Document ID: FERC-2021-0307-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Desert Pumped Storage, LLC
Posted Date: 2021-03-17T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 50 (Wednesday, March 17, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14620-14621]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-05493]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15030-000]

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

    On April 27, 2020, Desert Pumped Storage 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 SilverKing 2 
Energy Storage Project (SilverKing 2 Project or project), a closed-loop 
pumped storage project to be located in Gila County, Arizona. 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 proposed project would consist of the following: (1) A new 33-
foot-high dam with a total crest length of 9,780 feet, creating a 2,047 
acre-foot upper reservoir with a maximum surface elevation of 1,499 
feet above mean sea level; (2) two 3,329-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter 
steel penstocks that would connect the upper and lower reservoirs after 
passing through the powerhouse; (3) a new powerhouse to be located 
close to the afterbay with an approximate elevation of 1,210 feet above 
mean sea level with four 25-megawatt generator units with a total 
installed generation capacity of 100 megawatts and associated 
switchgear and controls; (4) an approximately 100-foot-long, 14-foot-
diameter tailrace low pressure draft tube between the powerhouse and 
the lower reservoir; (5) a new 98-foot-high dam with a total crest 
length of 3,273 feet, creating a 1,846 acre-foot lower reservoir, with 
a maximum surface elevation of 1,210 feet above mean sea level that 
will utilize an existing waste rock dump of an open pit mine; (6) a new 
200 mega-volt ampere (MVA) substation located adjacent to the lower 
reservoir; (7) an approximately 500-foot-long new 230-kilovolt 
transmission line from the new substation to the existing transmission 
lines owned by Salt River Project Agricultural Improvement and Power 
District; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual 
generation of the SilverKing 2 Project would be 400 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Dr. Michael Werner, Desert Pumped Storage LLC, 
7425 East Columbia Drive, Spokane, Washington 99212; phone: (509) 280-
7486.
    FERC Contact: Khatoon Melick, (202) 502-8433, 
khatoon.melick@ferc.gov.
    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 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 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: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-15030-000.

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    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary/overview. Enter the docket number (P-15030) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 11, 2021.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-05493 Filed 3-16-21; 8:45 am]
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