Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC, 103806-103807 [2024-30221]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 244 (Thursday, December 19, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 103806-103807]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-30221]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[GDO Docket No. EA-284-G]


Application for Renewal of Authorization To Export Electric 
Energy; Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC

AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC (the Applicant or Calpine 
Solutions) has applied for the renewal of authorization to transmit 
electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to the 
Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before January 21, 2025.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for 
more information should be addressed by electronic mail to 
[email protected].

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226, 
[email protected].

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 April 10, 2023, the authority to issue 
such orders was delegated to the DOE's Grid Deployment Office (GDO) 
under Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-GD1-2023.
    On November 22, 2024, Calpine Solutions filed an application for 
the renewal of authorization to transmit electric energy from the 
United States to Mexico for a term of five years. App. at 1.
    According to the Application, Calpine Solutions is ``a California 
limited liability company with its principal place of business at 401 
West A Street, Suite 400, San Diego, California, and is an indirect, 
wholly owned subsidiary of Calpine Corporation.'' Id. The Applicant 
represents that its wholesale sales ``are made pursuant to authority 
granted by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (``FERC'') to sell 
wholesale power at market-based rates under a wholesale power sales 
tariff currently on file with FERC.'' Id. at 1-2.
    The Applicant states it ``does not own or control electric 
generation, transmission, cogeneration facilities, or distribution 
facilities, nor does [it] have a franchised service area.'' App. at 5. 
Calpine Solutions states that any electric energy it exports ``on 
either a firm or interruptible basis, will be surplus to the system of 
the generator thereof.'' Id. Thus, the Applicant states that ``its 
exports cannot have any adverse impact on the reliability, stability, 
or sufficiency of supply on a franchise electric supply system or the 
electric power supply within the U.S.'' Id. at 5-6.
    Further, regarding the second criterion used to analyze 
applications to export electricity, Calpine Solutions states it ``will 
comply with existing industry procedures for obtaining transmission 
capacity'' and ``will comply with any other export limits that DOE may 
deem appropriate, consistent with DOE's orders authorizing exports of 
electric energy by power marketers.'' App. at 6-7.
    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 
[email protected]. 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 [email protected] in 
accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
    Comments and other filings concerning Calpine Solutions' 
Application should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-284-G. 
Additional copies are to be provided directly to Rachael Marsh, Calpine 
Corporation, 875 15th Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20005, 
[email protected], and Greg Bass, Calpine Energy Solutions, LLC, 
401 West A Street, Suite 500, San Diego, CA 92101, 
[email protected].
    A final decision will be made on the requested authorization after 
the environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to DOE's 
National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (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 https://www.energy.gov/gdo/pending-applications-0 or by emailing [email protected].
    Signing Authority: This document of the Department of Energy was 
signed on December 13, 2024, by Maria Robinson, Director, Grid 
Deployment Office, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary 
of Energy. That document

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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 December 16, 2024.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2024-30221 Filed 12-18-24; 8:45 am]
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