[Federal Register Volume 84, Number 57 (Monday, March 25, 2019)]
[Notices]
[Page 11084]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2019-05603]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14959-000]


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

    On January 10, 2019, Renewable Energy Aggregators 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 
Bechtelsville Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located in 
Bechtelsville Borough and Colebrookdale Township in Berks County, 
Pennsylvania. 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) A new 
upper reservoir with a surface area of 39 acres and a storage capacity 
of 584.96 acre-feet at a surface elevation of approximately 696 feet 
above mean sea level (msl) created through construction of a new 
roller-compacted concrete or rock-fill dam; (2) a new lower reservoir 
with a surface area of 18.7 acres and a storage capacity of 1,121.92 
acre-feet at a surface elevation of 243 feet msl; (3) a new 1,957-foot-
long, 4-foot-diameter penstock connecting the upper and lower 
reservoirs; (4) a new 150-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 25-foot-high 
powerhouse containing as many as two turbine-generator units with a 
total rated capacity of 20 megawatts; (5) a new transmission line 
connecting the powerhouse to a nearby electric grid interconnection 
point with options to evaluate multiple grid interconnection locations; 
and (6) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an 
annual generation of 88,110.14 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Adam Rousselle II, Renewable Energy Aggregators, 
5710 Oak Crest Drive, Doylestown, PA 18902; phone: 215-485-1708.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; phone: (202) 502-6336.
    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-14959-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14959) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: March 19, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-05603 Filed 3-22-19; 8:45 am]
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