[6450-01-P]
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[GDO Docket No. EA-470-A]
Application for Renewal of Authorization to Export Electric Energy; EDECSAMEX, S.A.
de C.V.
AGENCY: Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of application.
SUMMARY: EDECSAMEX, Sociedad Anónima de Capital Variable (the Applicant or
EDECSAMEX) has applied for renewed 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 [INSERT
DATE 30 DAYS AFTER DATE OF PUBLICATION IN THE FEDERAL REGISTER].
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 nowdefunct 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) by
Delegation Order No. S1-DEL-S3-2023 and Redelegation Order No. S3-DEL-GD1-2023.

On July 18, 2019, DOE issued Order No. EA-470 authorizing EDECSAMEX to export
electricity from the United States to Mexico as a power marketer for a five-year term. On April
30, 2024, EDECSAMEX filed an application (Application or App.) with DOE for renewal of
their export authority for a five-year term. App. at 1.
According to the Application, EDECSAMEX is incorporated under the laws of Mexico
with its principal place of business in Mexico City, Mexico. Id. The Applicant is authorized by
Centro Nacional de Control de Energía, Mexico’s national grid operator, to transact as a
wholesale power marketer in Mexico and import and export electricity with the United States. Id.
at 2. The Applicant represents that “neither EDECSAMEX nor any of its owners hold a
franchised electric power service area nor have a native load obligation” and that it plans to
source excess power supply from ERCOT, CAISO, and potentially other markets bordering
Mexico. See id. at 3. EDECSAMEX asserts its commercial plan will not affect reliability or the
sufficiency of the electric supply within the U.S. Id. The Applicant also represents its exports
“will not impede or tend to impede the coordination in the public interest of facilities subject to
the jurisdiction of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission[.]” Id. at 1.
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 EDECSAMEX’s Application should be clearly
marked with GDO Docket No. EA-470-A. Additional copies are to be provided directly to Vahid
Sadeghpour, Sole Administrator, EDECSAMEX, S.A. de C.V., 2615 Centenary Street, Houston,

TX 77005, vsadeghpour@grupoedecsa.com, and Gregory Arroyo, Jr., Counsel for
EDECSAMEX, S.A. de C.V., 124 Palm Blvd., Missouri City, TX 77459,
garroyo@grupoedecsa.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 June 17, 2024,
by Maria Robinson, Director, Grid Deployment Office, pursuant to delegated authority from the
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 June 20, 2024.

Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer,
U.S. Department of Energy.

[FR Doc. 2024-13875 Filed: 6/24/2024 8:45 am; Publication Date: 6/25/2024]