Notice2023-28475
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Boston Energy Trading and Marketing LLC
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Published
December 27, 2023
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Energy Department
Abstract
Boston Energy Trading and Marketing LLC (the Applicant or BETM) has applied for renewed authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 247 (Wednesday, December 27, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 89428-89429]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-28475]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-463-A]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Boston Energy Trading and Marketing LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Boston Energy Trading and Marketing LLC (the Applicant or
BETM) has applied for renewed 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 January 26, 2024.
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#eda881888e999f848e849994c3a8959d829f999ead859cc3898288c38a829b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="23664f464057514a404a575a0d665b534c515750634b520d474c460d444c55">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Gomer, (240) 474-2403,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#60250c0503141209030914194e2518100f1214132008114e040f054e070f16"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8ad848d8b9c9a818b819c91c6ad9098879a9c9ba88099c68c878dc68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The United States Department of Energy (DOE)
regulates electricity exports from the United States to foreign
countries in accordance with section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act
(FPA) (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)) and regulations thereunder (10 CFR 205.300 et
seq.). Sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the DOE Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7151(b) and 7172(f)) transferred this regulatory authority,
previously exercised by the now-defunct Federal Power Commission, to
DOE.
Section 202(e) of the FPA provides that an entity which seeks to
export electricity must obtain an order from DOE authorizing that
export. (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). On April 10, 2023, the authority to issue
such orders was delegated to the DOE's Grid Deployment Office (GDO) by
Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-
GD1-2023.
On December 19, 2018, DOE issued Order No. EA-463 to BETM to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power
marketer for a period of five years. On November 14, 2023, BETM filed
an application with DOE (Application or App.) for renewal of their
export authority for a five-year term. App. at 8.
According to the Application, BETM is a California limited
liability company that is a wholly owned subsidiary of Diamond Energy
Trading and Marketing, LLC. Id. at 1-2. BETM represents that it is a
power marketer
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authorized to sell wholesale electric energy, capacity and ancillary
services outside of the Electric Reliability Council of Texas at
market-based rates pursuant to authority granted by the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) under a wholesale power sales tariff
currently on file with FERC. Id. at 2. BETM states that as a power
marketer, it ``does not own any electric generation or transmission
facilities and does not hold a franchise or service territory or native
load obligation.'' Id. at 4. Further, BETM represents that ``none of
BETM's U.S.-based affiliates or subsidiaries own any electric
transmission facilities other than generating facility interconnection
facilities necessary to connect individual generating facilities to the
grid[,] and BETM is not affiliated with an entity that holds a
franchise or service territory in the U.S.'' Id. BETM represents that
because it neither owns, operates nor controls an electric power supply
transmission and/or distribution system, ``its exports cannot have any
adverse impact on the reliability, stability, or sufficiency of supply
on a franchised electric supply system or the electric power supply
within the U.S.'' Id. at 5.
The existing international transmission facilities to be utilized
by the Applicant have been previously authorized by Presidential
permits issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are
appropriate for open access transmission by third parties. See App. at
Exhibit C.
Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this
proceeding should file a comment or protest to the Application at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#450029202631372c262c313c6b003d352a373136052d346b212a206b222a33"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d5871787e696f747e7469643358656d726f696e5d756c33797278337a726b">[email protected]</span></a>. Protests should be filed in accordance
with Rule 211 of FERC's 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#783d141d1b0c0a111b110c01563d0008170a0c0b381009561c171d561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aaefc6cfc9ded8c3c9c3ded384efd2dac5d8ded9eac2db84cec5cf84cdc5dc">[email protected]</span></a> in
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning BETM's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-463-A. Additional copies are to
be provided directly to BETM Contract Administrator, Boston Energy
Trading and Marketing LLC, One International Place, 9th Floor, Boston,
MA 02110, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9bd9decfd6d8f4f5efe9faf8efdafff6f2f5dbf9feeff6b5f8f4f6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="387a7d6c757b57564c4a595b4c795c555156785a5d4c55165b5755">[email protected]</span></a>, and Catherine McCarthy, Partner,
Bracewell LLP, 2001 M Street NW, Suite 900, Washington DC 20036,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d4b7b5a0bcadfab9b7b7b5a6a0bcad94b6a6b5b7b1a3b1b8b8fab7bbb9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6f0c0e1b071641020c0c0e1d1b07162f0d1d0e0c0a180a0303410c0002">[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 reliability of the
United States electric power supply system.
Copies of this Application will be made available, upon request, by
accessing the program website at <a href="https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0">https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0</a> or by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#357059505641475c565c414c1b704d455a474146755d441b515a501b525a43"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bcf9d0d9dfc8ced5dfd5c8c592f9c4ccd3cec8cffcd4cd92d8d3d992dbd3ca">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on December 19, 2023, by Maria Robinson, Director, Grid
Deployment Office, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary
of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is
maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon
publication in the Federal Register.
Signed in Washington, DC on December 20, 2023.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2023-28475 Filed 12-26-23; 8:45 am]
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