Notice2024-06729
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; ENGIE Energy Marketing NA, Inc.
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Published
March 29, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
ENGIE Energy Marketing NA, Inc. (the Applicant or EEMNA) has applied for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 62 (Friday, March 29, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 22135-22136]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-06729]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-508]
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; ENGIE
Energy Marketing NA, Inc.
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: ENGIE Energy Marketing NA, Inc. (the Applicant or EEMNA) has
applied for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United
States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on
or before April 29, 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#afeac3caccdbddc6ccc6dbd681ead7dfc0dddbdcefc7de81cbc0ca81c8c0d9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ffba939a9c8b8d969c968b86d1ba878f908d8b8cbf978ed19b909ad1989089">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Gomer, (240) 474-2403,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c085aca5a3b4b2a9a3a9b4b9ee85b8b0afb2b4b380a8b1eea4afa5eea7afb6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b5f0d9d0d6c1c7dcd6dcc1cc9bf0cdc5dac7c1c6f5ddc49bd1dad09bd2dac3">[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 February 26, 2024, the Applicant filed an application with DOE
(Application or App.) to transmit electric energy from the United
States to Mexico for a term of five-years. App. at 1.
According to the Application, EEMNA is a Delaware corporation with
its principal place of business in Houston, Texas. App. at 1. EEMNA
represents it is a wholly owned subsidiary of ENGIE Holdings Inc.,
which is a wholly owned indirect subsidiary of ENGIE S.A.. Id. EEMNA
states it is ``certified as a Qualified Scheduling Entity with the
Electric
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Reliability Council of Texas (``ERCOT'') and a wholesale power marketer
registered with the Public Utilities Commission of Texas.'' Id. at 2.
The Applicant further states it ``engages in the business of marketing
and trading electric energy and other energy related products in the
United States and is authorized to sell wholesale electric energy,
capacity and ancillary services outside of ERCOT 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.
The Applicant asserts it ``does not own or control any generation,
transmission, or distribution facilities, nor does [it] have a
franchised service area.'' App. at 2. The Applicant represents that it
``will comply with existing industry procedures for obtaining
transmission capacity, including reserving transmission service in
accordance with FERC's Open Access Same-Time Information System
(``OASIS'') and scheduling delivery of the export with the appropriate
Regional Transmission Organization(s) (``RTOs'') or Independent System
Operator(s) (``ISOs'') and/or Balancing Authority areas.'' Id. at 6.
EEMNA notes its proposed exports would be surplus to the needs of the
selling entities. Id. at 5. For these reasons, the Applicant asserts
that ``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.
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#56133a333522243f353f222f78132e2639242225163e277832393378313920"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f2b79e979186809b919b868bdcb78a829d808681b29a83dc969d97dc959d84">[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#3c7950595f484e555f5548451279444c534e484f7c544d12585359125b534a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="155079707661677c767c616c3b506d657a676166557d643b717a703b727a63">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR
385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning EEMNA's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-508. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to Adam Roth, ENGIE Energy Marketing NA, Inc., 1360
Post Oak Blvd., Suite 400, Houston, TX 77056, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#472623262a693528332f072229202e226924282a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bddcd9dcd093cfd2c9d5fdd8d3dad4d893ded2d0">[email protected]</span></a>, and
Catherine McCarthy, Bracewell LLP, 2001 M Street NW, Suite 900,
Washington, DC 20036-3310, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a2c1c3d6cadb8ccfc1c1c3d0d6cadbe2c0d0c3c1c7d5c7cece8cc1cdcf"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c7a4a6b3afbee9aaa4a4a6b5b3afbe87a5b5a6a4a2b0a2ababe9a4a8aa">[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#86c3eae3e5f2f4efe5eff2ffa8c3fef6e9f4f2f5c6eef7a8e2e9e3a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d590b9b0b6a1a7bcb6bca1acfb90ada5baa7a1a695bda4fbb1bab0fbb2baa3">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on March 25, 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 March 26, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-06729 Filed 3-28-24; 8:45 am]
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