[Federal Register Volume 76, Number 9 (Thursday, January 13, 2011)]
[Notices]
[Page 2370]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2011-545]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13863-000]


Mount Storm Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

January 6, 2011.
    On October 14, 2010, Mount Storm Hydro, 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 Mount Storm Pumped 
Storage Project to be located near Maysville, in Grant County, West 
Virginia. 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 project would consist of two artificial, lined reservoirs 
created by the construction of embankments. Two options for the upper 
reservoir site are proposed. The Option A upper reservoir would be 
joined with the lower reservoir by approximately 7,600 feet of conduit. 
Maximum hydraulic head would be 1,590 feet. Equipment would consist of 
one 200-megawatt (MW), one 100-MW, and one 50-MW reversible pump-
turbines, totaling 350 MW of generating capacity, with up to 100 MW of 
additional pumping capacity, for a total of 450 MW pumping capacity. 
Annual energy production is projected to be approximately 1,073,100 
megawatt-hours (MWh).
    The Option B upper reservoir would be joined with the lower 
reservoir by approximately 13,870 feet of conduit. Maximum hydraulic 
head would be 1,470 feet. Equipment would consist of one 150-MW, one 
100-MW, and one 50-MW reversible pump-turbines, totaling 300 MW of 
generating capacity, with up to 100 MW of additional pumping capacity, 
for a total of 400 MW pumping capacity. Annual energy production is 
projected to be approximately 919,800 MWh.
    For either option, the project would interconnect with either of 
three possible 500-kilovolt (kV) lines on the Allegheny Power system 
via a new, single-circuit 230-kV line about 4 miles in length. These 
500-kV lines include the Greenland Gap-Meadow Brook line, the Mt. 
Storm-Doubs line, and the planned Trans-Allegheny Interstate line.
    Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 
W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (904) 216-0254, e-
mail: [email protected].
    FERC Contact: John Mudre (202) 502-8902 or [email protected].
    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. Comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and 
competing applications may be filed electronically via the Internet. 
See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's 
Web site 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://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. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-13863-000) in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
[email protected]; call toll-free at (866) 208-3676; or, for 
TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2011-545 Filed 1-12-11; 8:45 am]
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