83_FR_32794 83 FR 32659 - Application To Export Electric Energy; Royal Bank of Canada

83 FR 32659 - Application To Export Electric Energy; Royal Bank of Canada

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 135 (July 13, 2018)

Page Range32659-32660
FR Document2018-14999

Royal Bank of Canada (Applicant or RBC) has applied to renew its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 135 (Friday, July 13, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 135 (Friday, July 13, 2018)]
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[FR Doc No: 2018-14999]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-342-B]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Royal Bank of Canada

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Royal Bank of Canada (Applicant or RBC) has applied to renew 
its authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to 
Canada pursuant to the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before August 13, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for 
more information should be addressed to: Office of Electricity, Mail 
Code: OE-20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585-0350. Because of delays in handling conventional 
mail, it is recommended that documents be transmitted by overnight 
mail, by electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov, or by 
facsimile to 202-586-8008.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Department of Energy (DOE) regulates 
exports of electricity from the United States to a foreign country, 
pursuant to sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the Department of Energy 
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. Sec.  7151(b) and 7172(f)). Such 
exports require authorization under section 202(e) of the Federal Power 
Act (16 U.S.C. Sec.  824a(e)).
    On September 10, 2013, DOE issued Order No. EA-342-A to RBC, which 
authorized the Applicant to transmit electric energy from the United 
States to Canada, effective September 4, 2013, as a power marketer for 
a five-year term using existing international transmission facilities. 
That authority expires on September 4, 2018. On February 28, 2018, RBC 
filed an application with DOE for renewal of the export authority 
contained in Order No. EA-342-A for an additional five-year term.
    RBC's application states that ``[n]either RBC nor any of its 
affiliates (collectively, the `RBC Companies') owns, operates or 
controls any electric power transmission or distribution facilities in 
the United States,'' and that ``[t]he RBC Companies also do not own, 
operate or control any electric generation assets.'' Further, 
``[n]either RBC nor any of its affiliates holds a franchise or service 
territory for the transmission, distribution or sale of electric 
power.'' The electric energy that RBC proposes to export to Canada 
would be surplus energy purchased from third parties such as electric 
utilities and Federal power marketing agencies pursuant to voluntary 
agreements. The existing international transmission facilities to be 
utilized by RBC have previously been authorized by Presidential permits 
issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended, and are 
appropriate for open access transmission by third parties.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to be heard in this 
proceeding should file a comment or protest to the application at the 
address provided above. Protests should be filed in accordance with 
Rule 211 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (FERC) 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 the 
above address in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five 
(5) copies of such comments, protests, or motions to intervene should 
be sent to the address provided above on or before the date listed 
above.
    Comments and other filings concerning RBC's application to export 
electric energy to Canada should be clearly marked with OE Docket No. 
EA-342-B. An additional copy is to be provided directly to both Chantal 
Marchese, Royal Bank of Canada, 200 Bay Street, 10th Floor, North 
Tower, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J5, and Marcus Chun, RBC Capital 
Markets, 200 Bay Street, 9th Floor, South Tower, Toronto, Ontario, 
Canada M5J 2J2.
    A final decision will be made on this application after the 
environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to DOE's National 
Environmental Policy Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR part 1021) and 
after DOE determines that the proposed action will not have an adverse 
impact on the sufficiency of supply or 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, by 
accessing the program website at http://energy.gov/node/11845, or by 
emailing Angela Troy at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov.


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    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2018.
Christopher Lawrence,
Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity.
[FR Doc. 2018-14999 Filed 7-12-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                funded under this competition, and                         Dated: July 10, 2018.                               facilities in the United States,’’ and that
                                                grantees are required to submit data on                  Johnny W. Collett,                                    ‘‘[t]he RBC Companies also do not own,
                                                these measures as directed by OSEP.                      Assistant Secretary for Special Education and         operate or control any electric
                                                   Grantees will be required to report                   Rehabilitative Services.                              generation assets.’’ Further, ‘‘[n]either
                                                information on their project’s                           [FR Doc. 2018–15054 Filed 7–12–18; 8:45 am]           RBC nor any of its affiliates holds a
                                                performance in annual and final                          BILLING CODE 4000–01–P                                franchise or service territory for the
                                                performance reports to the Department                                                                          transmission, distribution or sale of
                                                (34 CFR 75.590).                                                                                               electric power.’’ The electric energy that
                                                   6. Continuation Awards: In making a                                                                         RBC proposes to export to Canada
                                                                                                         DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                continuation award under 34 CFR                                                                                would be surplus energy purchased
                                                75.253, the Secretary considers, among                   [OE Docket No. EA–342–B]
                                                                                                                                                               from third parties such as electric
                                                other things: Whether a grantee has
                                                                                                         Application To Export Electric Energy;                utilities and Federal power marketing
                                                made substantial progress in achieving
                                                                                                         Royal Bank of Canada                                  agencies pursuant to voluntary
                                                the goals and objectives of the project;
                                                                                                                                                               agreements. The existing international
                                                whether the grantee has expended funds                   AGENCY: Office of Electricity,
                                                in a manner that is consistent with its                                                                        transmission facilities to be utilized by
                                                                                                         Department of Energy.                                 RBC have previously been authorized by
                                                approved application and budget; and,
                                                                                                         ACTION: Notice of application.                        Presidential permits issued pursuant to
                                                if the Secretary has established
                                                performance measurement                                                                                        Executive Order 10485, as amended,
                                                                                                         SUMMARY:    Royal Bank of Canada
                                                requirements, the performance targets in                                                                       and are appropriate for open access
                                                                                                         (Applicant or RBC) has applied to renew
                                                the grantee’s approved application.                                                                            transmission by third parties.
                                                                                                         its authority to transmit electric energy
                                                   In making a continuation award, the                   from the United States to Canada                         Procedural Matters: Any person
                                                Secretary also considers whether the                     pursuant to the Federal Power Act.                    desiring to be heard in this proceeding
                                                grantee is operating in compliance with                                                                        should file a comment or protest to the
                                                                                                         DATES: Comments, protests, or motions
                                                the assurances in its approved                                                                                 application at the address provided
                                                                                                         to intervene must be submitted on or
                                                application, including those applicable                                                                        above. Protests should be filed in
                                                                                                         before August 13, 2018.
                                                to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit                                                                     accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal
                                                                                                         ADDRESSES: Comments, protests,
                                                discrimination in programs or activities                                                                       Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC)
                                                receiving Federal financial assistance                   motions to intervene, or requests for
                                                                                                         more information should be addressed                  Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
                                                from the Department (34 CFR 100.4,                                                                             385.211). Any person desiring to
                                                104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).                        to: Office of Electricity, Mail Code: OE–
                                                                                                         20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000                   become a party to this proceeding
                                                VII. Other Information                                   Independence Avenue SW, Washington,                   should file a motion to intervene at the
                                                  Accessible Format: Individuals with                    DC 20585–0350. Because of delays in                   above address in accordance with FERC
                                                disabilities can obtain this document                    handling conventional mail, it is                     Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five (5)
                                                and a copy of the application package in                 recommended that documents be                         copies of such comments, protests, or
                                                an accessible format (e.g., braille, large               transmitted by overnight mail, by                     motions to intervene should be sent to
                                                print, audiotape, or compact disc) by                    electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@               the address provided above on or before
                                                contacting the Management Support                        hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586–               the date listed above.
                                                Services Team, U.S. Department of                        8008.                                                    Comments and other filings
                                                Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW,                       SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The                        concerning RBC’s application to export
                                                Room 5113, Potomac Center Plaza,                         Department of Energy (DOE) regulates                  electric energy to Canada should be
                                                Washington, DC 20202–2500.                               exports of electricity from the United                clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA–
                                                Telephone: (202) 245–7363. If you use a                  States to a foreign country, pursuant to              342–B. An additional copy is to be
                                                TDD or a TTY, call the FRS, toll free, at                sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the                     provided directly to both Chantal
                                                1–800–877–8339.                                          Department of Energy Organization Act                 Marchese, Royal Bank of Canada, 200
                                                  Electronic Access to This Document:                    (42 U.S.C. §§ 7151(b) and 7172(f)). Such              Bay Street, 10th Floor, North Tower,
                                                The official version of this document is                 exports require authorization under                   Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J5, and
                                                the document published in the Federal                    section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act               Marcus Chun, RBC Capital Markets, 200
                                                Register. You may access the official                    (16 U.S.C. § 824a(e)).                                Bay Street, 9th Floor, South Tower,
                                                edition of the Federal Register and the                     On September 10, 2013, DOE issued                  Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5J 2J2.
                                                Code of Federal Regulations via the                      Order No. EA–342–A to RBC, which
                                                                                                                                                                  A final decision will be made on this
                                                Federal Digital System at: www.gpo.gov/                  authorized the Applicant to transmit
                                                                                                                                                               application after the environmental
                                                fdsys. At this site you can view this                    electric energy from the United States to
                                                                                                                                                               impacts have been evaluated pursuant
                                                document, as well as all other                           Canada, effective September 4, 2013, as
                                                                                                                                                               to DOE’s National Environmental Policy
                                                documents of this Department                             a power marketer for a five-year term
                                                                                                                                                               Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR
                                                published in the Federal Register, in                    using existing international
                                                                                                                                                               part 1021) and after DOE determines
                                                text or Portable Document Format                         transmission facilities. That authority
                                                                                                                                                               that the proposed action will not have
                                                (PDF). To use PDF you must have                          expires on September 4, 2018. On
                                                                                                                                                               an adverse impact on the sufficiency of
                                                Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is                           February 28, 2018, RBC filed an
                                                                                                                                                               supply or reliability of the U.S. electric
                                                available free at the site.                              application with DOE for renewal of the
                                                  You may also access documents of the                                                                         power supply system.
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                                                                                                         export authority contained in Order No.
                                                Department published in the Federal                      EA–342–A for an additional five-year                     Copies of this application will be
                                                Register by using the article search                     term.                                                 made available, upon request, for public
                                                feature at: www.federalregister.gov.                        RBC’s application states that                      inspection and copying at the address
                                                Specifically, through the advanced                       ‘‘[n]either RBC nor any of its affiliates             provided above, by accessing the
                                                search feature at this site, you can limit               (collectively, the ‘RBC Companies’)                   program website at http://energy.gov/
                                                your search to documents published by                    owns, operates or controls any electric               node/11845, or by emailing Angela Troy
                                                the Department.                                          power transmission or distribution                    at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov.


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                                                  Issued in Washington, DC, on July 6, 2018.             activity shall be deemed to be                          Dated: July 9, 2018.
                                                Christopher Lawrence,                                    authorized effective the day after the                Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity.       time allowed for protest. If a protest is             Deputy Secretary.
                                                [FR Doc. 2018–14999 Filed 7–12–18; 8:45 am]              filed and not withdrawn within 30 days                [FR Doc. 2018–14979 Filed 7–12–18; 8:45 am]
                                                BILLING CODE 6450–01–P                                   after the time allowed for filing a                   BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                         protest, the instant request shall be
                                                                                                         treated as an application for
                                                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                     authorization pursuant to section 7 of                DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                         the NGA.
                                                Federal Energy Regulatory                                   Pursuant to section 157.9 of the                   Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                Commission                                               Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,                     Commission
                                                [Docket No. CP18–515–000]
                                                                                                         within 90 days of this Notice the
                                                                                                         Commission staff will either: Complete                Combined Notice of Filings #1
                                                Notice of Request Under Blanket                          its environmental assessment (EA) and
                                                                                                                                                                  Take notice that the Commission
                                                Authorization: Columbia Gas                              place it into the Commission’s public
                                                                                                                                                               received the following electric corporate
                                                Transmission, LLC                                        record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
                                                                                                                                                               filings:
                                                                                                         issue a Notice of Schedule for
                                                   Take notice that on June 29, 2018,                    Environmental Review. If a Notice of                     Docket Numbers: EC18–78–000.
                                                Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC                           Schedule for Environmental Review is                     Applicants: Florida Power & Light
                                                (Columbia), 700 Louisiana Street,                        issued, it will indicate, among other                 Company.
                                                Houston, Texas 77002–2700, filed a                       milestones, the anticipated date for the                 Description: Response to June 5, 2018
                                                prior notice request pursuant to                         Commission staff’s issuance of the final              Deficiency Letter of Florida Power &
                                                Sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the                      environmental impact statement (FEIS)                 Light Company.
                                                Commission’s regulations, for                            or EA for this proposal. The filing of the               Filed Date: 7/5/18.
                                                authorization to abandon two injection/                  EA in the Commission’s public record                     Accession Number: 20180705–5111.
                                                withdrawal (I/W) wells at its Brinker                    for this proceeding or the issuance of a                 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/26/18.
                                                Storage Field, located in Columbiana                     Notice of Schedule for Environmental                     Docket Numbers: EC18–120–000.
                                                County, Ohio, one I/W well at its                        Review will serve to notify federal and                  Applicants: National Grid USA.
                                                Victory B Storage Field, located in                      state agencies of the timing for the                     Description: Application for
                                                Marshall County, West Virginia, and                      completion of all necessary reviews, and              Authorization Under Section 203 of the
                                                associated pipelines and appurtenances.                  the subsequent need to complete all                   Federal Power Act of National Grid
                                                Columbia proposes to abandon these                       federal authorizations within 90 days of              USA.
                                                facilities under authorities granted by its              the date of issuance of the Commission                   Filed Date: 7/6/18.
                                                blanket certificate issued in Docket No.                 staff’s FEIS or EA.                                      Accession Number: 20180706–5008.
                                                CP83–76, all as more fully set forth in                     Persons who wish to comment only                      Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/18.
                                                the application which is on file with the                on the environmental review of this                      Take notice that the Commission
                                                Commission and open to public                            project should submit an original and                 received the following electric rate
                                                inspection. The filing may also be                       two copies of their comments to the                   filings:
                                                viewed on the web at http://                             Secretary of the Commission.
                                                www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.                                                                             Docket Numbers: ER15–958–006.
                                                                                                         Environmental commenter’s will be
                                                Enter the docket number excluding the                                                                             Applicants: Transource Kansas, LLC.
                                                                                                         placed on the Commission’s
                                                last three digits in the docket number                                                                            Description: Compliance filing:
                                                                                                         environmental mailing list, will receive
                                                field to access the document. For                                                                              Transource Kansas Compliance Filing—
                                                                                                         copies of the environmental documents,
                                                assistance, contact FERC at                                                                                    Compliance Filing Re Docket Nos EL18–
                                                                                                         and will be notified of meetings
                                                FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call                                                                             13 to be effective 6/1/2018.
                                                                                                         associated with the Commission’s
                                                toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)                                                                           Filed Date: 7/5/18.
                                                                                                         environmental review process.
                                                502–8659.                                                                                                         Accession Number: 20180705–5110.
                                                                                                         Environmental commenter’s will not be
                                                   Any questions concerning this                                                                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/26/18.
                                                                                                         required to serve copies of filed
                                                application should be directed to Linda                  documents on all other parties.                          Docket Numbers: ER18–1519–001.
                                                Farquhar, Manager, Project                               However, the non-party commentary,                       Applicants: Duke Energy Progress,
                                                Determinations & Regulatory                              will not receive copies of all documents              LLC, Duke Energy Florida, LLC, Duke
                                                Administration, Columbia Gas                             filed by other parties or issued by the               Energy Carolinas, LLC.
                                                Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana                         Commission (except for the mailing of                    Description: Compliance filing:
                                                Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas,                       environmental documents issued by the                 Correction to Order 842 (Primary
                                                77002–2700, at (832) 320–5685 or fax                     Commission) and will not have the right               Frequency Response) Filing to be
                                                (832) 320–6685 or linda_farquhar@                        to seek court review of the                           effective 5/15/2018.
                                                transcanada.com.                                         Commission’s final order.                                Filed Date: 7/6/18.
                                                   Any person may, within 60 days after                     The Commission strongly encourages                    Accession Number: 20180706–5062.
                                                the issuance of the instant notice by the                electronic filings of comments, protests,                Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/18.
                                                Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214                    and interventions via the internet in lieu               Docket Numbers: ER18–1905–001.
                                                of the Commission’s Procedural Rules                     of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)                 Applicants: PJM Interconnection,
                                                (18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene                   and the instructions on the
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                                                                                                                                                               L.L.C.
                                                or notice of intervention. Any person                    Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov)                      Description: Tariff Amendment: Errata
                                                filing to intervene or the Commission’s                  under the e-Filing link. Persons unable               to Tariff Revisions re: GDECs Standard
                                                staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of                to file electronically should submit an               Format Clean-Ups to be effective 9/17/
                                                the Commission’s Regulations under the                   original and 5 copies of the protest or               2010.
                                                NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to                   intervention to the Federal Energy                       Filed Date: 7/6/18.
                                                the request. If no protest is filed within               regulatory Commission, 888 First Street                  Accession Number: 20180706–5097.
                                                the time allowed therefore, the proposed                 NE, Washington, DC 20426.                                Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 7/27/18.


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CategoryRegulatory Information
CollectionFederal Register
sudoc ClassAE 2.7:
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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
ActionNotice of application.
DatesComments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on or before August 13, 2018.
FR Citation83 FR 32659 

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