Notice2025-11017
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Centre Lane Trading Ltd.
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Published
June 16, 2025
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Energy Department
Abstract
Centre Lane Trading Ltd. (the Applicant or Centre Lane) 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 25252-25253]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-11017]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-365-C]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Centre Lane Trading Ltd.
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Centre Lane Trading Ltd. (the Applicant or Centre Lane) 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#9bdef7fef8efe9f2f8f2efe2b5dee3ebf4e9efe8dbf3eab5fff4feb5fcf4ed"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1e4cdc4c2d5d3c8c2c8d5d88fe4d9d1ced3d5d2e1c9d08fc5cec48fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226, or
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#2d6841484e595f444e4459540368555d425f595e6d455c03494248034a425b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="85c0e9e0e6f1f7ece6ecf1fcabc0fdf5eaf7f1f6c5edf4abe1eae0abe2eaf3">[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 Grid Deployment Office (GDO) under
Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-GD1-2023.
On December 26, 2024, Centre Lane filed an application (Application
or App.) for renewal of export authorization to transmit electric
energy from the United States to Canada for a term of five years. App.
at 1.
According to the Application, Centre Lane is a power marketer and a
Canadian Corporation ``with its principal place of business in Toronto,
Ontario.'' Id. at 1-2. The Applicant represents that it is FERC-
authorized and that it ``engag[es] 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. at 2.
The Applicant states that it ``does not own, operate or control any
generation or transmission facilities in any region, nor is it
affiliated with any entity that owns, operates or controls generation
or transmission facilities, and is not affiliated with any franchised
public utility.'' App. at 1-2. Centre Lane represents that it ``has no
electric power supply system on which the proposed exports could have a
reliability, fuel use system or stability impact.'' Id. at 3. The
Applicant states that it ``has no obligation to serve native load
usually associated with a franchised service area, and, thus, the
exports proposed . . . will not impair its ability to meet current and
prospective power supply obligations.'' Id. Moreover, Centre Lane
states that it ``will purchase power to be exported from a variety of
sources'' and that the electric power it will export on ``either a firm
or interruptible basis will not impair the sufficiency of the electric
power supply within the U.S.'' Id.
The Applicant further states that ``[a]ll of the electricity
exported . . . will be transmitted pursuant to arrangements with
utilities that own and operate existing transmission facilities and
will be consistent with the export limitations and other terms and
conditions'' contained in the authorizations associated with these
transmission facilities. App. at 3. The Applicant represents 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] and its member Regional Entities in effect at the time of
export.'' Id. Centre Lane asserts that its proposed 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
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#e9ac858c8a9d9b808a809d90c7ac9199869b9d9aa98198c78d868cc78e869f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e8ad848d8b9c9a818b819c91c6ad9098879a9c9ba88099c68c878dc68f879e">[email protected]</span></a>. Protests should be filed in accordance
with Rule 211 of the 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#743118111700061d171d000d5a310c041b060007341c055a101b115a131b02"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4f1d8d1d7c0c6ddd7ddc0cd9af1ccc4dbc6c0c7f4dcc59ad0dbd19ad3dbc2">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18
CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning Centre Lane's Application
should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-365-C. Additional
copies are to be provided directly to Ruta Kalvaitis Skucas, Esq.,
Crowell & Moring LLP, 1001 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20004,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3b4948504e585a487b5849544c5e575715585456"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ccbebfa7b9afadbf8cafbea3bba9a0a0e2afa3a1">[email protected]</span></a>; Jason Brandt, CEO, Centre Lane Trading Ltd., 199
Bay Street, Suite 4500, Toronto, ON M5L 1G2,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e6aca49487888292a6948395838794858e8587968f92878ac885898b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f6bcb48497989282b6849385939784959e9597869f82979ad895999b">[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#2a6f464f495e584349435e53046f525a45585e596a425b044e454f044d455c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="682d040d0b1c1a010b011c11462d1018071a1c1b280019460c070d460f071e">[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
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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. 2025-11017 Filed 6-13-25; 8:45 am]
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