Notice2025-20604
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; CFE International LLC
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Published
November 21, 2025
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
CFE International LLC (the Applicant or CFEi) has applied for renewed authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 223 (Friday, November 21, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 52656]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20604]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-484-A]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; CFE International LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: CFE International LLC (the Applicant or CFEi) has applied for
renewed authorization to transmit electric energy from the United
States to Mexico 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#185d747d7b6c6a717b716c61365d6068776a6c6b587069367c777d367f776e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a5e0c9c0c6d1d7ccc6ccd1dc8be0ddd5cad7d1d6e5cdd48bc1cac08bc2cad3">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina Fennel, (240) 702-6156,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3e6cfc6c0d7d1cac0cad7da8de6dbd3ccd1d7d0e3cbd28dc7ccc68dc4ccd5"><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) by
Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and 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 26, 2025, CFEi filed an application with DOE (Application
or App.) for renewal of their export authority for an additional five-
year term. App. at 2.
According to the Application, CFEi is a Delaware limited liability
company that is a wholly-owned, direct subsidiary of the
Comisi[oacute]n Federal de Electricidad, which is itself wholly owned
by the Mexican Federal Government. Id at 3. The Applicant states it
``has received authorization from the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission . . . to sell energy, capacity, and certain ancillary
services at wholesale market-based rates[.]'' Id.
CFEi states that it ``does not directly or indirectly own, operate
or control any electric generation facilities, electric transmission
facilities, distribution facilities, or inputs to electric power
production'' and is not ``affiliated with an [sic] utility that has a
franchised service territory in the United States.'' Id. at 5. The
Applicant further states that ``[t]he electric energy that Applicant
would export would be surplus energy purchased in wholesale markets''
and that ``proposed exports accordingly will not impair the adequacy of
electric power supply within the United States[.]'' Id. at 6-7. The
Applicant states that ``[t]he requested authorization will not impede
or tend to impede regional coordination of electric utility planning or
operation'' and that it ``will make all necessary commercial
arrangements and will obtain any and all other regulatory approval
required in order to carry out any power exports.'' Id. at 7.
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#a0e5ccc5c3d4d2c9c3c9d4d98ee5d8d0cfd2d4d3e0c8d18ec4cfc58ec7cfd6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43062f262037312a202a373a6d063b332c313730032b326d272c266d242c35">[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#febb929b9d8a8c979d978a87d0bb868e918c8a8dbe968fd09a919bd0999188"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fdb891989e898f949e948984d3b8858d928f898ebd958cd3999298d39a928b">[email protected]</span></a> in
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning CFEi's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-484-A. Additional copies are to
be provided directly to Juan Esteban Corro Jalpa, CFE International
LLC, 825 Town & Country Lane, Houston, TX 77024,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8d2cdd9d696dbd7cacad7f8dbdeddd1d6ccddcad6d9ccd1d7d6d9d496dbd7d5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d47584c43034e425f5f426d4e4b48444359485f434c594442434c41034e4240">[email protected]</span></a>; Sarah Tucker and Keturah A. Brown,
Sidley Austin LLP, 1501 K Street NW, Washington, DC 20005,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#235057564048465163504a474f465a0d404c4e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f281868791999780b2819b969e978bdc919d9f">[email protected]</span></a>, <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0f646a7b7a7d6e67216d7d6078614f7c666b636a76216c6062"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a6cdc3d2d3d4c7ce88c4d4c9d1c8e6d5cfc2cac3df88c5c9cb">[email 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#94d1f8f1f7e0e6fdf7fde0edbad1ece4fbe6e0e7d4fce5baf0fbf1baf3fbe2"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d99cb5bcbaadabb0bab0ada0f79ca1a9b6abadaa99b1a8f7bdb6bcf7beb6af">[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 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. 2025-20604 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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