Notice2021-24465
Application To Export Electric Energy; Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
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Published
November 9, 2021
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (Applicant or SPP) has applied for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 214 (Tuesday, November 9, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 62158-62159]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2021-24465]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-434-A]
Application To Export Electric Energy; Southwest Power Pool, Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Electricity, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (Applicant or SPP) has applied for
authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to
Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on
or before December 9, 2021.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for
more information should be addressed by electronic mail to
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bdf8d1d8dec9cfd4ded4c9c493f8c5cdd2cfc9cefdd5cc93d9d2d893dad2cb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="febb929b9d8a8c979d978a87d0bb868e918c8a8dbe968fd09a919bd0999188">[email protected]</span></a>, or by facsimile to (202) 586-8008.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt Aronoff, 202-586-5863,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93fef2e7e7fbf6e4bdf2e1fcfdfcf5f5d3fbe2bdf7fcf6bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="375a5643435f52401956455859585151775f461953585219505841">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Energy (DOE) regulates
exports of electricity from the United States to a foreign country,
pursuant to sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the Department of Energy
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 42 U.S.C. 7172(f)). Such
exports require authorization under section 202(e) of the Federal Power
Act (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).
On September 30, 2021, SPP filed an application with DOE
(Application or App.) to transmit electric energy from the United
States to Canada ``for an additional five-year term beginning on
February 7, 2022, the date its current export authorization is set to
expire.'' App. at 1. SPP states that it ``is an Arkansas non-profit
corporation with its principal place of business in Little Rock,
Arkansas.'' Id. at 3. SPP represents that, ``[a]lthough [it]
administers the Integrated Marketplace for wholesale sales of
electricity and transmission service across the transmission lines of
its member utilities, . . . [it] does not own electric transmission or
generation facilities and does not have a retail service area for the
sale of electricity.'' Id. at 4.
SPP explains that it ``seeks authorization to continue to export
electric energy to Canada on an emergency basis via facilities owned by
its member Basin Electric.'' App. at 9. SPP adds that before it applied
initially for authorization in 2016, it ``entered into a Joint
Operating Agreement with Saskatchewan Power Corporation (``SaskPower'')
. . . that allows SPP to make emergency sales at the United States-
Canada border to SaskPower over the Tioga-Sask Intertie, which . . . is
an authorized export facility under Presidential Permit No. PP-64.''
Id. SPP contends that its proposed exports ``will not impair the
sufficiency of electric supply within the United States or impede or
tend to impede the coordination in the public interest of facilities
subject to the jurisdiction of FERC [sic].'' Id. at 11-12.
The existing international transmission facilities to be utilized
by the Applicant have previously been authorized by Presidential
permits issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are
appropriate
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for open access transmission by third parties.
Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this
proceeding should file a comment or protest to the Application at the
address provided above. Protests should be filed in accordance with
Rule 211 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to become
a party to this proceeding should file a motion to intervene at the
above address in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning SPP's application to export
electric energy to Canada should be clearly marked with OE Docket No.
EA-434-A. Additional copies are to be provided directly to Joseph W.
Ghormley, 201 Worthen Drive, Little Rock, AR 72223, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#640e030c0b160908011d241714144a0b1603"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7218151a1d001f1e170b320102025c1d0015">[email protected]</span></a>;
Matthew J. Binette, 1200 G Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef8d86818a9b9b8aaf989d8688879b838e98c18c8082"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="086a61666d7c7c6d487f7a616f607c64697f266b6765">[email protected]</span></a>; Victoria M. Lauterbach, 1200 G Street NW, Suite
600, Washington, DC 20005, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#137f72666776617172707b5364617a747b677f72643d707c7e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0a666b7f7e6f78686b69624a7d78636d627e666b7d24696567">[email protected]</span></a>; and Uju Okasi,
1200 G Street NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ef80848e9c86af989d8688879b838e98c18c8082"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="523d3933213b1225203b353a263e33257c313d3f">[email protected]</span></a>.
A final decision will be made on the requested authorization after
the environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to DOE's
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part
1021) and after DOE evaluates whether the proposed action will have an
adverse impact on the sufficiency of supply or the reliability of the
U.S. electric power supply system.
Copies of the Application will be made available, upon request, by
accessing the program website at <a href="http://energy.gov/node/11845">http://energy.gov/node/11845</a>, or by
emailing Matt Aronoff at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c010d181804091b420d1e0302030a0a2c041d42080309420b031a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="44292530302c21336a25362b2a2b2222042c356a202b216a232b32">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signed in Washington, DC, on November 4, 2021.
Christopher Lawrence,
Management and Program Analyst, Electricity Delivery Division, Office
of Electricity.
[FR Doc. 2021-24465 Filed 11-8-21; 8:45 am]
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