82_FR_37736 82 FR 37582 - White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

82 FR 37582 - White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 82, Issue 154 (August 11, 2017)

Page Range37582-37582
FR Document2017-16960

Federal Register, Volume 82 Issue 154 (Friday, August 11, 2017) 
[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 154 (Friday, August 11, 2017)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-16960]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14851-000]


White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On July 13, 2017, White Pine Waterpower, LLC, filed an application 
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power 
Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the White Pine Pumped 
Storage Project to be located near the town of Ely in White Pine, 
Nevada. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to 
grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during 
the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit 
holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter 
upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express 
permission.
    The applicant proposes to study two alternative closed-loop pumped 
storage alternatives at the site: One sized to 250 megawatts (MW) and 
the other to 500 MW. The 500-MW alternative would consist of the 
following: (1) A new upper reservoir with a surface area of 52 acres 
and a storage capacity of 2,400 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 
approximately 8,530 feet above mean sea level (msl) created through 
construction of a new earth or rock-filled dam; (2) a new lower 
reservoir with a surface area of 40 acres and a total storage capacity 
of 2,400 acre-feet at a surface elevation of 6,290 feet msl; (3) 10,600 
feet of tunnel and penstock connecting the upper and lower reservoirs; 
(5) a new underground powerhouse containing three turbine-generator 
units; (6) a new 1.5 mile transmission line connecting the powerhouse 
to a nearby electric grid interconnection, (7) appurtenant facilities. 
The 500-MW alternative would have an annual generation of 502,717 
megawatt-hours (MWh).
    For the 250-MW alternative, the new upper and lower reservoirs 
would be sized to have half of the storage of the 500-MW alternative 
(1,200 acre-feet), reducing the dam size needed to impound the 
reservoirs. The alternative would require 11,700 feet of tunnel and 
penstock and have 2 pump-generating units. The 250-MW alternative would 
require the same transmission line and would have an estimated annual 
generation of 547,500 MWh.
    Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 
W. Franklin Street, Suite 2, Boise, ID 83702.
    FERC Contact: Jim Fargo; phone: (202) 502-6095.
    Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing 
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file 
competing applications: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. 
Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements 
of 18 CFR 4.36.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing 
applications using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14851-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14851) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: August 7, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-16960 Filed 8-10-17; 8:45 am]
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37582 Federal Register / Vol. 82, No. 154 / Friday, August 11, 2017 / Notices Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: issued, is to grant the permit holder at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ Original Service Agreement No. 4758, priority to file a license application ecomment.asp. You must include your Queue Position No. AA2–177 to be during the permit term. A preliminary name and contact information at the end effective 7/10/2017. permit does not authorize the permit of your comments. For assistance, Filed Date: 8/7/17. holder to perform any land-disturbing please contact FERC Online Support at Accession Number: 20170807–5139. activities or otherwise enter upon lands FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/28/17. or waters owned by others without the 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 Take notice that the Commission owners’ express permission. (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please received the following qualifying The applicant proposes to study two send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal facility filings: alternative closed-loop pumped storage Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Docket Numbers: QF17–1266–000. alternatives at the site: One sized to 250 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Applicants: Escondido Bioenergy megawatts (MW) and the other to 500 The first page of any filing should Facilty, LLC. MW. The 500-MW alternative would include docket number P–14851–000. Description: Form 556 of Escondido consist of the following: (1) A new More information about this project, Bioenergy Facilty, LLC. upper reservoir with a surface area of 52 including a copy of the application, can Filed Date: 8/3/17. acres and a storage capacity of 2,400 be viewed or printed on the eLibrary Accession Number: 20170803–5043. acre-feet at a surface elevation of link of the Commission’s Web site at Comments Due: None Applicable. approximately 8,530 feet above mean http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ The filings are accessible in the sea level (msl) created through elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number Commission’s eLibrary system by construction of a new earth or rock- (P–14851) in the docket number field to clicking on the links or querying the filled dam; (2) a new lower reservoir access the document. For assistance, docket number. with a surface area of 40 acres and a contact FERC Online Support. Any person desiring to intervene or total storage capacity of 2,400 acre-feet Dated: August 7, 2017. protest in any of the above proceedings at a surface elevation of 6,290 feet msl; (3) 10,600 feet of tunnel and penstock Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., must file in accordance with Rules 211 Deputy Secretary. and 214 of the Commission’s connecting the upper and lower Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and reservoirs; (5) a new underground [FR Doc. 2017–16960 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am] powerhouse containing three turbine- BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern generator units; (6) a new 1.5 mile time on the specified comment date. transmission line connecting the Protests may be considered, but DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY powerhouse to a nearby electric grid intervention is necessary to become a interconnection, (7) appurtenant party to the proceeding. Federal Energy Regulatory facilities. The 500-MW alternative eFiling is encouraged. More detailed Commission would have an annual generation of information relating to filing 502,717 megawatt-hours (MWh). requirements, interventions, protests, For the 250-MW alternative, the new Combined Notice of Filings #1 service, and qualifying facilities filings upper and lower reservoirs would be Take notice that the Commission can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ sized to have half of the storage of the received the following electric corporate docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 500-MW alternative (1,200 acre-feet), filings: other information, call (866) 208–3676 reducing the dam size needed to (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Docket Numbers: EC17–151–000. impound the reservoirs. The alternative Applicants: Waverly Wind Farm LLC. Dated: August 7, 2017. would require 11,700 feet of tunnel and Description: Application for Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., penstock and have 2 pump-generating Authorization for Disposition of Deputy Secretary. units. The 250-MW alternative would Jurisdictional Facilities and Request for [FR Doc. 2017–16958 Filed 8–10–17; 8:45 am] require the same transmission line and Expedited Action of Waverly Wind BILLING CODE 6717–01–P would have an estimated annual Farm LLC. generation of 547,500 MWh. Filed Date: 8/4/17. Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, Accession Number: 20170804–5211. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 W. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/25/17. Franklin Street, Suite 2, Boise, ID 83702. Docket Numbers: EC17–152–000. Federal Energy Regulatory FERC Contact: Jim Fargo; phone: (202) Applicants: GenOn Energy, Inc. Commission 502–6095. Description: Application of GenOn Deadline for filing comments, motions Energy, Inc. and Its Public Utility [Project No. 14851–000] to intervene, competing applications Subsidiaries for Approval Under White Pine Waterpower, LLC; Notice of (without notices of intent), or notices of Section 203 of the Federal Power Act Preliminary Permit Application intent to file competing applications: 60 and Request for Expedited Action. days from the issuance of this notice. Filed Date: 8/4/17. Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Accession Number: 20170804–5214. Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/25/17. Competing Applications CFR 4.36. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate asabaliauskas on DSKBBXCHB2PROD with NOTICES On July 13, 2017, White Pine The Commission strongly encourages Waterpower, LLC, filed an application electronic filing. Please file comments, filings: for a preliminary permit, pursuant to motions to intervene, notices of intent, Docket Numbers: ER16–328–004; section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act and competing applications using the ER10–2196–004; ER10–2740–012; ER10– (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility Commission’s eFiling system at http:// 2742–011; ER11–4027–009; ER13–1143– of the White Pine Pumped Storage www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 005; ER13–1144–005; ER14–152–008; Project to be located near the town of Commenters can submit brief comments ER15–1657–005; ER17–1849–001. Ely in White Pine, Nevada. The sole up to 6,000 characters, without prior Applicants: Cogentrix Virginia purpose of a preliminary permit, if registration, using the eComment system Financing Holding Com, Elgin Energy VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:18 Aug 10, 2017 Jkt 241001 PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\11AUN1.SGM 11AUN1


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