[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 6 (Monday, January 11, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 1606-1607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-541]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. EA-198]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Ontario Hydro
Interconnected Markets Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Ontario Hydro Interconnected Markets Inc. (OHIM) 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 10, 1999.
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: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Michael 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 (FPA) (16 U.S.C.
824a(e)).
On December 21, 1998, the Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the
Department of Energy (DOE) received an application from OHIM to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada. OHIM does
not own or control any generation and transmission facilities in the
United States and does not have any franchised service territory in the
United States. OHIM is incorporated in the State of Delaware and is a
wholly-owned subsidiary of Ontario Hydro, the provincial electric
utility within the Canadian Province of Ontario.
The electric energy OHIM proposes to export will be surplus energy
purchased from electric utilities in the U.S. OHIM intends to export
this energy to Canada over the existing international transmission
facilities owned by Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison
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Company, Eastern Maine Electric Cooperative, Long Sault, Inc., Maine
Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, Minnesota Power,
Inc., Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York Power Authority, Niagara
Mohawk Power Corporation, Northern States Power and Vermont Electric
Transmission Company. The construction of each of the international
transmission facilities to be utilized by OHIM, as more fully described
in the application, 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 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 OHIM application to export electric energy to
Canada should be clearly marked with Docket EA-198. Additional copies
are to be filed directly with Peter D. MacMillan, Esq., Secretary,
Ontario Hydro Interconnected Markets Inc., 700 University Ave.,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada N5G 1X6, and Peter M. Kirby, Esq., Winston &
Strawn, 1400 L Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20005.
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 (NEPA), and a determination is made by
the 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 or by
accessing the Fossil Energy Home Page at http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon
reaching the Fossil Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory'' and then
``Electricity'' from the options menus.
Issued in Washington, D.C., on January 5, 1999.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Office of Coal & Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 99-541 Filed 1-8-99; 8:45 am]
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