[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 84 (Tuesday, May 4, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23711-23712]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-09355]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15109-000]


Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy Corp.; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On April 13, 2021, the Turnagain Arm Tidal Energy Corp filed an 
amended application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) 
of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the 
proposed Turnagain Arm Tidal Electric Generation Project (TATEG) No. 
15109-000, to be located on Turnagain Arm and adjacent lands of the 
Municipality of Anchorage and the Kenai Peninsula Borough. 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) Six 0.5-
mile-long, 300-foot-wide tidal power stations, with five stations 
containing 40, 10-megawatt (MW) tidal-to-electrical energy generating 
units and one station containing 42, 10-MW tidal-to-electrical energy 
generating units for a total installed capacity of 2,420 MW; (2) a 
transmission network consisting of 29.81 miles of undersea transmission 
lines connecting the six power stations and coming onshore at Point 
Campbell in Anchorage and near Possession Point on Kenai Peninsula 
Borough land; (3) a 7.5-mile-long, aboveground transmission line 
extending from Point Campbell through South Anchorage to a control 
building and step-up facility in South Anchorage; (4) a 2.91-mile-long, 
230-kilovolt (kV) aboveground transmission line extending from the 
Anchorage control building to a 40,000-square-foot industrial battery 
array with

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a storage capacity of 300 MW and then to the Chugach Electric 
Association substation in Anchorage; (5) a 0.2-mile-long, 230 kV 
aboveground transmission line extending from the control building to a 
200,000-square-foot hydrogen electrolysis plant and storage yard 
located in South Anchorage with a processing capacity of up to 1.21-
Gigawatts (GW); (6) a 34.8-mile-long, aboveground transmission line 
following an existing right-of-way extending from Possession Point to a 
control building and step-up facility in Nikiski; (7) a 2.75-mile-long, 
230 kV aboveground transmission line extending from the Nikiski control 
building to the Homer Electric Association substation; and (8) 
appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an estimated 
average annual generation of 10,599,500 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Christopher D.L. Lee, 821 North St., Suite 207, 
Anchorage, Alaska, 99501; phone: (504) 875-8223; email: 
[email protected].
    FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair; phone: (202) 502-6587; email: 
[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.
    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, you may submit a paper copy. 
Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 
First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via 
any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, 
Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include docket 
number P-15109-000.
    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-15109) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 29, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-09355 Filed 5-3-21; 8:45 am]
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