[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 14 (Wednesday, January 22, 2020)]
[Notices]
[Page 3677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-00960]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15008-000]
Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications;
Gridflex Energy, LLC
On September 23, 2019, Gridflex Energy, LLC filed an application
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power
Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the Sweetwater Pumped
Storage Hydro Project to be located in San Juan County, New Mexico.
Gridflex Energy, LLC subsequently amended its application on January 3,
2020, and again on January 14, 2020. 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 closed-loop pumped hydropower project would consist of
the following new facilities: (1) A 9,000-foot-long, 40-foot-high dam
impounding an upper reservoir with a total storage capacity of 5,000
acre feet, a reservoir surface elevation of 6,770 feet above mean sea
level (msl), and a reservoir surface area of 120 acres; (2) 1,700-foot-
long, 130-foot-high dam impounding a lower reservoir with a total
storage capacity of 5,000 acre feet, a reservoir surface elevation of
5,685 feet msl, and a reservoir surface area of 163 acres; (3) two
primary conduits including one concrete-lined vertical shaft 1,200 feet
long by 25 feet in diameter, two concrete-and-steel-lined high pressure
tunnels 5,000 feet long by 14 feet in diameter, and two concrete-lined
tailrace tunnels 3,300 feet long by 16 feet in diameter; (4) a 500-
foot-long, 80-foot-wide, 50-foot-high powerhouse complex constructed of
concrete and metal formwork with three vertical shafts, each housing
200-megawatt variable-speed reversible pump-turbine and motor-
generators; and (5) a 9.3-mile-long, 345-kilovolt transmission line
with a tentative point of interconnection at the existing San Juan
Generating Station; and (6) appurtenant facilities. Initial fill water,
and make-up water for evaporation loss would be purchased from parties
holding water rights associated with the San Juan Generating Station or
otherwise associated with the San Juan River. The estimated annual
generation of the project would be 1,051,200 megawatt hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew Shapiro, Gridflex energy, LLC, 424
W. Pueblo St. #A, Boise, ID 83027; phone: (208) 246-9925.
FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann; Email: [email protected]; phone:
(202) 502-8127.
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-15008-000.
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 http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-15008) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: January 15, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-00960 Filed 1-21-20; 8:45 am]
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