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In previous years, the Commission 

has received nominations for more 

presentations than could be 

accommodated, and we anticipate that 

may be the case this year as well. 

Speakers are encouraged to submit new 

findings and novel work to ensure that 

the conference reflects the latest 

research. Presentation selections may 

prioritize nominations that cover topics 

beyond the research covered in previous 

years’ conferences. If a nomination 

builds on previous years’ 

presentation(s), authors are encouraged 

to explain in their abstract what new 

ground is being covered. Presentation 

proposals that involve many of the same 

co-authors and have similar contents 

may be combined into a single proposal 

for one presentation. 

All presentations materials (e.g., 

presentation slides) are due no later 

than 5:00 p.m. EDT on June 30, 2025. 

Before 1:00 p.m. EDT on July 7, 2025, 

Commission staff will work with 

presenters to provide quality assurance 

that their presentation materials are 

prepared, formatted correctly, and ready 

for delivery during the conference. All 

presentation materials submitted before 

1:00 p.m. on July 7, 2025 will be posted 

to the Commission website before the 

conference. Any updated presentation 

materials submitted after 1:00 p.m. on 

July 7, 2025 will be posted to the 

Commission website after the 

conference; however, the live 

conference may use presentation 

material versions submitted prior to the 

deadline rather than late submissions. 

The Commission will accept 

comments following the conference, 

with a deadline of August 10, 2025. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on 

the Commission’s website that enables 

subscribers to receive email notification 

when a document is added to a 

subscribed docket(s). For assistance 

with any FERC Online service, please 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or 

call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an email 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

(866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For further information about these 

conferences, please contact: 

Sarah McKinley (Logistical 

Information), Office of External 

Affairs, (202) 502–8004, 

Sarah.McKinley@ferc.gov 

Monica Ferrera (Technical Information), 

Office of Energy Policy and 

Innovation, (202) 502–8687, 

Monica.Ferrera@ferc.gov 

Dated: January 29, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02226 Filed 2–4–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2302–101] 

Brookfield White Pine Hydro LLC; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing, Scoping Meetings, and 

Environmental Site Review; Soliciting 

Motions To Intervene and Protests; 

and Soliciting Scoping Comments 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–2302–101. 

c. Date filed: August 28, 2024. 

d. Applicant: Brookfield White Pine 

Hydro LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Lewiston Falls 

Hydroelectric Project (project). 

f. Location: On the Androscoggin 

River in the Cities of Lewiston and 

Auburn, and the Town of Durham, 

Androscoggin County, Maine. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Luke T. 

Anderson, Brookfield Renewable, 150 

Main Street, Lewiston, Maine 04240; 

(207) 755–5613; email at 

Luke.Anderson@

brookfieldrenewable.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Lauren Townson at 

(202) 502–8572, or Lauren.Townson@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments and motions to intervene and 

protests: March 31, 2025. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file scoping 

comments and motions to intervene and 

protests using the Commission’s eFiling 

system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can 

submit brief comments up to 6,000 

characters, without prior registration, 

using the eComment system at https:// 

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: Lewiston Falls Project (P–2302– 

101). 

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 intervener 

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. This application has been accepted 

for filing, but is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. Project Description: The Lewiston 

Falls Project consists of: (1) a dam 

consisting of 5 distinct sections: (a) a 

154-foot-long stone masonry section 

topped with a single rubber dam for a 

total elevation of 169.07 feet, (b) a 279- 

foot-long stone masonry section topped 

with a single rubber dam for a total 

elevation of 169.07 feet, (c) a 161-footlong stone masonry section topped with 

a single rubber dam for a total elevation 

of 168.60 feet, (d) a 162-foot-long stone 

masonry section topped with a single 

rubber dam for a total elevation of 

168.60 feet, and (e) a 57-foot-long 

concrete section topped with 1.34-foothigh flashboards for a total elevation of 

168.17 feet; (2) a 2.5-mile-long, 169-acre 

impoundment at a full pond elevation of 

168.17 feet; (3) an 85.16-foot-long, 60- 

foot-high reinforced concrete intake 

with 3.25-inch spaced trashracks; (4) 

four 16.8-foot wide intake tubes, each 

pair converging into one; (4) a 

reinforced concrete powerhouse 

containing two vertical Kaplan turbine 

generators for a total installed capacity 

of 28.44 megawatts; (5) a 400-foot-long, 

75-foot-wide excavated tailrace; (6) a 

111.6-foot-long, 26.3-foot-wide masonry 

canal gatehouse located at the southeast 

corner of the impoundment diverting 

flow to a canal system; (7) a 12.5 to 34.5- 

kilovolt (kV) transformer; (8) a 125-footlong underground transmission line 

connected to Central Maine Power’s 

distribution system; and (8) appurtenant 

facilities. The project average annual 

generation between 2013 and 2023 was 

157,614 megawatt-hours (MWh). 


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1The appendix referenced in this notice will not 

appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the 

appendix were sent to all those receiving this notice 

in the mail and are available at https://www.ferc.gov 

using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call (866) 208– 

3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). 

Brookfield currently operates the 

project in a run-of-river mode by 

typically limiting impoundment 

drawdowns to no more than 1 foot 

below the normal elevation of 168.17 

feet. However, the project is licensed to 

operate with up to four feet of 

impoundment drawdowns. The current 

license requires Brookfield to release a 

minimum flow of 1,430 cfs or inflow, 

whichever is less. Brookfield states that 

it meets this requirement by releasing 50 

cfs from the impoundment to the 

Lewiston Canal System and 1,380 cfs to 

the river downstream of the project. The 

maximum hydraulic capacity of the 

project’s generating units is 6,600 cfs 

and the minimum hydraulic capacity of 

a single unit is approximately 800 cfs. 

The licensee is proposing to remove 

an existing building from the project 

boundary. The building is a non-project 

facility and is located near the Canal 

Gatehouse. The building is privately 

owned and serves no project purpose, 

according to Brookfield’s application. In 

total, this change will remove 0.08 acre 

from the project boundary, resulting in 

a total of 237.88 acres remaining within 

the project boundary. 

m. A copy of the application can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website at 

https://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, please contact 

FERC Online Support (see item j above). 

You may also register at https://

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to 

be notified via email of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support (see item 

j above). 

n. 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. 

When the application is ready for 

environmental analysis, the 

Commission will issue a public notice 

requesting comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, or prescriptions. 

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, address, 

and telephone number 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 

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. 

o. The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, Tribal members and others, 

access publicly available information 

and navigate Commission processes. For 

public inquiries and assistance with 

making filings such as interventions, 

comments, or requests for rehearing, the 

public is encouraged to contact OPP at 

(202) 502–6595 or OPP@ferc.gov. 

p. The Commission’s scoping process 

will help determine the required level of 

analysis and satisfy the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

scoping requirements, irrespective of 

whether the Commission issues an 

environmental assessment or an 

environmental impact statement. 

Scoping Meetings 

In addition to written comments 

solicited by this notice, Commission 

staff will hold two public scoping 

meetings at the times and locations 

noted below. All interested individuals, 

resource agencies, Native American 

Tribes, and NGOs are invited to attend 

any of the meetings to assist 

Commission staff in identifying the 

scope of environmental issues that 

should be analyzed in the NEPA 

document. 

The times and locations of these 

meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: February 19, 2025. 

Time: 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. EST. 

Location: Hampton Inn Lewiston/ 

Auburn Hotel. 

Address: 15 Lincoln Street, Lewiston, 

Maine 04240. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: February 19, 2025. 

Time: 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. EST. 

Location: Hampton Inn Lewiston/ 

Auburn Hotel. 

Address: 15 Lincoln Street, Lewiston, 

Maine 04240. 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the web 

at https://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

m. 

Environmental Site Review 

Brookfield White Pine and 

Commission staff will conduct an 

environmental site review of the project 

beginning at 8 a.m. on February 20, 

2025. We recommend meeting at the 

Hampton Inn Lewiston/Auburn Hotel 

(located at 15 Lincoln Street, Lewiston, 

Maine 04240) to carpool to project. 

All interested individuals, resource 

agencies, Native American Tribes, and 

NGOs are invited to attend the site 

review. Attendees should wear 

appropriate outdoor clothing and 

footwear. Persons planning on 

participating in the site visit must RSVP 

to Mr. Luke Anderson of Brookfield at 

luke.anderson@

brookfieldrenewable.com or by phone at 

(207) 755–5613, no later than February 

10, 2025, to register for the 

environmental site review. 

Meeting Procedures 

Individuals, NGOs, Native American 

Tribes, and agencies with 

environmental expertise and concerns 

are encouraged to attend the meetings 

and to assist the staff in defining and 

clarifying the issues to be addressed in 

the NEPA document. At the start of each 

meeting, Commission staff will provide 

a brief overview of the meeting format 

and objectives. Individual oral 

comments will be taken on a one-on-one 

basis with a court reporter (with 

Commission staff present). This format 

is designed to receive the maximum 

number of oral comments in a 

convenient way during the timeframe 

allotted. If you wish to speak, 

Commission staff will hand out 

numbers in the order of your arrival. If 

all individuals who wish to provide 

comments have had an opportunity to 

do so, Commission staff may conclude 

the meeting a half hour earlier than the 

scheduled time. Please see appendix 1 

for additional information on the 

session format and conduct.1


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Scoping comments will be recorded 

by the court reporter and become part of 

the public record for this proceeding. 

Transcripts will be publicly available on 

FERC’s eLibrary system. If a significant 

number of people are interested in 

providing oral comments in the one-onone settings, a time limit of 5 minutes 

may be implemented for each 

commentor. 

It is important to note that the 

Commission provides equal 

consideration to all comments received, 

whether filed in writing or provided 

orally at a scoping session. Although 

there will not be a formal presentation, 

Commission staff will be available 

throughout the scoping session to 

answer your questions about the 

environmental review process. 

Representatives from White Pine will 

also be present to answer projectspecific questions. 

q. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following anticipated processing 

schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 

be made as appropriate. The schedule 

for issuing draft and final NEPA 

documents is consistent with the 

Commission’s Notice of Revised 

Schedule issued November 15, 2023: 

Scoping Document 1 Issued—January 

2025 

Acceptance and Scoping Notice 

Issued—January 2025 

Scoping Document 1 Comments Due— 

March 2025 

Issue Scoping Document 2 (if needed)— 

April 2025 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental 

Analysis—August 2025 

Comments, Recommendations and 

Agency Terms and Conditions/ 

Prescriptions Due—October 2025 

Applicant’s Reply Comments Due— 

November 2025 

Commission Issues Draft NEPA 

Document—April 2026 

Commission Issues Final NEPA 

Document—October 2026 

Dated: January 29, 2025. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2025–02225 Filed 2–4–25; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG25–82–000. 

Applicants: VESI 38 LLC. 

Description: VESI 38 LLC submits 

Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/29/25. 

Accession Number: 20250129–5228. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/19/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–83–000. 

Applicants: B&K Solar, LLC. 

Description: B&K Solar, LLC submits 

Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5000. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–84–000. 

Applicants: Barn Perch Solar, LLC. 

Description: Barn Perch Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5012. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–85–000. 

Applicants: Juniper Solar, LLC. 

Description: Juniper Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5014. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–86–000. 

Applicants: Melsam Solar, LLC. 

Description: Melsam Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5021. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–87–000. 

Applicants: Rollins Solar, LLC. 

Description: Rollins Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5026. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–88–000. 

Applicants: Ross Solar, LLC. 

Description: Ross Solar, LLC submits 

Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt 

Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5028. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–89–000. 

Applicants: Shorthorn Solar, LLC. 

Description: Shorthorn Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5029. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–90–000. 

Applicants: Ten Governors Solar, 

LLC. 

Description: Ten Governors Solar, 

LLC submits Notice of Self-Certification 

of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5030. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–91–000. 

Applicants: Wallace Solar I, LLC. 

Description: Wallace Solar I, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5031. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–92–000. 

Applicants: Culpepper Solar, LLC. 

Description: Culpepper Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5032. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–93–000. 

Applicants: Five Circles Solar, LLC. 

Description: Five Circles Solar, LLC 

submits Notice of Self-Certification of 

Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5034. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: EG25–94–000. 

Applicants: Aulander Holloman 

Solar, LLC. 

Description: Aulander Holloman 

Solar, LLC submits Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5203. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER18–128–001. 

Applicants: 54KR 8ME LLC. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Compliance to 1 to be effective 1/31/ 

2025. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5131. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–2–001. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc., 

Missouri Joint Municipal Electric Utility 

Commission. 

Description: Compliance filing: 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc. submits tariff filing per 

35: 2025–01–30_Compliance for 

MJMEUC Request for Approval of 

Capital Structure to be effective 1/1/ 

2025. 

Filed Date: 1/30/25. 

Accession Number: 20250130–5039. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/20/25. 

Docket Numbers: ER25–590–001. 

Applicants: Pome BESS LLC. 

Description: Tariff Amendment: 

POME BESS Deficiency Filing ER25– 

590 to be effective 2/17/2025. 


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