Notice2024-19073
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; AlbertaEx L.P., Inc
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Published
August 26, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
AlbertaEx, L.P. (AlbertaEx or Applicant) has applied for 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 165 (Monday, August 26, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 68420-68421]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-19073]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-504]
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy;
AlbertaEx L.P., Inc
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: AlbertaEx, L.P. (AlbertaEx or Applicant) has applied for
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 25, 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#31745d5452454358525845481f7449415e4345427159401f555e541f565e47"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a3f161f190e081319130e03543f020a15080e093a120b541e151f541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, 240-474-8226
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1e5b727b7d6a6c777d776a67305b666e716c6a6d5e766f307a717b30797168"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7c3910191f080e151f1508055239040c130e080f3c140d52181319521b130a">[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 October 13, 2023, AlbertaEx filed an application with DOE
(Application or App.) for authorization to transmit electric energy to
Canada for a ten-year term. App. at 1. The Applicant filed supplemental
information on July 22, 2024 to include information regarding the
issuance of market-based rate authority from the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission. Id. at 3.
According to the Application, AlbertaEx is a power marketer and a
wholly owned affiliate of BHE Canada Holdings Corporation, which is
wholly owned by Berkshire Hathaway Energy Corporation. Id. at 2. The
Applicant states that it is ``a limited partnership organized under the
laws of Alberta, Canada, with its principal place of business in
Calgary, Alberta, Canada, and is currently authorized to operate in
Montana.'' Id.
Applicant states that it ``does not have a power supply system on
which its exports of power could have reliability, fuel use or system
stability impact, nor does it have an obligation to serve any native
load within a franchised service area.'' Id at 6. Additionally, the
Applicant represents that it ``does not own or control electric
generation facilities or transmission facilities.'' Id. AlbertaEx
further states that it ``will purchase the power it plans to export
voluntarily from electric utilities, wholesale generators, power
marketers and other parties and thus such power will be surplus to the
needs of the selling parties.'' Id. AlbertaEx asserts that its exports
will not impair or impede the sufficiency of the electric supply in the
United States or the regional coordination of electric utility planning
or operation. 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
Attachment 2.
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#2e6b424b4d5a5c474d475a57006b565e415c5a5d6e465f004a414b00494158"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4f1d8d1d7c0c6ddd7ddc0cd9af1ccc4dbc6c0c7f4dcc59ad0dbd19ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a>. Protests should be filed in
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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#61240d0402151308020815184f2419110e1315122109104f050e044f060e17"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fdaf3fafcebedf6fcf6ebe6b1dae7eff0edebecdff7eeb1fbf0fab1f8f0e9">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC
Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning AlbertaEx's Application
should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-504. Additional copies
are to be provided directly to mailto:<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3a4f494a554d5f487a575c4e17065b1a52485f5c07" http: energy.com">energy.com</a>">uspower@mft-<a href="http://energy.com">energy.com</a></a> Amie V.
Colby, Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP, 401 9th Street NW, Suite
1000, Washington, DC 20004, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#70111d19155e131f1c12093004021f05041d111e5e131f1d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e0818d8985ce838f8c8299a094928f95948d818ece838f8d">[email protected]</span></a>, and AlbertaEx, 255
5th Avenue SW, Suite 2675, Calgary, AB T2P 3G6, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#bad8dfd4d0dbd7d3d494d6cfd9d1c3fad8d2df97d9dbd4dbdedb94d9db"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1c3c4cfcbc0ccc8cf8fcdd4c2cad8e1c3c9c48cc2c0cfc0c5c08fc2c0">[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">https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications</a> or by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#baffd6dfd9cec8d3d9d3cec394ffc2cad5c8cec9fad2cb94ded5df94ddd5cc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81c4ede4e2f5f3e8e2e8f5f8afc4f9f1eef3f5f2c1e9f0afe5eee4afe6eef7">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on August 15, 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 21, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-19073 Filed 8-23-24; 8:45 am]
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