Notice2024-16269
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Constellation Generation Company LLC
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Published
July 24, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
Constellation Generation Company LLC (the Applicant) 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 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59909-59910]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16269]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-249-E]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Constellation Generation Company LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Constellation Generation Company LLC (the Applicant) 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 August 23, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for
more information should be addressed by electronic mail to .
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aeebc2cbcddadcc7cdc7dad780ebd6dec1dcdaddeec6df80cac1cb80c9c1d8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9cd9f0f9ffe8eef5fff5e8e5b2d9e4ecf3eee8efdcf4edb2f8f3f9b2fbf3ea">[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)
under Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and Redelegation Order No.
S3-DEL-GD1-2023.
On February 10, 2022, DOE issued order No. EA-249-D to
Constellation Generation Company LLC to transmit electric energy from
the United States to Canada. On June 6, 2024, Constellation Generation
Company LLC filed a renewal Application (Application or App.) for an
additional five-year term. App. at 1.
According to the Application, Constellation Generation Company LLC
is a ``Pennsylvania limited liability company with its principal
executive offices in Baltimore, Maryland.'' Id. at 2. Constellation
Generation Company LLC states it is a competitive power generator
``with approximately 32,000 megawatts of owned capacity located in a
number of organized markets.'' Id. The Applicant further states that it
``does not own or operate any transmission or distribution facilities
and does not have a franchised service area.'' Id. Constellation
Generation Company LLC is ``authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (``FERC'') to sell energy, capacity, an ancillary service at
market-based rates in the United States.'' Id.
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The Applicant states that it has and will continue to export on
either firm or interruptible basis and ``will not impair the
sufficiency of the electric power supply within the United States . . .
[or] will not impede or tend to impede the regional coordination of
electric utility planning or operations.'' Id. at 3. Constellation
Generation Company LLC states it ``has and will continue to make all
necessary commercial arrangements and will obtain any and all other
regulatory approvals required in order to affect any power exports.''
Id. The Applicant further states it ``has and will continue to comply
with the terms and conditions contained in the authorizations issued
for these cross-border facilities as well as any other export
limitations that DOE may deem appropriate, consistent with DOE's orders
authorizing exports of electric energy by power marketers.'' Id. at 4.
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#3b7e575e584f495258524f42157e434b54494f487b534a155f545e155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8ecbe2ebedfafce7ede7faf7a0cbf6fee1fcfafdcee6ffa0eae1eba0e9e1f8">[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 the previously provided email
address in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning Constellation Generation
Company LLC's Application should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No.
EA-249-E. Additional copies are to be provided directly to Todd
Brecher, Constellation Generation Company, LLC, 1310 Point Street, 8th
Floor, Baltimore, MD 21231, 410-470-2593,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#760219121258140413151e1304361519180502131a1a17021f19185815191b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="04706b60602a667661676c617644676b6a777061686865706d6b6a2a676b69">[email protected]</span></a>; and Buffy Pyle-Liberto, Constellation
Energy Generation, LLC, 1310 Point Street, 8th Floor, Baltimore, MD
21231, 443-910-0414, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#54367a242d383179383d363126203b14373b3a272031383835203d3b3a7a373b39"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c3a1edb3baafa6eeafaaa1a6b1b7ac83a0acadb0b7a6afafa2b7aaacadeda0acae">[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#480d242d2b3c3a212b213c31660d3038273a3c3b082039662c272d662f273e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="387d545d5b4c4a515b514c41167d4048574a4c4b785049165c575d165f574e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on July 18, 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 July 19, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-16269 Filed 7-23-24; 8:45 am]
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