[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 72 (Thursday, April 14, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Page 22207]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-07982]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15261-000]


Nevada Hydro, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On February 8, 2022, Nevada Hydro Company, Inc. 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 Lake 
Elsinore Advanced Pumped Storage Project to be located on Lake Elsinore 
and San Juan Creek near the city of Lake Elsinore in Riverside and San 
Diego Counties, California. The project would occupy about 845 acres of 
federal land administered by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest 
Service.
    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: (1) A new upper reservoir 
(Decker Canyon) with a gross storage volume of 5,750 acre-feet and a 
surface area of approximately 70 acres at a normal reservoir surface 
elevation of 2,790 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a 262-foot-high 
main dam located on the southwest side of the upper reservoir; (3) a 
water conduit system consisting of a 1,248-foot-long, 25-foot-diameter 
concrete-lined power shaft and a 8,247-foot-long, 15-foot-diameter 
power tunnel transitioning to two, 250-foot-long, 12-foot-diameter 
steel penstocks; (4) an underground powerhouse with two, reversible 
Francis-type pump-turbine units with a total installed capacity of 500 
megawatts; (5) the existing Lake Elsinore, to be used as a lower 
reservoir, with a surface area of about 3,412 acres at a normal 
reservoir surface elevation of 1,249 feet above msl; (6) two 2,450-
foot-long, 25-foot-wide, and 25-foot-high concrete-lined tailrace 
tunnels; (7) about 32 miles of 500-kilovolt transmission line 
connecting the project to an existing transmission line owned by 
Southern California Edison that is located north of the proposed 
project and to an existing San Diego Gas and Electric Company 
transmission line located to the south; and (8) appurtenant facilities. 
The estimated annual generation of the project would be 1,560 gigawatt-
hours.
    Applicant Contacts: Mr. Michael Swiger, Van Ness Feldman LLP, 1050 
Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007; (202) 298-1891; 
[email protected]; and Mr. Paul Anderson, Nevada Hydro Company, Inc., 2416 
Cades Way, Vista, California 92081; (951) 585-3277; [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Tim Konnert, (202) 502-6359.
    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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. 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-15261-000.
    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 https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search. 
Enter the docket number (P-15261) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 8, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-07982 Filed 4-13-22; 8:45 am]
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