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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. PP–310]
Application for Presidential Permit;
Northern Electric Cooperative
Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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AGENCY:
SUMMARY: Northern Electric Cooperative
(Northern) has applied for a Presidential
permit to construct, operate, maintain,
and connect an electric transmission
line across the U.S. border with Canada.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests
to intervene must be submitted on or
before August 17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or
requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability (OE–20), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue,
SW., Washington, DC 20585–0350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Russell (Program Office), 202–
586–9624 or Michael T. Skinker
(Program Attorney), 202–586–2793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
construction, operation, maintenance,
and connection of facilities at the
international border of the United States
for the transmission of electric energy
between the United States and a foreign
country is prohibited in the absence of
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a Presidential permit issued pursuant to
Executive Order (EO) 10485, as
amended by EO 12038.
By letter dated November 6, 2005,
Northern, a member owned electric
cooperative organized under the laws of
the State of Montana, filed an
application with the Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE) of
the Department of Energy (DOE) for a
Presidential permit. Northern proposes
to construct a 14.4 kilovolt (14.4-kV)
distribution circuit, approximately 0.75mile in length, from a point in Valley
County, Minnesota, to the United States
border with the Province of
Saskatchewan, Canada. North of the
border the underground circuit would
continue an additional 0.50 mile to a tap
into the existing system of SaskPower,
a Crown Corporation of Canada. The
line would be used to import electric
energy into the U.S. to provide
electricity to three existing U.S.
government-owned water wells and
water monitoring stations in Montana.
Construction of these international
facilities would negate the Northern’s
need to rebuild 18 miles of deteriorating
transmission line that currently serves
the water facilities.
Since the restructuring of the electric
industry began, resulting in the
introduction of different types of
competitive entities into the
marketplace, DOE has consistently
expressed its policy that cross-border
trade in electric energy should be
subject to the same principles of
comparable open access and nondiscrimination that apply to
transmission in interstate commerce.
DOE has stated that policy in export
authorizations granted to entities
requesting authority to export over
international transmission facilities.
Specifically, DOE expects transmitting
utilities owning border facilities to
provide access across the border in
accordance with the principles of
comparable open access and nondiscrimination contained in the FPA
and articulated in Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order
No. 888 (Promoting Wholesale
Competition Through Open Access
Non-Discriminatory Transmission
Services by Public Utilities; FERC Stats.
& Regs. ¶ 31,036 (1996)), as amended.
DOE has previously noticed its
intention to condition existing and
future Presidential permits, appropriate
for third party transmission, on
compliance with a requirement to
provide non-discriminatory open access
transmission service. In this docket DOE
specifically requests comment on the
appropriateness of applying an open
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access requirement on Northern’s
proposed facilities.
Procedural Matters: Any person
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
§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the FERC’s
Rules of Practice and Procedures (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of
each petition and protest should be filed
with the DOE on or before the date
listed above.
Additional copies of such petitions to
intervene or protests also should be
filed directly with: Larry Tade, Manager,
Northern Electric Cooperative, Inc.,
Opheim, MT, 59250 and Matthew W.
Knierim, Knierim, Fewer &
Christoffersen, P.C., 130 Third Street
South, P.O. Box 29, Glasgow, MT 59230
Before a Presidential permit may be
issued or amended, the DOE must
determine that the proposed action will
not adversely impact on the reliability
of the U.S. electric power supply
system. DOE also must obtain the
concurrence of the Secretary of State
and the Secretary of Defense before
taking final action on a Presidential
permit application. In addition, DOE
must consider the environmental
impacts of the proposed action (i.e.,
granting the Presidential permit, with
any conditions and limitations, or
denying the permit) pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act.
Copies of this application will be
made available, upon request, for public
inspection and copying at the address
provided above or by e-mailing Odessa
Hopkins at Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 12,
2006.
Ellen Russell,
Acting Director, Permitting and Siting, Office
of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[OE Docket No. PP-310]
Application for Presidential Permit; Northern Electric
Cooperative
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of application.
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SUMMARY: Northern Electric Cooperative (Northern) has applied for a
Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an
electric transmission line across the U.S. border with Canada.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before August 17, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability (OE-20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office), 202-
586-9624 or Michael T. Skinker (Program Attorney), 202-586-2793.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, operation, maintenance,
and connection of facilities at the international border of the United
States for the transmission of electric energy between the United
States and a foreign country is prohibited in the absence of a
Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 10485, as
amended by EO 12038.
By letter dated November 6, 2005, Northern, a member owned electric
cooperative organized under the laws of the State of Montana, filed an
application with the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability (OE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential
permit. Northern proposes to construct a 14.4 kilovolt (14.4-kV)
distribution circuit, approximately 0.75-mile in length, from a point
in Valley County, Minnesota, to the United States border with the
Province of Saskatchewan, Canada. North of the border the underground
circuit would continue an additional 0.50 mile to a tap into the
existing system of SaskPower, a Crown Corporation of Canada. The line
would be used to import electric energy into the U.S. to provide
electricity to three existing U.S. government-owned water wells and
water monitoring stations in Montana. Construction of these
international facilities would negate the Northern's need to rebuild 18
miles of deteriorating transmission line that currently serves the
water facilities.
Since the restructuring of the electric industry began, resulting
in the introduction of different types of competitive entities into the
marketplace, DOE has consistently expressed its policy that cross-
border trade in electric energy should be subject to the same
principles of comparable open access and non-discrimination that apply
to transmission in interstate commerce. DOE has stated that policy in
export authorizations granted to entities requesting authority to
export over international transmission facilities. Specifically, DOE
expects transmitting utilities owning border facilities to provide
access across the border in accordance with the principles of
comparable open access and non-discrimination contained in the FPA and
articulated in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order No.
888 (Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-
Discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; FERC Stats. &
Regs. ] 31,036 (1996)), as amended. DOE has previously noticed its
intention to condition existing and future Presidential permits,
appropriate for third party transmission, on compliance with a
requirement to provide non-discriminatory open access transmission
service. In this docket DOE specifically requests comment on the
appropriateness of applying an open access requirement on Northern's
proposed facilities.
Procedural Matters: Any person 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 Sec. Sec. 385.211 or
385.214 of the FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211,
385.214). Fifteen copies of each petition and protest should be filed
with the DOE on or before the date listed above.
Additional copies of such petitions to intervene or protests also
should be filed directly with: Larry Tade, Manager, Northern Electric
Cooperative, Inc., Opheim, MT, 59250 and Matthew W. Knierim, Knierim,
Fewer & Christoffersen, P.C., 130 Third Street South, P.O. Box 29,
Glasgow, MT 59230
Before a Presidential permit may be issued or amended, the DOE must
determine that the proposed action will not adversely impact on the
reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system. DOE also must
obtain the concurrence of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of
Defense before taking final action on a Presidential permit
application. In addition, DOE must consider the environmental impacts
of the proposed action (i.e., granting the Presidential permit, with
any conditions and limitations, or denying the permit) pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act.
Copies of this application will be made available, upon request,
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above or by
e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.
Issued in Washington, DC, on July 12, 2006.
Ellen Russell,
Acting Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E6-11332 Filed 7-17-06; 8:45 am]
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