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Docket ID: [OE Docket No. EA-340]
NOTICE: NOTICES
ACTION: Application to Export Electric Energy:
DOCUMENT ACTION: Notice of application.
SUBJECT CATEGORY: Application to Export Electric Energy; Saracen Energy Partners, LP
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted on or before June 9, 2008.
DOCUMENT SUMMARY: Saracen Energy Partners, LP (SEP) has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act.
SUMMARY: Saracen Energy Partners, LP,
SUPPLEMENTAL 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 May 1, 2008, DOE received an application from SEP for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power marketer. SEP has requested an electricity export authorization with a 5year term. SEP does not own any electric transmission facilities nor does it hold a franchised service area. The electric energy which SEP proposes to export to Canada would be surplus energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, and other entities within the United States.
SEP proposes to export electric energy to Canada and to arrange for the delivery of those exports over the international transmission facilities presently 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 Company.
The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of the international transmission facilities to be utilized by SEP was previously 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 Sec. Sec. 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 comment, petition, and protest should be filed with DOE on or before the dates listed above.
All filings in this proceeding should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA340. Additional copies are to be filed directly with Allison P. Duensing, Assistant General Counsel, The Saracen Group of Companies, Five Greenway Plaza, Suite 1310, Houston, TX 77040 and Daniel E. Frank, Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP, 1275 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 200042415.
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
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reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system.
Copies of these applications will be made available, upon request, for public inspection and copying at the address provided above, by accessing the program Web site at http://oe.energy.gov/permits.htm, or by emailing Odessa Hopkins at odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 6, 2008.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202- 5869624 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 2025862793.
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