[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 25 (Thursday, February 6, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 7177-7178]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-02484]


-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14556-000]


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

    On September 12, 2013, the Gridflex Energy, LLC, filed an 
application for a

[[Page 7178]]

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Rose Creek Pumped 
Storage Project (Rose Creek Project or project) to be located on the 
Rose Creek Reservoir, near the town of Hawthorne, Mineral County, 
Nevada. 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 an expansion of the existing 
Rose Creek Reservoir as upper reservoir and a new lower reservoir, 
joined by approximately 12,300 feet of conduit. The project would also 
consist of the following: (1) A 100-foot-high by 1,720-foot-wide 
roller-compacted concrete or concrete-face rock-fill expansion of the 
existing Rose Creek Dam; (2) a 40-foot-high by 4,100-foot-wide 
concrete-face rock-fill or earthen lower reservoir ring embankment; (3) 
an expanded upper reservoir with a surface area of 35 acres and a 
total/usable storage capacity of 2,112 acre-feet at normal maximum 
operation elevation of 6,390 feet msl; (4) a lower reservoir with a 
surface area of 21 acres and a total/usable storage capacity of 1,056 
acre-feet at normal maximum operation elevation of 4,075 feet msl; (5) 
a 2,200-foot-long, 9.6-foot-diameter concrete-lined low pressure 
headrace; (6) a 9,600-foot-long, 9.6-foot-diameter concrete and steel-
lined high pressure headrace; (7) a 700-foot-long, 11.6-foot-diameter 
concrete-lined tailrace; (8) a 200-foot-long by 60-foot-wide by 120-
foot-high powerhouse located at an elevation of approximately 3,930-
foot-high and at a depth of 150 feet below ground level; (9) a new, 20-
mile-long, 230-kilovolt (kV) transmission line connected to the 230-kV 
Dixie Valley Oxbow transmission line or a new, 15-mile-long, 230-kV 
transmission line connected to Sierra Pacific Power's Thorne 
substation; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual 
generation of the Rose Creek Project would be 547.5 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 1210 
W. Franklin St., Ste. 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
    FERC Contact: Tim Welch; phone: (202) 502-8760.
    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 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 at 
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14556-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14556) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 30, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-02484 Filed 2-5-14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P