Notice2024-02678
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP
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Published
February 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP (the Applicant or BRTM) 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 89, Number 28 (Friday, February 9, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9135-9136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02678]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-465-A]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP (the Applicant
or BRTM) 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 March 11, 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#d297beb7b1a6a0bbb1bba6abfc97aaa2bda0a6a192baa3fcb6bdb7fcb5bda4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f9bc959c9a8d8b909a908d80d7bc8189968b8d8ab99188d79d969cd79e968f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Gomer, (240) 474-2403,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1f5a737a7c6b6d767c766b66315a676f706d6b6c5f776e317b707a31787069"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c88da4adabbcbaa1aba1bcb1e68db0b8a7babcbb88a0b9e6aca7ade6afa7be">[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 March 26, 2019, DOE issued Order No. EA-465, authorizing BRTM to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power
marketer. On January 11, 2024, BRTM filed an application with DOE
(Application or App.) for renewal of their export authority for an
additional five-year term. App. at 1.
According to the Application, Brookfield Energy Marketing LLC owns
a 0.01 percent general partner interest in BRTM, and Brookfield Power
New York Holding Corporation (BPNYHO) owns a 99.99 percent limited
partner interest in BRTM. App. at 1. Brookfield Energy Market LLC is a
Delaware limited liability company and wholly-owned subsidiary of
Brookfield Power US Holding America Company (BPUSHA). Id. BPNYHO is a
Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned indirect subsidiary of BPUSHA.
Id.
The Applicant states it does not ``own or control any electric
generation, transmission, or distribution facilities in the United
States and does not have a franchise or service territory for the
transmission, distribution or sale of
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electricity.'' App. at 3. However, the Applicant ``operates as a
wholesale marketer of electric energy and as electric energy agent to
Brookfield Renewable, which owns companies regulated as public
utilities under the FPA and companies owning qualifying facilities.''
Id. BRTM notes it has ``market-based rate authorization issued by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (`FERC') under Section 205 of the
FPA.'' Id.
The Applicant asserts that it ``does not have a franchised service
area and, consequently, has no native load obligations'' and will
purchase the electric energy that it exports from electric utilities,
qualifying cogeneration facilities, qualifying small power production
facilities, Independent System Operators, Regional Transmission
Operators, or from other exempt wholesale generators. App. at 6.
Therefore, BRTM contends that ``the electric energy that will be sold
to BRTM is surplus to the needs of the selling entities'' and ``will
not impair the sufficiency of the electric energy supply within the
United States.'' Id. BRTM also states it will comply with existing
industry procedures for obtaining transmission capacity and asserts the
proposed transmission would not impede or tend to impede the
coordination in the public interest of facilities subject to DOE's
jurisdiction. Id.
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#682d040d0b1c1a010b011c11462d1018071a1c1b280019460c070d460f071e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="47022b222433352e242e333e69023f3728353334072f366923282269202831">[email protected]</span></a>. Protests should be filed in accordance
with Rule 211 of Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (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#f8bd949d9b8c8a919b918c81d6bd8088978a8c8bb89089d69c979dd69f978e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84c1e8e1e7f0f6ede7edf0fdaac1fcf4ebf6f0f7c4ecf5aae0ebe1aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR
385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning BRTM's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-465-A. Additional copies are to
be provided directly to the Senior Director, Legal, Attn: EMR Legal,
Brookfield Renewable Trading and Marketing LP, 200 Liberty Street, 14th
Floor, New York, New York 10281, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#094c445b456c6e6865496b7b6666626f606c656d7b6c676c7e686b656c276a6664"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cd88809f81a8aaaca18dafbfa2a2a6aba4a8a1a9bfa8a3a8baacafa1a8e3aea2a0">[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#32775e575146405b515b464b1c774a425d404641725a431c565d571c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d2801080e191f040e0419144328151d021f191e2d051c43090208430a021b">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on January 30, 2024, 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 February 6, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-02678 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
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