# Application for Authorization To Export Electric Energy; Castleton Commodities Energy Trading LLC
**AGENCY:**
Grid Deployment Office, Department of Energy.
**ACTION:**
Notice of application.
**SUMMARY:**
Castleton Commodities Energy Trading LLC (the Applicant or CCET) has applied for authorization 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 6, 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 March 13, 2025, CCET filed an application (Application or App.) for authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada for a term of five years. App. at 1.
According to the Application, CCET is a power marketer with its principal place of business in Stamford, Connecticut. *Id.* at 1, 3. The Applicant states that it is a Delaware limited liability company and that it is a “wholly owned direct subsidiary of Castleton LP Holdings LLC.” *Id.* at 1. CCET represents that it “is authorized by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission . . . to make sales of electric energy, capacity, and certain ancillary services at wholesale in interstate commerce at market-based rates.” *Id.* at 2.
The Applicant states that it does not own or control any electric power generation or transmission facilities, nor has a franchised electric power service area. App. at 3. CCET represents that it will purchase surplus power from wholesale generators, electric utilities, and Federal power marketing agencies. *Id.* at 4-5. The Applicant states that its “proposed exports will not impair or tend to impede the sufficiency of the electric power supply within the United States or the regional coordination of electric utility planning or operations.” *Id.* at 5. CCET further asserts that it “does not have the ability to cause total exports on Presidential Permit facilities to exceed the authorized instantaneous transmission rate.” *Id.* The Applicant states that it “will make all necessary commercial arrangements and will obtain any and all other regulatory approvals required in order to carry out any power exports.” *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 Attachment 1.
*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 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (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 CCET's Application should be clearly marked with GDO Docket No. EA-522. Additional copies are to be provided directly to Compliance Department, Castleton Commodities International LLC, 2200 Atlantic Street, Suite 800, Stamford, CT 06902, *[email protected];* Daniel Frank, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, 700 Sixth Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001, *DanielFrank* @eversheds-sutherland.com; Allison Salvia, Eversheds Sutherland (US) LLP, 700 Sixth Street NW, Suite 700, Washington, DC 20001, *[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 June 30, 2025, by Chris Wright, Secretary of Energy, U.S Department 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 2, 2025.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.