Notice2025-11005
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Nalcor Energy Marketing Corporation
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Published
June 16, 2025
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Energy Department
Abstract
Nalcor Energy Marketing Corporation (NEMC or the Applicant) has applied for renewal of authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 114 (Monday, June 16, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 25250-25251]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11005]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-408-B]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Nalcor Energy Marketing Corporation
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Nalcor Energy Marketing Corporation (NEMC or the Applicant)
has applied for renewal of 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 July 16, 2025.
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#eca980898f989e858f859895c2a9949c839e989fac849dc2888389c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="30755c5553444259535944491e7548405f4244437058411e545f551e575f46">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6f2a030a0c1b1d060c061b16412a171f001d1b1c2f071e410b000a41080019"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4e0b222b2d3a3c272d273a37600b363e213c3a3d0e263f602a212b60292138">[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 April 16, 2020, DOE issued Order No. EA-408-A to NEMC to
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada for a period
of five years, effective on May 22, 2020. On February 20, 2025, NEMC
filed an application (Application or App.) for renewal of its export
authority for a term of five years. App. at 1.
According to the Application, NEMC is a public utility and a power
marketer that engages in transactions that involve ``the export of
electricity from the United States wholesale energy markets into Canada
. . . .'' Id. at 2. NEMC represents that it has principal place of
business in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada and that it
is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro, a
Crown corporation wholly-owned by the Province of Newfoundland and
Labrador. Id. at 1. The Applicant states that the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) granted it market-based rate authority in
Docket No. ER14-2579-000. Id. at 2.
NEMC represents that it ``does not own any electric power
generation or transmission facilities and does not have a franchised
electric power service area within either the United States or
Canada.'' App. at 2. The Applicant represents that it ``will purchase
electric energy from wholesale energy markets operated by NYSIO, ISO-NE
or other organized electric markets . . . as well as through bilateral,
voluntary agreements with electric or municipal utilities,
cooperatives, and federal power marketing agencies[.]'' Id. at 4.
Moreover, NEMC states that ``the electric energy that NEMC will export
on either a firm or interruptible basis will not impair the sufficiency
of the electric power supply within the United States'' Id. at 5. The
Applicant also asserts that its ``exports of electric
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energy to Canada will not impede or tend to impede the regional
coordination of electric utility planning or operations.'' Id. at 5.
NEMC further states that it ``will maintain any and all regulatory
approvals required [for the] export of energy from the United States to
Canada'' and that it ``will comply with the terms and conditions
contained in the export authorizatio[n] . . . .'' 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 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
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2e6b424b4d5a5c474d475a57006b565e415c5a5d6e465f004a414b00494158"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="044168616770766d676d707d2a417c746b767077446c752a606b612a636b72">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#d194bdb4b2a5a3b8b2b8a5a8ff94a9a1bea3a5a291b9a0ffb5beb4ffb6bea7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eca980898f989e858f859895c2a9949c839e989fac849dc2888389c28b839a">[email protected]</span></a> in
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning NEMC's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-408-B. Additional copies are to
be provided directly to Walter Parsons, Nalcor Energy Marketing
Corporation, 500 Columbus Drive--Hydro Place, P.O. Box 15200, St.
John's, NL A1B0P5, Canada, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5106303d253423013023223e3f22113f3d397f3f3d7f3230"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e7b0868b938295b7869594888994a7898b8fc9898bc98486">[email protected]</span></a> and Joseph Nelson,
Van Ness Feldman, LLP, 2000 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 6000,
Washington, DC 20006, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cea4aca08eb8a0a8e0ada1a3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="81ebe3efc1f7efe7afe2eeec">[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#81c4ede4e2f5f3e8e2e8f5f8afc4f9f1eef3f5f2c1e9f0afe5eee4afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e5b727b7d6a6c777d776a67305b666e716c6a6d5e766f307a717b30797168">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on June 10,
2025, by Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy, U.S. Department 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 June 12, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-11005 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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