Notice2024-11498
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Portland General Electric Company
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Published
May 24, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
Portland General Electric Company (the Applicant or PGE) 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 102 (Friday, May 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 45875-45876]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11498]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-97-E]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Portland General Electric Company
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Portland General Electric Company (the Applicant or PGE) 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 June 24, 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#53163f363027213a303a272a7d162b233c212720133b227d373c367d343c25"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e3a68f868097918a808a979acda69b938c919790a38b92cd878c86cd848c95">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d6841484e595f444e4459540368555d425f595e6d455c03494248034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="82c7eee7e1f6f0ebe1ebf6fbacc7faf2edf0f6f1c2eaf3ace6ede7ace5edf4">[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 April 29, 1994, DOE issued Order No. EA-97 authorizing PGE to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada as a power
marketer for a period of two years. DOE renewed this authority in 1996
(Order No. EA-97-A), 1998 (Order No. EA- 97-B), 2004 (Order No. EA- 97-
C), and 2014 (Order No. EA-97-D). On April 19, 2024, PGE filed an
application with DOE (Application or App.) for renewal of its export
authority for a ten-year term. App. at 1.
In its Application, PGE states that it is ``authorized to do
business in the State of Oregon, with its principal place of business
located at 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 97204.'' App. at 2.
According to the Application, PGE ``owns generation, transmission, and
distribution facilities for service to wholesale and retail customers,
and it buys and sells power in the Western energy wholesale market.''
Id. PGE states it is ``authorized by the FERC to sell, at market-based
rates, electric capacity and/or energy, and ancillary services.'' Id.
The Applicant explains it ``lacks market-based rate authority in the
PGE Balancing Authority Area, except for sales in the Energy Imbalance
Market operated by the California Independent System Operator
Corporation[.]'' Id.
PGE represents that its ``sale of electric energy under this
[authorization] has not and will neither impair the sufficiency of
electric supply within the United States nor would it impede or tend to
impede the coordination in the public interest of facilities subject to
the jurisdiction of DOE.'' App. at 4. The Applicant states that it
``has no intention to engage in exports which could result in a
detriment to the U.S. electrical system or undermine PGE's ability to
reliably serve its customers.'' Id. at 5-6.
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#dd98b1b8bea9afb4beb4a9a4f398a5adb2afa9ae9db5acf3b9b2b8f3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a1f363f392e283339332e23741f222a35282e291a322b743e353f743d352c">[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#c386afa6a0b7b1aaa0aab7baed86bbb3acb1b7b083abb2eda7aca6eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="10557c7573646279737964693e5568607f6264635078613e747f753e777f66">[email protected]</span></a> in
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning PGE's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-97-E. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to David White, Portland General Electric Company,
121 SW Salmon Street, 1WTC 1301,
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Portland, OR 97204, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c8aca9bea1ace6bfa0a1bcad88b8afa6e6aba7a5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8de9ecfbe4e9a3fae5e4f9e8cdfdeae3a3eee2e0">[email protected]</span></a>, and Jenny Mackie, Portland
General Electric Company, 121 SW Salmon Street, IOC, Portland, OR
97204, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e9838c878790c784888a82808ca9998e87c78a8684"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6ccc3c8c8df88cbc7c5cdcfc3e6d6c1c888c5c9cb">[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#df9ab3babcabadb6bcb6aba6f19aa7afb0adabac9fb7aef1bbb0baf1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="357059505641475c565c414c1b704d455a474146755d441b515a501b525a43">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on May 21, 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 May 21, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-11498 Filed 5-23-24; 8:45 am]
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