests that consideration of 

the application be expedited so that it 

may participate in the Alberta market 

that has recently experienced some 

supply uncertainty and price volatility. 

Specifically, Synergy requests that DOE 

rule on its application prior to March 1, 

2008. 

Synergy will arrange for the delivery 

of exports to Canada over the 

international transmission facilities 

owned by Basin Electric Power 

Cooperative, Bonneville Power 

Administration, Eastern Maine Electric 

Cooperative, International Transmission 

Co., Joint Owners of the Highgate 

Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric 

Power Company, Maine Public Service 

Company, Minnesota Power, Inc., 

Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., New 

York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk 

Power Corp., Northern States Power 

Company, Vermont Electric Power 

Company, and Vermont Electric 

Transmission Co. 

The construction, operation, 

maintenance, and connection of each of 

the international transmission facilities 

to be utilized by Synergy has previously 

been authorized by a Presidential permit 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings 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 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

DOE on or before the date listed above. 

DOE has granted Synergy’s request for 

expedited treatment of its application 

and shortened the public comment 

period to 15 days. 

Comments on the Synergy application 

to export electric energy to Canada 

should be clearly marked with Docket 

No. EA–337. Additional copies are to be 

filed directly with Randall Dost, Sean 

Pinnell, Synergy Power Marketing, Inc., 

Ste 800, 2303 4th Street, Calgary, 

Alberta T2S 2S7 and Linda Williams, 

518 Carolina Drive, Toccoa, GA 30577. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/permitting/

electricity_imports_exports.htm, or by emailing Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 29, 

2008. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E8–1916 Filed 1–31–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

Notice of Opportunity for Technical 

Assistance (NOTA)—DE–PS36–

08GO98011, Solar America Initiative 

(SAI) Market Transformation: Solar 

America Showcases, FY 2008 

AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy, Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) is accepting requests for 

Technical Assistance for large-scale, 

high-visibility solar installation projects 

that have the ability to impact the 

market for solar technologies through 

large project size, use of a novel solar 

technology, and/or use of a novel 

application for a solar technology. In 

addition, it is desired that the project be 

replicable or have replicable 

components. It is not expected that all 

projects will meet all of these 

parameters, but projects would ideally 

reflect some or most of these qualities. 

Large-scale installations may include 

photovoltaic, concentrating solar power, 

solar water heating, and solar space 

heating applications. Technical 

assistance will not be provided for 

research, product development, or early 

stage testing and evaluation of any 

technology or product. Solar America 

Showcases focus on providing support 

to projects in which a commerciallyready technology is to be installed in a 

large-scale application with full 

financial project commitment already in 

place. 

Any legal entity, to include private 

sector for-profit and non-profit 

organizations, State and local 

governments, and trade and other 

associations may request DOE Technical 

Assistance under this Notice, so long as 

the installation proposed by the 

organization, and for which the 

Technical Assistance will be provided, 

is located in the United States. Federal 

agencies are not permitted to request 

Technical Assistance under this Notice. 

Federally Funded Research and 

Development Center (FFRDC) 

Contractors may not submit a request for 

Technical Assistance, may not 

participate as a team partner with any 

entity requesting Technical Assistance, 

and may not assist any entity with their 

submission of a request for Technical 

Assistance under this Notice. Nonprofit 

organizations described in section 

501(c)(4) of the Internal Revenue Code 

of 1986 that engaged in lobbying 

activities after December 31, 1995 are 

not permitted to submit a request for 

Technical Assistance under this Notice. 

Technical Assistance described under 

this Notice will be provided via a 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 

between DOE, the organization selected 

to receive the Technical Assistance, and 

the Technical Assistance Team Leader 

responsible for providing the Technical 

Assistance. A MOA is a collaborative 

agreement between the Federal 

Government and other parties to work 

together on a mutually beneficial 

activity. The MOA will detail the scope 

of the Technical Assistance activities, 

the forms of collaboration, the 

responsibilities of the partners to the 

Agreement, and the treatment of any 

potential intellectual property. Federal 

funding will not be provided to a 

partner under a MOA. 

DATES: Requests for Technical 

Assistance must be submitted via the 

DOE Industry Interactive Procurement 

System (IIPS) Web site at 

http://e-center.doe.gov/ by 03/12/2008 

and 06/12/2008. 

ADDRESSES: Note that this posting in the 

Federal Register is not the full 

announcement. Interested parties must 

download and follow the instructions in 

the full announcement which is 

available on the DOE Industry 

Interactive Procurement System (IIPS) 

website. To locate the full 

Announcement, go to 

http://e-center.doe.gov/, click on 

‘‘Browse Opportunities’’, scroll down to 

view DOE Financial Assistance 

Opportunities (Viewing ‘‘Opportunities 

by Contracting Activity’’ is 

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