Document ID: FERC-2022-1539-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: Portland General Electric Co.
Posted Date: 2022-12-02T05:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 231 (Friday, December 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 74140-74141]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-26268]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2195-196]

Portland General Electric Company; Notice of Application Accepted 
for Filing and Soliciting Comments, 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. Application Type: Temporary variance from Project Operating 
Plan.
    b. Project No.: 2195-196.
    c. Date Filed: October 19, 2022, and supplemented on November 7, 
2022
    d. Applicant: Portland General Electric Company (licensee).
    e. Name of Project: Clackamas River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the mainstem of the 
Clackamas River and the Oak Grove Fork of the Clackamas River, in 
Clackamas County, Oregon and occupies federal lands within the Mt. Hood 
National Forest managed by the U.S. Forest Service and a reservation of 
the U.S. Department of Interior's Bureau of Land Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)--825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Lindsay Smith, License Coordinator, 
Portland General Electric, 121 SW Salmon Street, Portland, Oregon 
97204; (503) 630-8378; [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Joy Kurtz, (202) 502-6760, [email protected].
    j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests 
is December 28, 2022.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, and protests 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://

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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, 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, MD 20852. The first page 
of any filing should include docket number P-2195-196. Comments emailed 
to Commission staff are not considered part of the Commission record.
    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 whose name appears 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. Description of Request: The licensee requests Commission 
approval for a variance from the Project Operating Plan (Plan) in order 
to accommodate testing of new Units 7 and 8 at the Faraday Powerhouse. 
The Plan, in part, requires the licensee to operate River Mill Dam to 
limit the hourly ramping rate to 10% or 100 cubic feet per second, 
whichever is greater, of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Estacada 
gage for all river flows. The testing is required in order to 
commission both units and place them into operation. The testing 
process will last approximately 90 days and begin between February 1 
and April 15, 2023. Testing will require the licensee to shift water 
between Faraday Lake and Estacada Lake as it passes various flows 
through the new units. In some cases, testing will require the licensee 
to cease generation immediately after passing high flows through the 
units. Given this, and the details of other testing procedures, the 
licensee requests to increase the hourly ramping rate at River Mill Dam 
from 10% to 20% and use generation data and spillway flow to calculate 
project outflow, versus the USGS Estacada gage required by the Plan. 
During testing, the licensee will focus on limiting downramping rates 
rather than attempting to match outflow to inflow, which is the case 
under typical operating conditions, in an effort to protect biological 
resources downstream of River Mill Dam.
    l. Locations of the Application: The Commission provides all 
interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of 
this document via the internet through the Commission's website at 
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 
excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access 
the document. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. Agencies may 
obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. At this 
time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public 
Reference Room due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency 
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the 
President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission at [email protected] or call toll free, 
(866) 208-3676 or TTY, (202) 502-8659.
    m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing 
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
    n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests or other comments 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 comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: All filings must (1) 
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``PROTEST'', or 
``MOTION TO INTERVENE'' as applicable; (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. All 
comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set forth their 
evidentiary basis. A copy of all other filings in reference to this 
application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons 
listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this 
proceeding, in accordance with 385.2010.

    Dated: November 28, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-26268 Filed 12-1-22; 8:45 am]
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