GR Catalyst One, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene and Protests

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: New Major License.

b. Project No.: 4684-072.

c. Date filed: April 29, 2025.

d. Applicant: GR Catalyst One, LLC (GR Catalyst).

e. Name of Project: Stillwater Hydroelectric Project (Stillwater Project or project).

f. Location: On the Hudson River at the New York State Canal Corporation's Lock C-4 dam in Saratoga, Rensselaer, and Washington counties, New York.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Kelly Maloney, 230 Park Ave., Suite 447, New York, New York 10169; Phone at 207 233-1995, or email at Kelly.Maloney@relevatepower.com.

i. FERC Contact: Samantha Pollak at (202) 502-6419, or samantha.pollak@ferc.gov.

j. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and protests: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November 20, 2026.

The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file motions to intervene and protests using the Commission's eFiling system at ferconline.ferc.gov/​FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 10,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at ferconline.ferc.gov/​QuickComment.aspx. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Stillwater Hydroelectric Project (P-4684-072).

The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.

k. The application has been accepted for filing but is not ready for environmental analysis at this time.

l. The Stillwater Project consists of the following facilities: (1) a 5-foot-high concrete gravity dam topped with wooden flashboards; (2) an 821-foot-long uncontrolled spillway with a crest elevation of 82.4 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD 29) containing two sections of flashboards (Section A and Section B) of differing heights [approximately 2.1 feet high (Section A) and 1.33 feet high (Section B)]; (3) a reservoir with a surface area of 1,500 acres and a normal volume of 9,000 acre-feet at an elevation of 84.1 feet NGVD 29; (4) an outlet structure containing three 11-foot-wide, 10-foot-deep sluice gates and a 10-foot-wide fish bypass gate located between the right abutment of the dam and the powerhouse; (5) an intake structure; (6) an approximately 116-foot by 56-foot concrete and steel powerhouse containing two turbines with a combined capacity of 3.5 megawatts; (7) a 275-foot-long tailrace channel varying in width from 110 feet near the draft tube extensions to 230 feet at its downstream end; (8) a 4.16/34.5-kilovolt (kV) step-up transformer adjacent to the powerhouse; (9) a 3.5-mile-long, 34.5-kV overhead transmission line; and (10) appurtenant facilities.

GR Catalyst proposes to continue operating the project in a run-of-river mode with a minimum flow of 500 cubic feet per second (cfs) provided year-round over the east section of the flashboards. GR Catalyst also proposes to continue providing a year-round flow of 104 cfs through the fish bypass system, adjacent to the downstream end of the trashrack, for downstream fish passage.

m. A copy of the application may be viewed on the Commission's website at www.ferc.gov, using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field, to access the documents (P-4684). For assistance, contact FERC Online Support (see item j above).

You may also register online at ferconline.ferc.gov/​FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

n. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office of Public Participation at (202)502-6595 or OPP@ferc.gov.

o. Anyone may submit a protest or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, and 385.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any protests or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified deadline date for the particular application.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title “PROTEST” or “MOTION TO INTERVENE;” (2) set forth in the heading the name of the applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name of the person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain copies of the ( printed page 60609) application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular application.

p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)