Notice2025-20605
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Enel Trading North America, LLC
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Published
November 21, 2025
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
Enel Trading North America, LLC (the Applicant or ETNA) has applied for 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]
[Pages 52656-52657]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-20605]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-526]
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Enel
Trading North America, LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Enel Trading North America, LLC (the Applicant or ETNA) has
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applied for 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#33765f565047415a505a474a1d764b435c414740735b421d575c561d545c45"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c184ada4a2b5b3a8a2a8b5b8ef84b9b1aeb3b5b281a9b0efa5aea4efa6aeb7">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina Fennel, (240) 702-6156,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c580a9a0a6b1b7aca6acb1bceb80bdb5aab7b1b685adb4eba1aaa0eba2aab3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7f3a131a1c0b0d161c160b06513a070f100d0b0c3f170e511b101a51181009">[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 June 5, 2025, ETNA filed an application (Application or App.)
for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to
Mexico for a term of five years. App. at 1. The application filed is
for a new export authorization, following the applicant's notification
to the DOE of the expiration of the applicant's previous EA-460 on
November 19, 2023.
According to the Application, ETNA is a power marketer located in
Andover, Massachusetts. App. at 1. ETNA states that it is ``a wholly
owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America, Inc., a Delaware
corporation[.]'' Id. ETNA represents that the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC) ``authorized ETNA to engage in the sale of energy,
capacity, and ancillary services at market-based rates.'' Id. at 1-2.
The Applicant states that it ``is not a franchised public utility
with transmission or distribution systems and does not have captive
customers.'' App. at 1. ETNA further states that the electricity
exported ``would be surplus energy purchased in wholesale markets using
bilateral, voluntary transactions.'' App. at 3. The Applicant thus
asserts that ``any such energy would be surplus to the needs of the
relevant system, and the export . . . would not impair the adequacy of
electric power supply within the United States[.]'' Id. at 3-4.
ETNA further asserts that it ``will not impede or tend to impede
regional coordination of electric utility planning or operations.''
App. at 4. The Applicant ``agrees to abide by the export limits
contained in the relevant authorization of any transmission facility
over which it exports energy to Mexico.'' Id. The Applicant states that
its export transactions ``will be completed using all applicable
procedures and/or market structures and coordinated with relevant
parties as required pursuant to the reliability standards and market
rules as implemented by [the North American Electric Reliability
Corporation], FERC and all affected transmission operators.'' Id. at 5.
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#fbbe979e988f899298928f82d5be838b94898f88bb938ad59f949ed59c948d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="eaaf868f899e988389839e93c4af929a85989e99aa829bc48e858fc48d859c">[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#a7e2cbc2c4d3d5cec4ced3de89e2dfd7c8d5d3d4e7cfd689c3c8c289c0c8d1"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="fbbe979e988f899298928f82d5be838b94898f88bb938ad59f949ed59c948d">[email protected]</span></a> in
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning ETNA's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-526. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to General Counsel, Enel North America, Inc. 100
Brickstone Square, Suite 300, Andover, MA 01810,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e285878c8790838e818d978c91878ea2878c878ecc818d8f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dbbcbeb5bea9bab7b8b4aeb5a8beb79bbeb5beb7f5b8b4b6">[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="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#da9fb6bfb9aea8b3b9b3aea3f49fa2aab5a8aea99ab2abf4beb5bff4bdb5ac"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b4f1d8d1d7c0c6ddd7ddc0cd9af1ccc4dbc6c0c7f4dcc59ad0dbd19ad3dbc2">[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. 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. 2025-20605 Filed 11-20-25; 8:45 am]
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