Notice2025-12565
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Castleton Commodities Energy Trading LLC
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Published
July 7, 2025
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Energy Department
Abstract
Castleton Commodities Energy Trading LLC (the Applicant or CCET) 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 90, Number 127 (Monday, July 7, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29855-29856]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-12565]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-522]
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy;
Castleton Commodities Energy Trading LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Castleton Commodities Energy Trading LLC (the Applicant or
CCET) has applied for authorization to transmit electric energy from
the United
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States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on
or before August 6, 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#cd88a1a8aeb9bfa4aea4b9b4e388b5bda2bfb9be8da5bce3a9a2a8e3aaa2bb"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d89db4bdbbacaab1bbb1aca1f69da0a8b7aaacab98b0a9f6bcb7bdf6bfb7ae">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#95d0f9f0f6e1e7fcf6fce1ecbbd0ede5fae7e1e6d5fde4bbf1faf0bbf2fae3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4b0e272e283f392228223f32650e333b24393f380b233a652f242e652c243d">[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 March 13, 2025, CCET filed an application (Application or App.)
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, CCET is a power marketer with its
principal place of business in Stamford, Connecticut. Id. at 1, 3. The
Applicant states that it is a Delaware limited liability company and
that it is a ``wholly owned direct subsidiary of Castleton LP Holdings
LLC.'' Id. at 1. CCET represents that it ``is authorized by the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission . . . to make sales of electric energy,
capacity, and certain ancillary services at wholesale in interstate
commerce at market-based rates.'' Id. at 2.
The Applicant states that it does not own or control any electric
power generation or transmission facilities, nor has a franchised
electric power service area. App. at 3. CCET represents that it will
purchase surplus power from wholesale generators, electric utilities,
and Federal power marketing agencies. Id. at 4-5. The Applicant states
that its ``proposed exports will not impair or tend to impede the
sufficiency of the electric power supply within the United States or
the regional coordination of electric utility planning or operations.''
Id. at 5. CCET further asserts that it ``does not have the ability to
cause total exports on Presidential Permit facilities to exceed the
authorized instantaneous transmission rate.'' Id. The Applicant states
that it ``will make all necessary commercial arrangements and will
obtain any and all other regulatory approvals required in order to
carry out any power exports.'' 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
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#e1a48d848295938882889598cfa499918e939592a18990cf858e84cf868e97"><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#32775e575146405b515b464b1c774a425d404641725a431c565d571c555d44"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2c6940494f585e454f4558550269545c435e585f6c445d02484349024b435a">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR
385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning CCET's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-522. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to Compliance Department, Castleton Commodities
International LLC, 2200 Atlantic Street, Suite 800, Stamford, CT 06902,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cd8ea2a0bda1a4aca3aea88d8e8e84e3aea2a0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eead81839e82878f808d8baeadada7c08d8183">[email protected]</span></a>; Daniel Frank, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, 700
Sixth Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001,
DanielFrank@eversheds-<a href="http://sutherland.com">sutherland.com</a>; Allison Salvia, Eversheds
Sutherland (US) LLP, 700 Sixth Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC
20001, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a6e7cacacfd5c9c8f5c7cad0cfc7e6c3d0c3d4d5cec3c2d58b9ac786ced4c3c09b" http: sutherland.com">sutherland.com</a>">AllisonSalvia@eversheds-<a href="http://sutherland.com">sutherland.com</a></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#efaa838a8c9b9d868c869b96c1aa979f809d9b9caf879ec18b808ac1888099"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f8bd949d9b8c8a919b918c81d6bd8088978a8c8bb89089d69c979dd69f978e">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on June 30,
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 July 2, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-12565 Filed 7-3-25; 8:45 am]
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