Notice2024-17885
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Idaho Power Company
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Published
August 12, 2024
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Energy Department
Abstract
Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power or 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 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65619-65620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17885]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-475-A]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Idaho Power Company
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power or 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 September 11, 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#16537a737562647f757f626f38536e6679646265567e673872797338717960"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e5a089808691978c868c919ccba09d958a979196a58d94cb818a80cb828a93">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#91d4fdf4f2e5e3f8f2f8e5e8bfd4e9e1fee3e5e2d1f9e0bff5fef4bff6fee7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="13567f767067617a707a676a3d566b637c616760537b623d777c763d747c65">[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 July 18, 2019, DOE issued Order No. EA-475 authorizing Idaho
Power to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada for
a term of five years. On July 1, 2024, Idaho power filed an Application
(Application or App.) for renewal of its export authority for a five-
year term. App. at 1.
According to the Application, Idaho Power is ``a regulated
electrical power utility engaged in the business of generating,
purchasing, transmitting, and distributing electrical energy.'' Id. at
2. The Applicant states that it is incorporated under the laws of
Idaho, a wholly owned subsidiary of IDACORP, Inc., and authorized to
operate in Idaho and Oregon. Id.
The Applicant states that it ``buys and sells surplus energy
pursuant to voluntary bilateral contracts with electric utilities and
other suppliers within the United States.'' Id. Additionally, the
Applicant represents that it ``will export excess energy to Canada by
making all necessary commercial arrangements, obtaining sufficient
transmission capacity to wheel the exported energy to the border
system, and coordinating with all parties as required by applicable
market rules and the reliability standards implemented by North
American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC).'' Id. at 3. Idaho
Power further states that it ``agrees to abide by the export limits on
any border facility to which it transports the excess energy.'' Id.
Idaho Power asserts that its proposed exports ``will not impair its
ability to meet native load demands, regional load obligations, or
prospective wholesale power-supply responsibilities'' or ``affect its
ability to maintain appropriate reserve levels of energy.'' App. at 3.
Accordingly, Idaho Power states that its ``export of power will not
impair the sufficiency of the Electric power supply in the United
States or the reliability of the grid.'' 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 id. at
Exhibit C.
Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this
proceeding should file a comment or protest to the Application at the
email address provided previously. 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 Idaho Power's Application
should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-475-A. Additional
copies are to be provided directly to Lisa O'Hara, Idaho Power Company,
1221 West Idaho Street, Boise, Idaho 83702, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#600c0f0801120120090401080f100f1705124e030f0d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8be7e4e3eaf9eacbe2efeae3e4fbe4fceef9a5e8e4e6">[email protected]</span></a>, and
Jaren Wieland, 512 W Idaho Street, Suite 103, Boise, Idaho 83702,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4c262d3e2922623b2529202d22280c2123232229353b2529202d2228622f2321"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e68c87948388c8918f838a878882a68b898988839f918f838a878882c885898b">[email protected]</span></a>.
A final decision will be made on the requested authorization after
the environmental impacts have been
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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#753019101601071c161c010c5b300d051a070106351d045b111a105b121a03"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3a7f565f594e485359534e43147f424a55484e497a524b145e555f145d554c">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on August 2, 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 August 7, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-17885 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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