Document ID: FERC-2022-0669-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: Application: PacifiCorp
Posted Date: 2022-06-02T04:00Z

[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 106 (Thursday, June 2, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 33477]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-11774]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15242-000]

PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    On October 13, 2021, the PacifiCorp, filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of Electric Lake Pumped 
Storage Project to be located in Emery and Sanpete Counties, Utah. 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) The 
existing 31,500-acre-foot Electric Lake as the upper reservoir, which 
is impounded by the 229-foot-high, 8,586-foot-long Electric Lake Dam; 
(2) a new 3,900-foot-long, 375-foot-high concrete gravity dam; a new 
820-foot-long, 85-foot-high embankment dam; and a new 1,300-foot-long, 
150-foot-high embankment dam, each of which would impound a new 5,000-
acre-foot upper reservoir; (3) a new 9,504-foot-long, 24-foot-diameter 
penstock; (4) a new underground powerhouse containing up to three 167-
megawatt Francis pump-turbines generators; (5) a new 345-kilovolt, 
55,968-foot-long transmission line that would connect the powerhouse to 
the PacifiCorp's existing Huntington-Mona 345-kilovolt transmission 
line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual power 
generation at the Electric Lake Pumped Storage Project would be 1,460 
gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Tim Hemstreet, Managing Director, Renewable 
Energy Development PacifiCorp. 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1800 Portland, 
OR 97232 [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Ousmane Sidibe; Phone: (202) 502-6245.
    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 
[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, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-15242-000.
    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-15242) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 25, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-11774 Filed 6-1-22; 8:45 am]
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