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implementing regulations (10 CFR part
1021), Western completed an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
on its Energy Planning and Management
Program. The Record of Decision was
published in the Federal Register (60
FR 53181, October 12, 1995). Western
also completed the 2004 Power
Marketing Program EIS (2004 EIS), and
the Record of Decision was published in
the Federal Register (62 FR 22934, April
28, 1997). The Marketing Plan falls
within the range of alternatives
considered in the 2004 EIS. This NEPA
review identified and analyzed
environmental effects related to the
Marketing Plan. This action falls within
the Marketing Plan and, thus, is covered
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. RP09–610–000]
Shell Energy North America (US), L.P.:
Complainant v. Rockies Express
Pipeline Company and Sempra
Rockies Marketing, LLC: Respondents;
Notice of Complaint
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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May 27, 2009.
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disputing its contract rate for service
from Opal, Wyoming to Zone 3 on the
REX system.
The Complainant certifies that copies
of the complaint have been served on
the representatives for REX and SRM.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
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appropriate. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
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electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
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should submit an original and 14 copies
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888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC
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Take notice that on May 26, 2009,
pursuant to section 206 of the Rules and
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206
(2008) and section 5 of the Natural Gas
Act, 15 U.S.C. 717d, Shell Energy North
America (US), L.P. (Complainant) filed
a formal complaint against Rockies
Express Pipeline Company (REX) and
Sempra Rockies Marketing, LLC (SRM)
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. EG09–19–000; EG09–20–000;
EG09–23–000; EG09–24–000; EG09–25–000;
EG09–28–000; EG09–29–000; EG09–30–000;
EG09–31–000; EG09–32–000; EG09–33–000]
Hay Canyon Wind LLC; PowerSmith
Cogeneration Project, LP; TXC Green
Power LLC; Evergreen Wind Power V,
LLC; EcoGrove Wind, LLC; RPL
Holdings, Inc.; Reliant Energy Florida,
LLC; High Lonesome Mesa, LLC;
Saranac Power Partners, L.P.; EC&R
Panther Creek Wind Farm III, LLC;
Windy Flats Partners, LLC; Notice of
Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale
Generator Status
May 27, 2009.
Take notice that during the month of
April 2009, the status of the abovecaptioned entities as Exempt Wholesale
Generators Companies became effective
by operation of the Commission’s
regulations 18 CFR 366.7(a), except for
Docket Nos. EG09–19–000 and EG09–
20–000, which became effective in
February 2009; and Docket Nos. EG09–
23–000, EG09–24–000, and EG09–25–
000, which became effective in March
2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
SUMMARY: In this notice, the U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE) is
forecasting the representative average
unit costs of five residential energy
sources for the year 2009 pursuant to
the Energy Policy and Conservation Act.
The five sources are electricity, natural
gas, No. 2 heating oil, propane, and
kerosene.
DATES: The representative average unit
costs of energy contained in this notice
will become effective July 6, 2009 and
will remain in effect until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, Forrestal
Building, Mail Station EE–2J, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0121, (202)
586–7892,
Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov.
Francine Pinto, Esq., U.S. Department of
Energy, Office of General Counsel,
Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC–
72, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
Washington, DC 20585–0103, (202)
586–7432,
Francine.pinto@hq.doe.gov.
Section
323 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (Act) requires that
DOE prescribe test procedures for the
measurement of the estimated annual
operating costs or other measures of
energy consumption for certain
consumer products specified in the Act.
(42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) These test
procedures are found in Title 10 of the
Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part
430, subpart B.
Section 323(b)(3) of the Act requires
that the estimated annual operating
costs of a covered product be calculated
from measurements of energy use in a
representative average use cycle or
period of use and from representative
average unit costs of the energy needed
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
to operate such product during such
cycle. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The section
further requires that DOE provide
information to manufacturers regarding
the representative average unit costs of
energy. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(4)) This cost
information should be used by
manufacturers to meet their obligations
under section 323(c) of the Act. Most
notably, these costs are used to comply
with Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
requirements for labeling.
Manufacturers are required to use the
revised DOE representative average unit
costs when the FTC publishes new
ranges of comparability for specific
covered products, 16 CFR part 305.
Interested parties can also find
information covering the FTC labeling
requirements at https://www.ftc.gov/
appliances.
DOE last published representative
average unit costs of residential energy
in a Federal Register notice entitled,
‘‘Energy Conservation Program for
Consumer Products: Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy’’, dated
March 3, 2008 (73 FR 11406). Effective
July 6, 2009, the cost figures published
on March 3, 2008, will be superseded by
the cost figures set forth in this notice.
DOE’s Energy Information
Administration (EIA) has developed the
2009 representative average unit after-
tax costs found in this notice. The
representative average unit after-tax
costs for electricity, natural gas, No. 2
heating oil, and propane are based on
simulations used to produce the March
2009, EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook.
(EIA releases the Outlook monthly.) The
representative average unit after-tax cost
for kerosene is derived from its price
relative to that of heating oil, based on
the 2003–2007 averages for these two
fuels. The source for these price data is
the February 2009 Monthly Energy
Review DOE/EIA–0035(2009/02). The
Short-Term Energy Outlook and the
Monthly Energy Review are available on
the EIA Web site at https://
www.eia.doe.gov. For more information
on the two sources, contact the National
Energy Information Center, Forrestal
Building, EI–30, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585,
(202) 586–8800, e-mail:
infoctr@eia.doe.gov.
The 2009 representative average unit
costs under section 323(b)(4) of the Act
are set forth in Table 1, and will become
effective July 6, 2009. They will remain
in effect until further notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 26,
2009.
Steven G. Chalk,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy
Efficiency and Renewable Energy.
TABLE 1—REPRESENTATIVE AVERAGE UNIT COSTS OF ENERGY FOR FIVE RESIDENTIAL ENERGY SOURCES
[2009]
In commonly used terms
As required by
test procedure
11.40¢/kWh 2,3 .........................................................
$1.112/therm 4 or $11.44/MCF 5,6 ............................
$2.25/gallon 7 ...........................................................
$1.92/gallon 8 ...........................................................
$2.11/gallon 9 ...........................................................
$.1140/kWh
.00001112/Btu
.00001622/Btu
.00002102/Btu
.00001563/Btu
Per million Btu1
Type of energy
Electricity ..................................................................
Natural Gas ..............................................................
No. 2 Heating Oil ......................................................
Propane ....................................................................
Kerosene ..................................................................
$33.41
11.12
16.22
21.02
15.63
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Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (March 2009) and Monthly Energy Review (February 2009).
1 Btu stands for British thermal units.
2 kWh stands for kilowatt hour.
3 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
4 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.
5 MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
6 For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,029 Btu.
7 For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu.
8 For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.
9 For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. PF08–24–000]
Calais LNG Project Company, LLC;
Supplemental Notice of Intent to
Prepare an Environmental Impact
Statement for the Calais LNG Project
and Request for Comments on
Environmental Issues Related to the
Potential Expansion of the Maritimes &
Northeast Pipeline System
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May 27, 2009.
As previously noticed on November
20, 2008, and supplemented herein, the
staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC or Commission) will
prepare an environmental impact
statement (EIS) that will discuss
environmental impacts that could result
from construction and operation of the
Calais Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
Project planned by the Calais LNG
Project Company, LLC (Calais LNG).
The EIS will be used by the Commission
in its decision making process to
determine whether the project is in the
public convenience and necessity.
The planned Calais LNG Project
would consist of an onshore LNG
import and storage terminal located just
north of Ford Point on the St. Croix
River, about 6 miles southeast of the
Town of Calais in Washington County,
Maine; and about 20 miles of natural gas
sendout pipeline between the LNG
terminal and an interconnection with
the existing Maritimes & Northeast
Pipeline L.L.C.’s (M&NE) pipeline
system near the Town of Baileyville,
Maine. The M&NE system currently
does not have sufficient capacity to
transport the natural gas that would be
supplied by the LNG terminal.
Therefore, if the Calais LNG Project is
authorized and placed into service, the
M&NE system would require expansion
in Maine, Massachusetts, and New
Hampshire.
This Supplemental Notice of Intent
(NOI) discloses the potential facilities
that are anticipated to expand M&NE’s
system, based on information provided
to Calais LNG by M&NE. Although
M&NE is not proposing to construct
these facilities and does not have an
application before the FERC, these
expanded M&NE facilities are likely a
necessary part of the project. An
analysis of the impacts of these facilities
will be included in the EIS being
prepared for the Calais LNG facility.
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This Supplemental NOI is being issued
to notify the public about the
anticipated M&NE system expansion
and to request comments regarding the
possible environmental impact of those
facilities. Your input will help
determine what issues need to be
evaluated in the EIS regarding the
M&NE system expansion. Please note
that the scoping period for this
supplemental NOI will close on June 29,
2009.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this project, which
includes federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes; other
interested parties; and local libraries
and newspapers. State and local
government representatives are asked to
notify their constituents of this planned
project and encourage them to comment
on their areas of concern.
Summary of the Anticipated M&NE
Expansion
The following facilities have been
identified by M&NE as necessary to
accommodate the gas volumes to be
delivered by Calais LNG. A summary of
the Calais LNG Project was included in
the NOI issued on November 20, 2008,
and the scoping period closed on
December 22, 2008. This NOI may also
be accessed via the FERC eLibrary.
Instructions about using eLibrary are
included in the Additional Information
section on page 7.
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County, Maine to MP 143.4 in
Sagadahoc County, Maine);
• Searsmont Loop—35.5 miles of 36inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the
existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II
Mainline (MP 152.0 in Kennebec
County, Maine to MP 185.5 in Waldo
County, Maine);
• Brewer Loop—34.2 miles of 36inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the
existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II
Mainline (MP 191.6 in Waldo County,
Maine to MP 225.8 in Penobscot
County, Maine);
• WC Ridge Loop—35.2 miles of 36inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the
existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II
Mainline (MP 230.8 in Penobscot
County, Maine to MP 266.0 in Hancock
County, Maine); and
• Baileyville Loop—30.9 miles of 36inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the
existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II
Mainline (MP 271.3 in Washington
County, Maine to MP 302.2 in
Washington County, Maine).
Nearly all 233.4 miles of the required
looping are in or adjacent to the existing
Joint Mainline or Phase II Mainline
ROW or other utility or road ROWs.
M&NE’s primary goal would be to align,
as much as possible, the new looping
parallel to the existing Phase II Mainline
and Joint Mainline with a 25-foot offset.
The side that the loops would be located
on would vary due to residential
impacts, screening, land use,
environmental or construction issues
where known to exist.
Pipeline Looping
Approximately 233.4 miles of 36inch-diameter pipeline looping 1 is
anticipated in or adjacent to the existing
M&NE right-of-way (ROW) or other
nearby utility or road ROWs, as follows:
• Eliot Loop—21.1 miles of 36-inchdiameter pipeline adjacent to the
existing 30-inch-diameter Joint Mainline
(milepost [MP] 31.1 in Rockingham
County, New Hampshire to MP 51.2 in
York County, Maine);
• Westbrook Loop—41.1 miles of 36inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the
existing 30-inch-diameter Joint Mainline
(MP 60.3 to MP 101.4 in Cumberland
County, Maine);
• Richmond Loop—35.4 miles of 36inch-diameter pipeline adjacent to the
existing 24-inch-diameter Phase II
Mainline (MP 107.9 in Cumberland
Compressor Station Facilities 2
A new meter station would be
required at the tie-in of the Calais LNG
sendout pipeline with the M&NE’s
system in Baileyville, Maine.
Modifications to the existing meter
station in Dracut, Massachusetts would
be necessary, as well as uprating the
maximum allowable operating pressure
of the existing Joint Pipeline Facilities
from Westbrook, Maine to Dracut,
Massachusetts from 1,440 to 1,600
pounds per square inch gauge.
Compression requirements for the
pipeline expansion would likely
include adding a total of 63,000
horsepower of compression to six
existing compressor stations. These
compressor stations include the Eliot
Compressor Station (MP 51.2),
Westbrook Compressor Station (MP
101.4), Richmond Compressor Station
(MP 147.3), Searsmont Compressor
1 A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe that is
installed adjacent to or in the vicinity of an existing
pipeline and connected to the existing pipeline at
both ends. A loop increases the volume of gas that
can be transported through that portion of the
system.
2 Construction of the Westbrook, Searsmont,
Brewer and Woodchopping Ridge Compressor
Stations was recently completed as part of
Maritimes’ Phase IV Project, as described in Docket
No. CP06–335–000. These compressor stations were
placed into service in January 2009.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Representative
Average Unit Costs of Energy
AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In this notice, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is
forecasting the representative average unit costs of five residential
energy sources for the year 2009 pursuant to the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act. The five sources are electricity, natural gas, No. 2
heating oil, propane, and kerosene.
DATES: The representative average unit costs of energy contained in
this notice will become effective July 6, 2009 and will remain in
effect until further notice.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
[[Page 26676]]
Mohammed Khan, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency
and Renewable Energy, Forrestal Building, Mail Station EE-2J, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121, (202) 586-7892,
Mohammed.Khan@ee.doe.gov.
Francine Pinto, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General
Counsel, Forrestal Building, Mail Station GC-72, 1000 Independence
Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0103, (202) 586-7432,
Francine.pinto@hq.doe.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 323 of the Energy Policy and
Conservation Act (Act) requires that DOE prescribe test procedures for
the measurement of the estimated annual operating costs or other
measures of energy consumption for certain consumer products specified
in the Act. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) These test procedures are found in
Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) part 430, subpart B.
Section 323(b)(3) of the Act requires that the estimated annual
operating costs of a covered product be calculated from measurements of
energy use in a representative average use cycle or period of use and
from representative average unit costs of the energy needed to operate
such product during such cycle. (42 U.S.C. 6293(b)(3)) The section
further requires that DOE provide information to manufacturers
regarding the representative average unit costs of energy. (42 U.S.C.
6293(b)(4)) This cost information should be used by manufacturers to
meet their obligations under section 323(c) of the Act. Most notably,
these costs are used to comply with Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
requirements for labeling. Manufacturers are required to use the
revised DOE representative average unit costs when the FTC publishes
new ranges of comparability for specific covered products, 16 CFR part
305. Interested parties can also find information covering the FTC
labeling requirements at https://www.ftc.gov/appliances.
DOE last published representative average unit costs of residential
energy in a Federal Register notice entitled, ``Energy Conservation
Program for Consumer Products: Representative Average Unit Costs of
Energy'', dated March 3, 2008 (73 FR 11406). Effective July 6, 2009,
the cost figures published on March 3, 2008, will be superseded by the
cost figures set forth in this notice.
DOE's Energy Information Administration (EIA) has developed the
2009 representative average unit after-tax costs found in this notice.
The representative average unit after-tax costs for electricity,
natural gas, No. 2 heating oil, and propane are based on simulations
used to produce the March 2009, EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook. (EIA
releases the Outlook monthly.) The representative average unit after-
tax cost for kerosene is derived from its price relative to that of
heating oil, based on the 2003-2007 averages for these two fuels. The
source for these price data is the February 2009 Monthly Energy Review
DOE/EIA-0035(2009/02). The Short-Term Energy Outlook and the Monthly
Energy Review are available on the EIA Web site at https://www.eia.doe.gov. For more information on the two sources, contact the
National Energy Information Center, Forrestal Building, EI-30, 1000
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-8800, e-mail:
infoctr@eia.doe.gov.
The 2009 representative average unit costs under section 323(b)(4)
of the Act are set forth in Table 1, and will become effective July 6,
2009. They will remain in effect until further notice.
Issued in Washington, DC, on May 26, 2009.
Steven G. Chalk,
Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable
Energy.
Table 1--Representative Average Unit Costs of Energy for Five Residential Energy Sources
[2009]
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As required by test
Type of energy Per million Btu\1\ In commonly used terms procedure
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Electricity.......................... $33.41 11.40[cent]/kWh \2,3\... $.1140/kWh
Natural Gas.......................... 11.12 $1.112/therm \4\ or .00001112/Btu
$11.44/MCF \5,6\.
No. 2 Heating Oil.................... 16.22 $2.25/gallon \7\........ .00001622/Btu
Propane.............................. 21.02 $1.92/gallon \8\........ .00002102/Btu
Kerosene............................. 15.63 $2.11/gallon \9\........ .00001563/Btu
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Sources: U.S. Energy Information Administration, Short-Term Energy Outlook (March 2009) and Monthly Energy
Review (February 2009).
\1\ Btu stands for British thermal units.
\2\ kWh stands for kilowatt hour.
\3\ 1 kWh = 3,412 Btu.
\4\ 1 therm = 100,000 Btu. Natural gas prices include taxes.
\5\ MCF stands for 1,000 cubic feet.
\6\ For the purposes of this table, one cubic foot of natural gas has an energy equivalence of 1,029 Btu.
\7\ For the purposes of this table, one gallon of No. 2 heating oil has an energy equivalence of 138,690 Btu.
\8\ For the purposes of this table, one gallon of liquid propane has an energy equivalence of 91,333 Btu.
\9\ For the purposes of this table, one gallon of kerosene has an energy equivalence of 135,000 Btu.
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