Notice2024-02679
Application for Amended Authorization To Export Electric Energy; NRG Business Marketing LLC
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Published
February 9, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
NRG Business Marketing LLC (the Applicant or NRGBM), formerly known as Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC (DEBM), has applied for amended 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 9136-9137]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-02679]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-498-A]
Application for Amended Authorization To Export Electric Energy;
NRG Business Marketing LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: NRG Business Marketing LLC (the Applicant or NRGBM), formerly
known as Direct Energy Business Marketing, LLC (DEBM), has applied for
amended 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 February 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#bbfed7ded8cfc9d2d8d2cfc295fec3cbd4c9cfc8fbd3ca95dfd4de95dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0d4861686e797f646e6479742348757d627f797e4d657c23696268236a627b">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Gomer, (240) 474-2403,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#155079707661677c767c616c3b506d657a676166557d643b717a703b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="490c252c2a3d3b202a203d30670c3139263b3d3a092138672d262c672e263f">[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 31, 2023, DEBM applied for authorization to transmit
electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power marketer
for a term of five years. On September 13, 2023, DOE issued EA-498,
granting DEBM its requested permission. See EA-498. On December 29,
2023, NRGBM filed an application with DOE (Application or App.) to
amend the authorization to reflect DEBM's name change to NRGBM. See
App. at 1.
The Application states that on July 31, 2023, DEBM changed its name
to NRGBM. App. at 1. NRGBM notes that ``[t]his action was solely a name
change'' and there were ``no changes to the corporate structure,
governance, or ownership of the LLC.'' Id. at 2. The Application
reflects that the other information concerning the subject exports
provided in DEBM's initial application for authorization, approved in
EA-497, remains unchanged. See Id. at 1-4.
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#27624b424453554e444e535e09625f5748555354674f560943484209404851"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="42072e272136302b212b363b6c073a322d303631022a336c262d276c252d34">[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#41042d2422353328222835386f0439312e3335320129306f252e246f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="93d6fff6f0e7e1faf0fae7eabdd6ebe3fce1e7e0d3fbe2bdf7fcf6bdf4fce5">[email protected]</span></a> in
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accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning NRGBM's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-498-A. Additional copies are to
be provided directly to Ryan Harwell, Manager, Regulatory Licensing &
Reporting, NRG Business Marketing LLC, 910 Louisiana Street, Suite
B200, Houston, Texas 77002, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bccec5ddd292d4ddcecbd9d0d0fcd2cedb92dfd3d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="52202b333c7c3a332025373e3e123c20357c313d3f">[email protected]</span></a>, and Ryan C. Norfolk,
Baker Botts LLP, 700 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20001,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#afddd6cec181c1c0ddc9c0c3c4efcdcec4caddcdc0dbdbdc81ccc0c2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fede6fef1b1f1f0edf9f0f3f4dffdfef4faedfdf0ebebecb1fcf0f2">[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#753019101601071c161c010c5b300d051a070106351d045b111a105b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ce8ba2abadbabca7ada7bab7e08bb6bea1bcbabd8ea6bfe0aaa1abe0a9a1b8">[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. 2024-02679 Filed 2-8-24; 8:45 am]
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