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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9328-9329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02428]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15387-000]

HGE Energy Storage 4, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On December 27, 2024, HGE Energy Storage 4, 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 Lake 
Shasta Pumped Storage Project to be located in Shasta County, 
California, adjacent to Shasta Lake (reservoir), approximately 5.5 
miles northwest of the city of Shasta Lake. The proposed project would 
occupy federal land managed by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau 
of Reclamation. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit 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 proposed pumped storage hydropower project would consist of: 
(1) the existing Shasta Lake as a lower reservoir; (2) a new upper 
reservoir with a surface area of 16 acres and a storage volume of 3,150 
acre-feet at a maximum water-surface elevation of 3,000 feet mean sea 
level (msl); (3) four 9,000-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter steel-lined 
penstocks to connect the reservoir to the powerhouse; (4) a 250-foot-
long, 75-foot-wide, 100-foot-high, steel-reinforced concrete powerhouse 
constructed 100 feet below ground level, with four 280-megawatt (MW) 
reversible variable-speed pump-turbines, with a combined installed 
capacity of 1,120-MW; (5) a 100-foot-high, 30-foot-wide vertical access 
tunnel from ground level to the powerhouse; (6) a vertical intake 
structure to lead to the tailrace 100 feet below msl; (7) a 250-foot-
long, 200-foot-wide concrete-lined tailrace; and (7) a 2.5-mile-long, 
230-kilovolt line extending from the powerhouse to a planned AC-DC 
converter station. The estimated annual energy production of the 
project would be approximately 3,250,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse, HGE Energy Storage 4 LLC, 2901 
4th Avenue South #B 253, Birmingham, AL 35233; email: 
[email protected]; phone: (877) 556-6566.
    FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta; email; [email protected]; 
phone (503) 552-2739.
    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'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 
filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the 
public is encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
    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 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. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. For assistance, please get in touch with FERC Online Support 
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202) 
502-8659 (TTY). Instead 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. The first page of any filing 
should include docket number P-15387-000.

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    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed on the Commission's website (http://www.ferc.gov) using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
15387) in the docket number field to access the document. For 
assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 4, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-02428 Filed 2-10-25; 8:45 am]
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