Notice2024-03017
Application for Presidential Permit; Basin Electric Power Cooperative
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Published
February 14, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
Basin Electric Power Cooperative (the Applicant or Basin Electric) has filed an application requesting a new Presidential permit to allow for the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance of facilities for transmission of electric energy at the international border between North Dakota and Saskatchewan, Canada.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 31 (Wednesday, February 14, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 11267-11268]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-03017]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. PP-503]
Application for Presidential Permit; Basin Electric Power
Cooperative
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Basin Electric Power Cooperative (the Applicant or Basin
Electric) has filed an application requesting a new Presidential permit
to allow for the construction, connection, operation, and maintenance
of facilities for transmission of electric energy at the international
border between North Dakota and Saskatchewan, Canada.
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on
or before March 15, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene should be
addressed by electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#753019101601071c161c010c5b300d051a070106351d045b111a105b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="baffd6dfd9cec8d3d9d3cec394ffc2cad5c8cec9fad2cb94ded5df94ddd5cc">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Gomer, (240) 474-2403,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cf8aa3aaacbbbda6aca6bbb6e18ab7bfa0bdbbbc8fa7bee1aba0aae1a8a0b9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="692c050c0a1d1b000a001d10472c1119061b1d1a290118470d060c470e061f">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, operation, maintenance,
and connection of facilities at the international border of the United
States for the transmission of electric energy between the United
States and a foreign country is prohibited in the absence of a
Presidential permit issued by the Secretary of Energy pursuant to
Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as amended by E.O. 12038. On April 10,
2023, the authority to issue such permits was delegated to the DOE's
Grid Deployment Office by Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and
Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-GD1-2023.
On November 9, 2023, Basin Electric filed an application
(Application or App.) with the Department of Energy (DOE) for a
Presidential Permit to construct the Tande and Wheelock to Saskatchewan
230-kV Transmission Project.\1\ App. at 1.
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\1\ On January 17, 2023, Basin Electric also filed a revised
Application in response to DOE feedback on its November filing. The
references to the Application in this notice reflect the latest
revisions submitted by Basin Electric.
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Basin Electric is an electric power generation and transmission
cooperative headquartered in Bismarck, North Dakota. Id. The Applicant
generates and transmits wholesale electricity to 141-member rural
electric cooperatives located in a nine-state service area, which
serves three million customers on their respective systems. Id.
Basin Electric's proposed project ``includes two new 230-kV
electric transmission lines from existing substations in North Dakota
(ND) to the Canadian Border.'' Id. According to the Application,
Saskatchewan Power Corporation (SaskPower), ``a generation and
transmission provider in Saskatchewan, will construct the transmission
lines from the border to a new substation in Canada, approximately five
miles north of the border.'' Id. The Applicant intends to route one
circuit from the Wheelock substation near Ray, North Dakota, and the
second circuit from Tande substation near Tioga, North Dakota. Id. Each
circuit would require a separate border crossing. Id.
The Southwest Power Pool approved the project in 2022, and Basin
Electric is the designated transmission owner for the upgrade in the
United States. App. at 1. The project would provide export and import
capabilities of up to 650 megawatts. Id.
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#9fdaf3fafcebedf6fcf6ebe6b1dae7eff0edebecdff7eeb1fbf0fab1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="084d646d6b7c7a616b617c71264d7078677a7c7b486079266c676d266f677e">[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#4d0821282e393f242e2439346308353d223f393e0d253c63292228632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2b79e979186809b919b868bdcb78a829d808681b29a83dc969d97dc959d84">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR
385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning Basin Electric's Application
should be clearly marked with Docket No. PP-503. Additional copies are
to be provided directly to Anine Merkens, Staff Counsel, Basin
Electric, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2f4e424a5d444a415c6f4d4a5f4c014c4042"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d1b0bcb4a3bab4bfa291b3b4a1b2ffb2bebc">[email protected]</span></a>; Erin Dukart, Director, Environmental
Services, Basin Electric, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#137677667872616753717663703d707c7e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="701514051b11020430121500135e131f1d">[email protected]</span></a>; and Bob Nasset, Civil
Engineering, Basin Electric, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#176579766464726357757267743974787a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5b29353a28283e2f1b393e2b3875383436">[email protected]</span></a>.
Before a Presidential permit may be issued, DOE must determine
whether the proposed action is in the public interest. In making that
determination, DOE will consider the environmental impacts of the
proposed action (i.e., granting the Presidential permit, with any
conditions and limitations, or denying the permit) pursuant to DOE's
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part
1021); determine the Applicant's proposed project's impact on electric
reliability by ascertaining whether the proposed project would
adversely affect the operation of the U.S. electric power supply system
under normal and contingency conditions; and weigh any other factors
that DOE may also consider relevant to the public interest. DOE also
must obtain the favorable recommendation of the Secretary of State and
the Secretary of Defense before taking final action on a Presidential
permit application.
Basin's Application may be reviewed or downloaded electronically at
<a href="http://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0">www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0</a> or by emailing
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#195c757c7a6d6b707a706d60375c6169766b6d6a597168377d767c377e766f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77321b121403051e141e030e59320f0718050304371f065913181259101801">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on February 8, 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
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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 9, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-03017 Filed 2-13-24; 8:45 am]
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