[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 242 (Thursday, December 17, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Pages 69619-69620]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-33436]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[FE Docket Nos. PP-21-A and PP-58-A]
Application To Amend Presidential Permits, The Detroit Edison
Company
AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE.
ACTION: Notice of Application.
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SUMMARY: The Detroit Edison Company has applied to amend Presidential
Permits PP-21 and PP-58 which authorized construction of electric
transmission facilities that cross the U.S.-Canada border and connect
to the Ontario Hydro electric system.
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Specifically, the application requests authority to install a phase-
shifting transformer on the PP-21 facilities and to change the
operating voltage of the PP-58 facilities from 345-kilovolts (kV) to
230-kV.
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted
on or before January 19, 1999.
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be
addressed as follows: Office of Coal & Power Import and Export (FE-27),
Office of Fossil Energy, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence
Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20585-0350.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9506 or Michael T. Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-6667.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, connection, operation, and
maintenance 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.
The Detroit Edison Company (Detroit Edison) is a regulated policy
utility that owns generation and transmission facilities in the State
of Michigan. Detroit Edison is interconnected with Ontario Hydro by
means of four electric transmission lines which cross the U.S.-Canada
international border and for which Presidential permits have been
granted. These four interconnection facilities are:
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Presidential Detroit Edison
U.S. location Canadian location Voltage Permit No. Facility No.
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Marysville, MI.................. Sarnia, ON.............. 230-kV PP-21 B3N
Detroit, MI..................... Windsor, ON............. 230-kV PP-21 J5D
St. Clair, MI................... Moore Township, ON...... 345-kV PP-38 L4D
St. Clair, MI................... Moore Township, ON...... 345-kV PP-58 L51D
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On December 8, 1998, Detroit Edison filed an application with the
Office of Fossil Energy (FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) for
amendment of Presidential Permits PP-21 and PP-58. Detroit Edison does
not propose to make any physical changes to the existing overhead
conductors which cross the U.S.-Canada international border. However,
Detroit Edison does propose to install a new 230/345-kV, 950 MVA,
voltage-regulating autotransformer at the terminus of the L51D circuit
located within Detroit Edison's St. Clair Generating Station
switchyard. Installation of the autotransformer will reduce the
operating voltage of the facilities authorized by Presidential Permit
PP-58 from 345-kV to 230-kV.
Detroit Edison also proposes to install a 230-kV, 850 MVA, phase-
shifting, voltage regulating transformer at the terminus of the B3N
circuit (Presidential Permit PP-21) located at Detroit Edison's Bunce
Creek Station switchyard. In order to ensure that the proposed
additions do not impair the interchange capability of the
interconnection between Detroit Edison and Ontario Hydro, Detroit
Edison also will modify existing transformation and communications
equipment within its existing Bunce Creek and Waterman Station
switchyards and at its St. Clair Generating Station.
In Canada, Ontario Hydro will reconfigure the existing 230/345-kV,
650 MVA, voltage-regulating auto transformer installed on the L51D
interconnection so that it will operate in parallel with the existing
230/345-kV, 650-MVA, voltage regulating autotransformer currently
installed on the L4D circuit. Ontario Hydro also will install and
operate new 230-kV, 850 MVA, phase-shifting, voltage regulating
transformers on the L51D and L4D circuits within its Lambton Generating
Station switchyard. However, the actions to be taken by Ontario Hydro
are outside the jurisdiction of DOE and are noticed herein for
information only.
In its application, Detroit Edison claims that all exports of
electric energy through its international transmission facilities, as
modified, will be made in accordance with the electricity export
authorization issued by DOE on December 31, 1997, in Order No. EA-58-F.
That Order limits exports over the four Detroit Edison-Ontario Hydro
interconnections to a maximum instantaneous transmission rate of 2,200
MVA. Detroit Edison further states that, to ensure the reliability of
service to adjacent regions, it commits that the operation of the
international transmission facilities, as modified by this instant
application, will comply with all applicable criteria, standards, and
guidelines established by the North American Electric Reliability
Council and all regional councils of which Detroit Edison is a member.
Procedural matters: Any person desiring to be heard or to protest
this application should file a petition to intervene or protest at the
address provided above in accordance with section 385.211 or 385.214 of
the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Fifteen copies of such petitions and protests should be filed with
the DOE on or before the date listed above. Additional copies of such
petitions to intervene or protest also should be filed directly with:
Raymond O. Sturdy, Jr., The Detroit Edison Company, 2000 Second
Avenue--688WCB, Detroit, MI 48226-1279 and John D. McGrane, Michael C.
Griffen, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, LLP, 1800 M Street, NW, Washington,
DC 20036-5869.
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 and also consider
the environmental impacts of the proposed action pursuant to the
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. 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.
Copies of this application will be made available, upon request,
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above. In
addition, the application may be reviewed or downloaded from the Fossil
Energy Home Page at: http://www.fe.doe.gov. Upon reaching the Fossil
Energy Home page, select ``Regulatory'' and then ``Electricity'' from
the options menu.
Issued in Washington, DC on December 11, 1998.
Anthony J. Como,
Manager, Electric Power Regulation, Office of Coal & Power Im/Ex,
Office of Fossil Energy.
[FR Doc. 98-33436 Filed 12-16-98; 8:45 am]
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