90 FR 131 pgs. 30902-30903 - Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; DRW Energy Trading LLC
Type: NOTICEVolume: 90Number: 131Pages: 30902 - 30903
Pages: 30902, 30903Docket number: [GDO Docket No. EA-525]
FR document: [FR Doc. 2025-12953 Filed 7-10-25; 8:45 am]
Agency: Energy Department
Official PDF Version: PDF Version
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-525]
Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; DRW Energy Trading LLC
AGENCY:
Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION:
Notice of application.
SUMMARY:
DRW Energy Trading LLC (the Applicant or DRW Energy) has applied for 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 August 11, 2025.
ADDRESSES:
Comments, protests, motions to intervene, or requests for more information should be addressed by electronic mail to Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Janessa Zucchetto, (240) 474-8226, Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
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.
[top] 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.
On May 6, 2025, DRW Energy filed an application (Application or App.) for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico for a term of ten years. App. at 1.
According to the Application, DRW Energy is a power marketer with its principal place of business in Houston, Texas. Id. at 1. The Applicant states that it is "the wholly owned subsidiary of DRW Holdings, LLC." Id. DRW Energy represents that "The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has granted [it] authority to sell wholesale power at market-based rates under a market-based rate tariff." Id. at 1-2 & Exhibit G.
DRW Energy represents that it will purchase "power to be exported from a variety of sources, including but not limited to, power marketers, independent power producers, and U.S. electric utilities and federal power marketing entities." App. at 2. The Applicant thus asserts that because this power is surplus to the system of the generator, its proposed exports "will not impair the sufficiency of the electric power supply within the United States." Id.
DRW Energy further asserts that its proposed exports will not impair or tend to impede the sufficiency of electric supplies in the U.S. or the regional coordination of electric utility planning or operations. App. at 3. The Applicant states that it "will make all necessary commercial arrangements and will obtain any other required regulatory approvals to schedule and deliver its power exports." Id. The Applicant states that the electricity it plans to export "will be transmitted under arrangements with utilities that own and operate existing transmission facilities, consistent with the export limitations and other terms and conditions contained in existing Presidential Permits and electricity export authorizations associated with these transmission facilities." Id. The Applicant further states it will schedule transactions in compliance with reliability standards and guidelines established by the North American Reliability Corporation. Id.
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 Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov. 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 Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov in accordance with FERC Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings concerning DRW Energy's Application should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-525. Additional copies are to be provided directly to Michael J. Lowell, Esq., Reed Smith LLP, 1301 K Street NW, Suite 1000-East Tower, Washington, DC 20005, mlowell@reedsmith.com; Jon Hoff, DRW Energy Trading LLC, 1500 Post Oak Blvd., Suite 1625, Houston, TX 77056, jhoff@drwholdings.com.
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 Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of Energy was signed on July 7, 2025, by Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy. That document 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 July 9, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2025-12953 Filed 7-10-25; 8:45 am]
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