Notice2024-26649
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Altop Energy Investments LP
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Published
November 15, 2024
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
Altop Energy Investments LP (the Applicant) 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 221 (Friday, November 15, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 90277-90278]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-26649]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-517]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Altop Energy Investments LP
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Altop Energy Investments LP (the Applicant) 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 December 16, 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#4d0821282e393f242e2439346308353d223f393e0d253c63292228632a223b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1d5871787e696f747e7469643358656d726f696e5d756c33797278337a726b">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9dd8f1f8fee9eff4fef4e9e4b3d8e5edf2efe9eeddf5ecb3f9f2f8b3faf2eb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="77321b121403051e141e030e59320f0718050304371f065913181259101801">[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 Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-GD1-2023.
On October 15, 2024, Altop Energy Investments LP 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.
According to the Application, Altop Energy Investments LP is a
Delaware limited partnership with its principal place of business in
Houston, TX. Id. The Applicant states that it is ``engaged in the
trading and marketing of both financial and physical electricity in the
wholesale power markets in North America.'' Id. Further, the Applicant
states that it is authorized via its subsidiaries to sell wholesale
electric energy, capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates
in all regions of the United States. Id. Altop Energy Investment LP
states that it ``has no obligation to serve native load, does not own
or operate any electric distribution or transmission facilities, does
not own or operate any natural gas distribution or transmission
facilities, and does not own or operate any generation assets.'' Id.
The Applicant represents that the energy to be exported will be surplus
to the requirements of selling entities and the overall electrical
system and that its exports ``will not impair the reliability of the
grid.'' Id. at 2.
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 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 Altop Energy Investments LP's
Application should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-517.
Additional copies are to be provided directly to Gebre-Egziabher Gebre,
Altop Energy Investments LP, 440 Louisiana Street, Suite 575, Houston,
TX 77002, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a9cecccbdbcc87cecccbdbcce9c8c5ddc6d9ccc7ccdbced087cac6c4"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1572707767703b7270776770557479617a65707b7067726c3b767a78">[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 https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-
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Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on November 8, 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 November 12, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-26649 Filed 11-14-24; 8:45 am]
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