Notice2026-01297
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Electric Power Markets USA, LLC
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Published
January 23, 2026
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Energy Department
Abstract
Electric Power Markets USA, LLC (the Applicant or EPM) 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 91, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2927-2928]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01297]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-527]
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Electric
Power Markets USA, LLC
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Electric Power Markets USA, LLC (the Applicant or EPM) has
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 February 23, 2026.
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#96d3faf3f5e2e4fff5ffe2efb8d3eee6f9e4e2e5d6fee7b8f2f9f3b8f1f9e0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fcae3eaecfbfde6ece6fbf6a1caf7ffe0fdfbfccfe7fea1ebe0eaa1e8e0f9">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina Fennel, (240) 702-6156,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#77321b121403051e141e030e59320f0718050304371f065913181259101801"><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 July 30, 2025, EPM 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.
According to the Application, EPM is a power marketer that
participates in the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)
market. App. at 1. EPM states that its principal place of business is
in [San Antonio] Texas and is a wholly owned subsidiary of EPWM Panama,
S.A. Id at 1-2. EPM represents that it was granted authority to sell
``energy, capacity, and ancillary services at market-based rates''
under a market-based rate tariff. Id. Attachment 2.
The Applicant represents that it ``will purchase the electricity
that it may export . . . through negotiated agreements that have been
voluntarily executed by the selling parties after considering their own
need for any such electricity.'' App. at 3. EPM thus asserts the
``proposed electricity exports will not impair or tent to impede the
sufficiency of electric power supplies in the United States or the
regional coordination of electric utility planning or operations.'' Id.
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EPM further represents that each export transaction will be
scheduled ``with the appropriate balancing authority area in compliance
with all reliability criteria, standards, and guidelines of the North
American Electric Reliability Corporation'' and will ``obtain all
necessary transmission access over approved export facilities.'' App.
at 4. The Applicant commits to ``abide by the export limits contained
in the relevant export authorization of any transmission facilities
over which EPM exports electricity to Mexico.'' 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
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#0f4a636a6c7b7d666c667b76214a777f607d7b7c4f677e216b606a21686079"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c98ca5acaabdbba0aaa0bdb0e78cb1b9a6bbbdba89a1b8e7ada6ace7aea6bf">[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#bbfed7ded8cfc9d2d8d2cfc295fec3cbd4c9cfc8fbd3ca95dfd4de95dcd4cd"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="26634a434552544f454f525f08635e5649545255664e570842494308414950">[email protected]</span></a> in
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning EPM's Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-527. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to Alejandro Mejicanos Vila, Electric Power Markets
USA LLC, 9706 Plymouth Road, San Antonio, Texas 78216,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#53323e2513363f363027213a30233c2436213e32213836277d303c3e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2a4b475c6a4f464f495e5843495a455d4f58474b58414f5e04494547">[email protected]</span></a>, and Frederick G. Jauss IV, Husch Blackwell
LLP, 1801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Suite 1000, Washington, DC 20006-3606,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6c0a1e090842060d191f1f2c04191f0f040e000d0f071b090000420f0301"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2f495d4a4b01454e5a5c5c6f475a5c4c474d434e4c44584a4343014c4042">[email protected]</span></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#02476e676176706b616b767b2c477a726d707671426a732c666d672c656d74"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="b0f5dcd5d3c4c2d9d3d9c4c99ef5c8c0dfc2c4c3f0d8c19ed4dfd59ed7dfc6">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on January 9,
2026, 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 January 21, 2026.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2026-01297 Filed 1-22-26; 8:45 am]
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