[Federal Register: April 28, 1998 (Volume 63, Number 81)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Docket No. EA-180]

 
Application To Export Electric Energy; Virginia Electric and 
Power Company

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Virginia Electric and Power Company (Virginia Power), an 
investor-owned public utility, has submitted an application for 
authorization to export electric energy to Canada pursuant to section 
202(e) of the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on 
or before May 28, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex (FE-27), Office of 
Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW, 
Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-287-5736).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United 
States to a foreign country are regulated and require authorization 
under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 
824a(e)).
    On April 9, 1998, Virginia Power applied to the Office of Fossil 
Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for authorization to 
export electric energy to Canada pursuant to section 202(e) of the FPA. 
Specifically, Virginia Power has proposed to transmit to Canada 
electric energy and/or capacity from its own surplus generation or from 
purchases on the wholesale market.
    Virginia Power would arrange for the exported energy to be 
transmitted to Canada over the international transmission facilities 
owned by Basin Electric Power Cooperative, Bonneville Power 
Administration, Citizens Utilities, Detroit Edison Company, Eastern 
Maine Electric Cooperative, Joint Owners of the Highgate Project, Maine 
Electric Power Company, Maine Public Service Company, Minnesota Power 
and Light Company, Minnkota Power Cooperative, New York Power 
Authority, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, Northern States Power, and 
Vermont Electric Transmission Company. The construction of each of 
these transmission facilities, as more fully described in the 
application, has previously been authorized by a Presidential permit 
issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters

    Any persons desiring to become a party to this proceeding or to be 
heard by filing comments or protests to this application should file a 
petition to intervene, comment or protest at the address provided above 
in accordance with Secs. 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 
385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of such petitions, comments and 
protests should be filed with the DOE on or before the date listed 
above. Additional copies are to be filed directly with Michael C. 
Regulinski, Esq., Virginia Electric and Power Company, One James River 
Plaza, 701 East Carey Street, Richmond, VA 23219 and James H. McGrew, 
Esq., Bruder, Gentile & Marcoux, L.L.P., 1100 New York Avenue, NW, 
Suite 510 East, Washington, DC 20005-3934.
    A final decision will be made on this application after the 
environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to the National 
Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and a determination is made by the 
DOE that the proposed action will not adversely impact on the 
reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above.

    Issued in Washington, DC on April 22, 1998.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal and Power Im/Ex, 
Office of Coal and Power Systems, Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-11214 Filed 4-27-98; 8:45 am]
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