Notice2025-20602

Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; CWP Energy, Inc.

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Published
November 21, 2025

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Energy Department

Abstract

CWP Energy, Inc. (the Applicant or CWP Energy) has applied for renewal of its 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 223 (Friday, November 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 52654-52655]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20602]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[GDO Docket No. EA-410-C]


Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric 
Energy; CWP Energy, Inc.

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: CWP Energy, Inc. (the Applicant or CWP Energy) has applied for 
renewal of its 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 December 22, 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#eeab828b8d9a9c878d879a97c0ab969e819c9a9dae869fc08a818bc0898198"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="21644d4442555348424855580f6459514e5355526149500f454e440f464e57">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina Fennel, (240) 702-6156, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#581d343d3b2c2a313b312c21761d2028372a2c2b183029763c373d763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="31745d5452454358525845481f7449415e4345427159401f555e541f565e47">[email&#160;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.\1\
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    \1\ As stated in Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-GD1-2023, nothing 
in the Order precludes the Secretary or the Under Secretary (for 
Infrastructure) from exercising any of the authority delegated by 
the Order.
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    On June 18, 2025, CWP Energy 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 2.
    The Applicant is a Canadian Corporation with its principal place of 
business in Montr[eacute]al, Qu[eacute]bec, Canada. Id. at 3. CWP 
Energy states it is a subsidiary of McGill-St. Laurent, which owns 
88.4% of CWP Energy. Id. at 2-3. The Applicant further states CWP 
Energy is owned 10.03% by Investissements AFA Inc and 1.57% by Mr. 
Guillaume Desnoyers. Id. at 3. The Applicant states ``CWP Energy is a 
[Federal Energy Regulatory Commission]-authorized 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. at 3-4.
    The Applicant represents that ``CWP Energy will purchase power to 
be exported from a variety of sources'' and that ``such power is 
surplus to the system of the generator and, therefore, the electric 
power that CWP Energy will export on either a firm or interruptible 
basis will not impair the sufficiency of the electric power supply 
within the U.S.'' App. at 5. The Applicant states that ``CWP Energy 
will schedule its transactions with the appropriate balancing authority 
areas in compliance with the reliability criteria standards and 
guidelines established by the North American Reliability Corporation 
(`NERC') and its member regional councils in effect at the time of the 
export.'' Id. at 5. The Applicant further states ``that the exports 
proposed by CWP Energy will not impair or tend to impede the 
sufficiency of electric supplies in the U.S. or the regional 
coordination of electric utility planning or operations.'' Id. at 6.
    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#246148414750564d474d505d0a615c544b565057644c550a404b410a434b52"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0f5dcd5d3c4c2d9d3d9c4c99ef5c8c0dfc2c4c3f0d8c19ed4dfd59ed7dfc6">[email&#160;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#eca980898f989e858f859895c2a9949c839e989fac849dc2888389c28b839a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="044168616770766d676d707d2a417c746b767077446c752a606b612a636b72">[email&#160;protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 
385.214).
    Comments and other filings concerning CWP Energy's Application 
should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-410-C. Additional 
copies are to be provided directly to Ruta Kalvaitis Sku[ccaron]as, 
Esq., Crowell & Moring LLP, 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 
20004, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#3446475f415755477457465b435158581a575b59"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4a6a7bfa1b7b5a794b7a6bba3b1b8b8fab7bbb9">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, and Alain Brisebois, President, CWP Energy, 
407 McGill Street, Suite 315, Montreal, PQ, H2Y 2G3, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f8b994999196b89b8f889d969d8a9f81d69b9795"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="51103d30383f11322621343f342336287f323e3c">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    A final decision will be made on the requested authorization after 
DOE reviews the action pursuant to the National Environmental Policy 
Act Implementing Procedures (June 2025), including 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="http://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0">www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0</a> or by emailing <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#1d5871787e696f747e7469643358656d726f696e5d756c33797278337a726b"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f9bc959c9a8d8b909a908d80d7bc8189968b8d8ab99188d79d969cd79e968f">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on November 14, 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

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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 19, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-20602 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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