[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 80 (Tuesday, April 26, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24552-24553]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-08841]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15241-000]


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

    On October 13, 2021, PacifiCorp filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of Long Ridge Pumped Storage 
Project to be located about 3 miles West of Mona, Utah. 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 for alternative 1 with a surface area of 277 acres, a 
total storage capacity of 3,672 acre-feet at a normal maximum operating 
elevation of 6,500 feet average mean sea level (msl); (2) a new upper 
reservoir for alternative 2 and 3 with a total storage capacity of 
2,798 acre-feet at a normal maximum operating elevation of 6,830 feet 
msl; (3) a new lower reservoir for alternative 1 with a surface area of 
90 acres at a normal maximum operating elevation of 5,220 feet msl; (4) 
a new lower reservoir for alternative 2 with a surface area of 98 acres 
at a normal maximum elevation of 5,320 feet msl; (5) a new lower 
reservoir for alternative 3 with a surface area of 98 acres at a normal 
maximum elevation of 5,115 feet msl; (6) a 14,784-foot-long tunnel 
penstock, with a hydraulic head of 1,280 feet, connecting the upper and 
lower reservoirs to the powerhouse for alternative 1; (7) a 16,368-
foot-long tunnel penstock, with a hydraulic head of 1,665 feet, 
connecting the upper and lower reservoirs to the powerhouse for 
alternative 2; (8) a 17,424-foot-long tunnel penstock, with a hydraulic 
head of 1,665 feet, connecting the upper and lower reservoirs to the 
powerhouse for alternative 3; (9) a new underground powerhouse that 
would be sited along the western shore of the lower reservoir for 
alternative 1, 2, and 3 containing three turbine-generator units with a 
total rated capacity of 500 megawatts; (10) a new 0.8-mile-long, 230-
kilovolt (kV) transmission line connecting the powerhouse to 
PacifiCorp's existing Mona substation for alternative 1; (11) a new 
1.2-mile-long, 345-kV transmission line connecting the powerhouse to 
PacifiCorp's existing Clover substation for alternatives 2 and 3; and 
(12) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual power generation at 
the Long Ridge Pumped Storage would be 1,460 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Tim Hemstreet, Managing Director, Renewable 
Energy Development PacifiCorp. 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1800, Portland, 
OR 97232 [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Ousmane Sidibe; Phone: (202) 502-6245.
    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

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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-15241-000.
    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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary/overview. Enter the docket number (P-15241) in the docket number field 
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 20, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-08841 Filed 4-25-22; 8:45 am]
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