Notice2024-16271
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; AMA QSE, LLC
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Published
July 24, 2024
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Energy Department
Abstract
AMA QSE, LLC (the Applicant or "AMA") 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 142 (Wednesday, July 24, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 59910-59911]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-16271]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-515]
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; AMA QSE,
LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: AMA QSE, LLC (the Applicant or ``AMA'') 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 August 23, 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#efaa838a8c9b9d868c869b96c1aa979f809d9b9cafd38ecf879d8a89d2" http: hq.doe.gov">hq.doe.gov</a>">Electricity.Exports@<a href="http://hq.doe.gov">hq.doe.gov</a></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d095bcb5b3a4a2b9b3b9a4a9fe95a8a0bfa2a4a390ecb1f0b8a2b5b6ed" http: hq.doe.gov">hq.doe.gov</a>">Electricity.Exports@<a href="http://hq.doe.gov">hq.doe.gov</a></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 June 4, 2024, AMA QSE, LLC filed an application (Application or
App.) with DOE to transmit electric energy from the United States to
Mexico for a five-year term. App. at 1-2.
According to the Application, AMA QSE, LLC is ``authorized to do
business in the State of Texas and such other states as required by the
current nature of its business.'' App. at 2. AMA states it ``does not
currently own or control electric generation or transmission facilities
and does not have a power supply of its own in the United States[.]''
Id. at 4. The Applicant represents that it is ``authorized by the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (``FERC'') to make sales of
electric power at wholesale in interstate commerce at market-based
rates.'' Id. at 2. Further, AMA QSE, LLC states it ``will purchase the
energy to be exported from wholesale generators, electrical utilities,
and federal power marketing agencies.'' Id. The Applicant adds that it
will purchase the electricity ``through negotiated agreements that have
been voluntarily executed by the selling parties after considering
their own need for any such electricity.'' Id. at 4-5. The Applicant
also notes its transactions will comply with all applicable regulatory
requirements, including any export limits imposed by DOE. See Id. at 5-
6. The Applicant asserts its ``exports will not impair or tend to
impede the sufficiency of electric power supplies in the United States
or the regional coordination of electric utility planning or
operations.'' Id. at 3.
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
Electricity.Exports@
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<a href="http://hq.doe.gov">hq.doe.gov</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 AMA QSE, LLC's Application
should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-515. Additional copies
are to be provided directly to Juan I. Romo, AMA QSE, LLC, 401 Franklin
Street, Suite 2400-115, Houston, TX 77002, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#264c54494b4966474b4b5643540845494b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e041c0103012e0f03031e0b1c400d0103">[email protected]</span></a>; Frederick
G. Jauss IV, Husch Blackwell LLP, 1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite
1000, Washington, DC 20006-3606, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#41273324256f2b20343232012934322229232d20222a36242d2d6f222e2c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85e3f7e0e1abefe4f0f6f6c5edf0f6e6ede7e9e4e6eef2e0e9e9abe6eae8">[email protected]</span></a>; and
Michael Blackwell, Husch Blackwell LLP, 1801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,
Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006-3606,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aec3c7cdc6cfcbc280ccc2cfcdc5d9cbc2c2eec6dbddcdc6ccc2cfcdc5d9cbc2c280cdc1c3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="563b3f353e37333a78343a37353d21333a3a163e2325353e343a37353d21333a3a7835393b">[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#30755c5553444259535944491e7548405f424443700c5110584255560d" http: hq.doe.gov">hq.doe.gov</a>">Electricity.Exports@<a href="http://hq.doe.gov">hq.doe.gov</a></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. 2024-16271 Filed 7-23-24; 8:45 am]
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