Notice2026-05608
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc.
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Published
March 23, 2026
Issuing agencies
Energy Department
Abstract
TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc. (the Applicant or TEMUS) has applied for renewed authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 55 (Monday, March 23, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 13827-13828]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-05608]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. EA-216-F]
Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric
Energy; TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc.
AGENCY: Office of Electricity, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: TransAlta Energy Marketing (U.S.) Inc. (the Applicant or
TEMUS) has applied for renewed 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 April 22, 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#c88da4adabbcbaa1aba1bcb1e68db0b8a7babcbb88a0b9e6aca7ade6afa7be"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7a3f161f190e081319130e03543f020a15080e093a120b541e151f541d150c">[email protected]</span></a>.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Christina Gomer, (240) 474-2403,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#f4b198919780869d979d808ddab18c849b868087b49c85da909b91da939b82"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="743118111700061d171d000d5a310c041b060007341c055a101b115a131b02">[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 January 8, 2026, the authority to issue
such orders was delegated to the DOE's Assistant Secretary for
Electricity by Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-OE1-2026.
On December 12, 2025, TEMUS filed an application with DOE
(Application or App.) for renewal of their export authority for an
additional five-year term. App. at 1.
According to the Application, TEMUS is a power marketer authorized
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) ``to market electric
energy and capacity at wholesale'' pursuant to its market-based rate
authority, granted by FERC in June of 1998. App. at 2. TEMUS states
that it is a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business
in Centralia, Washington. Id. at 1. TEMUS further represents that it
``is
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an indirect subsidiary of TransAlta Corporation,'' which is a publicly
traded Canadian corporation headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. Id. at
2-3.
In its Application, TEMUS states that it will purchase power to be
exported to Canada from ``electric utilities, federal power marketing
agencies, qualifying cogeneration and small power production
facilities, independent power producers, and other sellers.'' App. at
11. TEMUS notes that it ``does not own any electric generation or
transmission facilities and, as a power marketer, does not hold a
franchise or service territory or native load obligation.'' Id. at 10.
Further, ``none of TEMUS' affiliates owns any electric transmission
facilities other than generator interconnection facilities and TEMUS is
not affiliated with an entity that holds a franchise or service
territory.'' Id. TEMUS asserts DOE has recognized that power purchased
by a power marketer is, by definition, surplus to the needs of the
selling entities, and exports of electricity under such circumstances
would not impair the sufficiency of electric supply within the U.S. Id.
at 11. TEMUS states that it will schedule its exports ``in compliance
with all applicable reliability criteria, standards and guides as are
set out by the North American [Electric] Reliability Corporation
(`NERC') (or any successor organization), the North American Energy
Standards Board (or any successor organization) and regional
reliability councils and as applied by U.S. transmission providers.''
Id at 12.
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#581d343d3b2c2a313b312c21761d2028372a2c2b183029763c373d763f372e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="682d040d0b1c1a010b011c11462d1018071a1c1b280019460c070d460f071e">[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#3b7e575e584f495258524f42157e434b54494f487b534a155f545e155c544d"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="450029202631372c262c313c6b003d352a373136052d346b212a206b222a33">[email protected]</span></a> in
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning TEMUS' Application should be
clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA-216-F. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to Daryck Riddell, TransAlta Corporation, Suite 1400,
1100 1 St SE, Calgary, Alberta T2G 1B1 Canada,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#fd999c8f849e96a28f949999989191bd898f9c938e9c91899cd39e9290"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="523633202b31390d203b3636373e3e122620333c21333e26337c313d3f">[email protected]</span></a> and Catherine McCarthy, Bracewell LLP,
2011 M Street NW, Suite 900, Washington, DC 20036,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#e88b899c808d9a81868dc6858b8b899a9c8091a88a9a898b8d9f8d8484c68b8785"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dcbfbda8b4b9aeb5b2b9f2b1bfbfbdaea8b4a59cbeaebdbfb9abb9b0b0f2bfb3b1">[email protected]</span></a>.
A final decision will be made on the requested authorization after
DOE reviews the action pursuant to its 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="80c5ece5e3f4f2e9e3e9f4f9aec5f8f0eff2f4f3c0e8f1aee4efe5aee7eff6">[email protected]</span></a>.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on February
19, 2026, by Catherine Jereza, Assistant Secretary, Office of
Electricity, pursuant to delegated authority from the 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 March 19, 2026.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2026-05608 Filed 3-20-26; 8:45 am]
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