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Delegation of Authority: The Secretary 

of Education has delegated authority to 

Daniel T. Madzelan, Director, 

Forecasting and Policy Analysis for the 

Office of Postsecondary Education, to 

perform the functions and duties of the 

Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary 

Education. 

Dated: October 16, 2009. 

Daniel T. Madzelan, 

Director, Forecasting and Policy Analysis. 

[FR Doc. E9–25389 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–64–A] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Basin Electric Power Cooperative 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Basin Electric Power 

Cooperative (Basin Electric) has applied 

to amend its authorization to export 

electric energy from the United States to 

Canada issued pursuant to section 

202(e) of the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before November 23, 2009. 

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 March 6, 1980, DOE issued Order 

No. EA–64 authorizing Basin Electric to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Saskatchewan Power 

Corporation (SaskPower), the provincial 

electric utility of Saskatchewan, Canada, 

using Basin Electric’s international 

transmission facilities known as the 

Tioga-Saskatchewan 230-kV intertie. 

Construction of these facilities was 

authorized by DOE in Presidential 

Permit No. PP–64. Order No. EA–64 

contained limits on the capacity and 

energy that could be exported during 

peak and non-peak times in accordance 

with the 1978 Interconnection and 

Transaction Agreement between Basin 

Electric and SasksPower. For peaking 

exports, Basin Electric was limited to a 

capacity of 100 megawatts with an 

energy limit of 438,000 megawatt hours 

(MWH) in any calendar year. 

On October 13, 2009, Basin Electric 

applied to DOE to amend Order No. EA– 

64 in order to be able to export to 

NorthPoint Energy Solutions, a 

subsidiary of SaskPower, and future 

purchasers inside Canada. In addition, 

Basic Electric seeks to remove the 

438,000–MWH energy limit and 

increase the capacity limit to 165 MW, 

which Basin Electric claims is the 

present total transfer capacity of the 

Tioga-Saskatchewan 230-kV intertie. 

The electric energy which Basin 

Electric proposes to export to Canada 

would be provided from its own 

generation resources or purchased by 

Basin Electric from other sources. 

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 Basin Electric 

application to export electric energy to 

Canada should be clearly marked with 

Docket No. EA–64–A. Additional copies 

are to be filed directly with Dave Rantz, 

Basin Electric Power Cooperative, 1717 

Interstate Avenue, Bismarck, ND 58503. 

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/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on October 16, 

2009. 

Ellen Russell, 

Acting Director, Permitting and Siting, Office 

of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E9–25437 Filed 10–21–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–284–B] 

Application to Export Electric Energy; 

Sempra Energy Solutions LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Sempra Energy Solutions LLC 

(SES) applied to renew its authority to 

export electric energy from the United 

States to Mexico for a period of five 

years pursuant to section 202(e) of the 

Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before November 23, 2009. 

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 


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