Notice2024-17890
Application To Amend Presidential Permit; Lake Erie Connector Transmission, LLC
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Published
August 12, 2024
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Energy Department
Abstract
Lake Erie Connector Transmission, LLC (LEC Transmission or Applicant) has applied to amend Presidential Permit No. PP-412 to reflect a change in upstream ownership and related name change.
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 155 (Monday, August 12, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 65616-65617]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-17890]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. PP-412-1]
Application To Amend Presidential Permit; Lake Erie Connector
Transmission, LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Lake Erie Connector Transmission, LLC (LEC Transmission or
Applicant) has applied to amend Presidential Permit No. PP-412 to
reflect a change in upstream ownership and related name change.
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#743118111700061d171d000d5a310c041b060007341c055a101b115a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9ecc5cccadddbc0cac0ddd087ecd1d9c6dbdddae9c1d887cdc6cc87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6a38a838592948f858f929fc8a39e9689949295a68e97c8828983c8818990"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="84c1e8e1e7f0f6ede7edf0fdaac1fcf4ebf6f0f7c4ecf5aae0ebe1aae3ebf2">[email protected]</span></a>.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, operation, maintenance,
and connection of facilities at the international border of the United
States for the transmission of electric energy between the United
States and a foreign country is prohibited in the absence of a
Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as
amended by E.O. 12038. On April 10, 2023, the authority to issue such
permits was delegated to the DOE's Grid Deployment Office by Delegation
Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-GD1-2023.
On January 12, 2017, DOE issued Presidential Permit No. PP-412,
authorizing ITC Lake Erie Connector to construct, connect, operate, and
maintain a 345-kilovolt (kV) transmission line at the international
border between the United States and Canada. On March 29, 2024, LEC
Transmission filed an application with DOE (Application or App.)
requesting to amend Presidential Permit No. PP-412 to reflect a change
in the upstream ownership from ITC Project Holdings, LLC to Lake Erie
Holdings, LLC and related name change from ITC Lake Erie Connector to
LEC Transmission. App. at 2.
According to the Application, on January 31, 2024, Lake Erie
Holdings, LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy, Inc. and direct, wholly
owned subsidiary of NextEra Energy Transmission, LLC, ``acquired 100
percent of the ownership interests in ITC Project Holdings, LLC, the
indirect upstream owner of ITC Lake Erie Connector.'' Id. The Applicant
states that ``[f]ollowing the Transaction, the legal name of ITC Lake
Erie Connector was changed to LEC Transmission.'' Id. LEC Transmission
requests that DOE amend Presidential Permit No. PP-412 to reflect the
correct legal name of the project company following NextEra Energy's
acquisition of ITC Lake Erie Connector. Id. at 2-3.
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#eca980898f989e858f859895c2a9949c839e989fac849dc2888389c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f6a434a4c5b5d464c465b56016a575f405d5b5c6f475e014b404a01484059">[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#0a4f666f697e786369637e73244f727a65787e794a627b246e656f246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="befbd2dbddcaccd7ddd7cac790fbc6ced1cccacdfed6cf90dad1db90d9d1c8">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR
385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning LEC Transmission's
Application should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. PP-412-1.
Additional copies are to be provided directly to Justin Moeller,
NextEra Energy, Inc., 801 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 220 Washington,
DC, 20004, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e546b6d6a77703053717b72727b6c5e707b7b307d7173"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fab08f898e9394d4b7959f96969f88ba949f9fd4999597">[email protected]</span></a> and John M. Kopinski, NextEra Energy
Transmission, LLC, 700 Universe Blvd., Juno Beach, FL, 33408,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#511b3e393f7f1a3e21383f223a38113f342925342330343f342336287f323e3c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6d270205034326021d04031e06042d03081519081f0c0803081f0a14430e0200">[email protected]</span></a>.
Before a Presidential permit may be issued, DOE must determine
whether the proposed action is in the public interest. In making that
determination, DOE will consider the environmental impacts of the
proposed action (i.e., granting the Presidential permit, with any
conditions and limitations, or denying the permit) pursuant to DOE's
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part
1021); determine the Applicant's proposed project's impact on electric
reliability by ascertaining whether the proposed project would
adversely affect the operation of the U.S. electric power supply system
under normal and
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contingency conditions; and weigh any other factors that DOE may also
consider relevant to the public interest. DOE also must obtain the
favorable recommendation of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense before taking final action on a Presidential permit
application.
LEC Transmission's Application may be reviewed or downloaded
electronically at <a href="http://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0">www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0</a> or by
emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0d4861686e797f646e6479742348757d627f797e4d657c23696268236a627b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5a1f363f392e283339332e23741f222a35282e291a322b743e353f743d352c">[email protected]</span></a>. 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#2c6940494f585e454f4558550269545c435e585f6c445d02484349024b435a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="bbfed7ded8cfc9d2d8d2cfc295fec3cbd4c9cfc8fbd3ca95dfd4de95dcd4cd">[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. 2024-17890 Filed 8-9-24; 8:45 am]
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