Notice2025-20603
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.
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Published
November 21, 2025
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Energy Department
Abstract
Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (the Applicant or MSCG) 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 52655-52656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20603]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-185-F]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc.
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Morgan Stanley Capital Group Inc. (the Applicant or MSCG) 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#783d141d1b0c0a111b110c01563d0008170a0c0b381009561c171d561f170e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="aeebc2cbcddadcc7cdc7dad780ebd6dec1dcdaddeec6df80cac1cb80c9c1d8">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina Fennel, (240) 702-6156,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#02476e676176706b616b767b2c477a726d707671426a732c666d672c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8acfe6efe9fef8e3e9e3fef3a4cff2fae5f8fef9cae2fba4eee5efa4ede5fc">[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.\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, MSCG 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, MSCG is a Delaware corporation with
its principal place of business in New York, New York and is ``an
indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of Morgan Stanley.'' Id. at 2. The
applicant states that it is ``a power marketer authorized by [the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission] to make wholesale power sales at
market-based rates.'' Id. at 3 (internal citations omitted). MSCG
represents that it ``does not directly own any electric generation or
transmission facilities, nor does it hold a franchise or service
territory for the transmission, distribution, or sale of electric
power'' but that it ``has rights to certain generation capacity and
energy that it has purchased from third parties under long-term
contracts, and is affiliated, via common upstream ownership, with
certain generation owners[.]'' Id.
The Applicant states that it ``has purchased, or will purchase, the
electric power that it may export, on either a firm or an interruptible
basis, from wholesale generators, electric utilities, and federal power
marketing agencies voluntarily, and therefore will be surplus to the
needs of the selling entities. Accordingly, the proposed exports will
not impair or tend to impede the sufficiency of electric power supplies
in the United States or the regional coordination of electric utility
planning or operations.'' App. at 7-8. MSCG represents that it will
schedule its export transactions ``with the appropriate balancing
authority area in compliance with all reliability criteria, standards,
and guidelines of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation
and the relevant Regional Entities[.]'' Id. at 8. The applicant also
states it ``does not have the ability to cause a violation of the terms
and conditions in the existing authorizations associated with
international transmission facilities. Specifically, MSCG does not have
the ability to cause total exports on Presidential Permit facilities to
exceed the authorized instantaneous transmission rate.'' 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#3e7b525b5d4a4c575d574a47107b464e514c4a4d7e564f105a515b10595148"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="296c454c4a5d5b404a405d50076c5159465b5d5a694158074d464c074e465f">[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#2b6e474e485f594248425f52056e535b44595f586b435a054f444e054c445d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a3f161f190e081319130e03543f020a15080e093a120b541e151f541d150c">[email protected]</span></a> in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR
385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning the MSCG Application should
be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-185-F. Additional copies are
to be provided directly to Robert Scherer, Executive Director and
Counsel, Morgan Stanley and Co. LLC, 1585 Broadway, 4th Floor, New
York, NY 10036, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#5f0d303d3a2d2b711c710c3c373a2d3a2d1f32302d383e312c2b3e31333a26713c3032"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="683a070a0d1a1c462b463b0b000d1a0d1a2805071a0f09061b1c0906040d11460b0705">[email protected]</span></a>, and Daniel E.
Frank, Partner, and Allison E.S. Salvia, Counsel, Eversheds Sutherland
(US) LLP, 700 Sixth St. NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001-3980,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#294d4847404c454f5b484742694c5f4c5b5a414c4d5a04154809415b4c4f14" http: sutherland.com">sutherland.com</a>">danielfrank@eversheds-<a href="http://sutherland.com">sutherland.com</a></a>, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4f2e2323263c20213c2e2339262e0f2a392a3d3c272a2b3c62732e6f273d2a2972" 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
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#5e1b323b3d2a2c373d372a27701b262e312c2a2d1e362f703a313b70393128"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8dc8e1e8eef9ffe4eee4f9f4a3c8f5fde2fff9fecde5fca3e9e2e8a3eae2fb">[email 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
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
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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. 2025-20603 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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