[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 114 (Friday, June 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 33917]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-13870]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Green Energy Storage Corp; Project No. 14613-000]


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

    On April 2, 2014, Green Energy Storage Corp 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 Weed Heights 
Pumped Storage Project to be located off-stream near Yerington, 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 150-megawatt closed loop pumped storage project would 
use the 775 feet of available head between a new upper reservoir and an 
existing open pit mine. The project would consist of the following: (1) 
A new 35-foot-high upper dam with a total crest length of 8,000 feet, 
impounding an upper reservoir with a maximum storage of 2,600 acre-
feet; (2) an existing open pit mine lower reservoir, with a maximum 
storage of 3,000 acre-feet; (3) a tunnel connecting the two reservoirs 
consisting of a 800-foot-long, 16-foot-diameter shaft; (4) two 75-
megawatt pump/turbines; (5) a 2,700-foot-long, 16-foot-diameter draft 
tube, extending from the turbines to the lower reservoir; (6) a new 
120-kilovolt (kV) transmission line extending about 7 miles from a new 
substation to the existing 120-kV transmission line owned by Sierra 
Pacific Power; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average 
annual energy production would be 400 gigawatt hours.
    Applicant Contact: Charles Gresham, Green Energy Storage Company, 
14747 N 87th Ln., Peoria, AZ 85381, Telephone (602) 478-9161.
    FERC Contact: Jim Fargo; phone: (202) 502-6095.
    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-14613-000.
    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-14613) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: June 9, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-13870 Filed 6-12-14; 8:45 am]
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