Notice2024-30220
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; OIKO Energy Inc.
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Published
December 19, 2024
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Energy Department
Abstract
OIKO Energy Inc. (OIKO or the 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 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103804-103805]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30220]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-519]
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; OIKO
Energy Inc.
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: OIKO Energy Inc. (OIKO or the 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 January 21, 2025.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for
more information should be addressed
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by electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7d3811181e090f141e1409045338050d120f090e3d150c53191218531a120b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9adff6fff9eee8f3f9f3eee3b4dfe2eaf5e8eee9daf2ebb4fef5ffb4fdf5ec">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#02476e676176706b616b767b2c477a726d707671426a732c666d672c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d89db4bdbbacaab1bbb1aca1f69da0a8b7aaacab98b0a9f6bcb7bdf6bfb7ae">[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 31, 2024, OIKO filed an application for authorization to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada for a term of
five years. App. at 1.
According to the Application, the ``Applicant is a corporation
organized under the Canada Business Corporation Act, with its principal
place of business in Lac Brome, Quebec, Canada.'' Id. The Applicant
represents that it is ``expecting to become a power marketer engaging
in the purchase and sale of physical and/or virtual energy in the Day-
ahead and Real-time Markets of various Independent System Operators and
Regional Transmission Organizations.'' Id. OIKO states it does not own,
operate, or control ``any electric generation, transmission or
distribution facilities. Id. Further, OIKO represents that it ``has no
obligation to serve native load usually associated with a franchised
service area, and, thus . . . will not impair any current supplier's
ability to meet current and prospective power supply obligations.'' Id.
at 3. The Applicant represents that ``[a]ny power purchased . . . for
export would be surplus to the needs of those entities selling power to
OIKO. Therefore, the electric power that OIKO will export on either a
firm or interruptible basis will not impair the sufficiency of the
electric power supply within the United States.'' Id. (internal
citations omitted).
The Applicant further states that it will ``schedule its
transactions with the appropriate balancing authority areas in
compliance with the reliability criteria standards and guidelines
established by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation[.]''
App. at 3. OIKO asserts that its exports will not impair or tend to
impede the regional coordination of electric utility planning or
operations. Id. at 4.
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
Attachment 1.
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#97d2fbf2f4e3e5fef4fee3eeb9d2efe7f8e5e3e4d7ffe6b9f3f8f2b9f0f8e1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92d7fef7f1e6e0fbf1fbe6ebbcd7eae2fde0e6e1d2fae3bcf6fdf7bcf5fde4">[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#7c3910191f080e151f1508055239040c130e080f3c140d52181319521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a9ecc5cccadddbc0cac0ddd087ecd1d9c6dbdddae9c1d887cdc6cc87cec6df">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR
385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning OIKO's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-519. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to Alex Falconer, OIKO Energy Inc., 169 Mont Echo,
Lac Brome, Quebec, Canada, J0E 1V0, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#18797e79747b77767d6a5877717377367b79"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2b4a4d4a474844454e596b4442404405484a">[email protected]</span></a> and William J.
Dodge, Esq., Downs Rachlin Martin PLLC, P.O. Box 190, 199 Main St.,
Burlington, VT 05402-0190, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c7b0a3a8a3a0a287a3b5aae9a4a8aa"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="394e5d565d5e5c795d4b54175a5654">[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#f0b59c959384829993998489deb588809f828483b09881de949f95de979f86"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d89db4bdbbacaab1bbb1aca1f69da0a8b7aaacab98b0a9f6bcb7bdf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was
signed on December 13, 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 December 16, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-30220 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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