Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Tenaska Power Services Co.

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Tenaska Power Services Co. (the Applicant or TPS) 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 212 (Wednesday, November 4, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69554-69555]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-22476]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-243-E]


Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric 
Energy; Tenaska Power Services Co.

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Tenaska Power Services Co. (the Applicant or TPS) has applied 
for renewed authorization to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before December 4, 2026.

ADDRESSES: Comments or requests for more information should be 
addressed by electronic mail to <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#df9ab3babcabadb6bcb6aba6f19aa7afb0adabac9fb7aef1bbb0baf1b8b0a9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="9fdaf3fafcebedf6fcf6ebe6b1dae7eff0edebecdff7eeb1fbf0fab1f8f0e9">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marina Fennel, (240) 702-6156, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#084d646d6b7c7a616b617c71264d7078677a7c7b486079266c676d266f677e"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8acfe6efe9fef8e3e9e3fef3a4cff2fae5f8fef9cae2fba4eee5efa4ede5fc">[email&#160;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). 
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 the 
Office of Electricity by Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-OE1-2026.
    On July 7, 2026, TPS filed an application (Application or App.) 
with DOE for renewal of export authority to transmit electric energy 
from the United States to Canada for an additional five-year term. App. 
at 2. TPS was granted export authorization under Order No. EA-243-D on 
January 7, 2022, which expires on January 11, 2027. According to the 
Application, TPS is a Nebraska corporation that is authorized to do 
business in the States of Nebraska, Alabama, Illinois, Texas, New York, 
Ohio, Oklahoma, California, Delaware, Nevada, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, 
and Washington. TPS is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Tenaska 
Energy Inc. (Tenaska), which is ``an independent developer and owner of 
power production facilities located throughout the United States.'' Id. 
at 3. TPS is a ``power marketer authorized by the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission (FERC) to make sales of electric power at 
wholesale in interstate commerce at market-based rates.'' Id. at 2. In 
addition, TPS states that it ``does not currently own or control 
electric generation or transmission facilities, and it does not have a 
power supply of its own in the United States that would cause its 
electricity exports to have a reliability, fuel use, or system 
stability impact.'' Furthermore, TPS states that it will ``purchase the 
electricity that it may export, on either a firm or an interruptible 
basis, from wholesale generators, electric utilities, federal power 
marketing agencies and affiliates through negotiated agreements that 
have been voluntarily executed by the selling parties after considering 
their own need for any such electricity.'' Id. at 5. Thus, ``TPS's 
proposed electricity 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.'' Id.
    The Applicant also states that it will ``make all necessary 
commercial arrangements and will obtain any and all other regulatory 
approvals required in order to carry out any electricity exports'' and 
that it ``agrees to abide by the export limits contained in the 
relevant export authorization of any transmission facilities over which 
TPS exports electricity to Canada.'' Id. at 6.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this 
proceeding should file a comment to the Application at 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#155079707661677c767c616c3b506d657a676166557d643b717a703b727a63"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="88cde4edebfcfae1ebe1fcf1a6cdf0f8e7fafcfbc8e0f9a6ece7eda6efe7fe">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>. Comments concerning TPS's Application 
should be clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA-243-E. Comments will be 
posted along with the relevant application on the program website at 
<a href="http://www.energy.gov/oe/pending-applications">www.energy.gov/oe/pending-applications</a>.
    A final decision will be made on the requested authorization after 
the environmental impacts have been evaluated consistent with the 
National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969, as amended (42 U.S.C. 
4321, et

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seq.), the DOE NEPA regulations at 10 CFR part 1021, and the DOE's 
Implementing Procedures (June 2026) 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 are available on the program website at 
<a href="http://www.energy.gov/oe/pending-applications">www.energy.gov/oe/pending-applications</a> or by emailing 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7c3910191f080e151f1508055239040c130e080f3c140d52181319521b130a"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="145178717760667d777d606d3a516c647b666067547c653a707b713a737b62">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on October 30, 2026, by Gilbert Bindewald III, Principal Deputy 
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 November 2, 2026.
Jennifer Hartzell,
Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2026-22476 Filed 11-3-26; 8:45 am]
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