[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 5 (Monday, January 9, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Page 1218]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-00098]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15289-000]


Peak Hour Power, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On October 25, 2022, Peak Hour Power, LLC, 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 Silver Creek Pumped 
Storage Project to be located at Blythe Township in Schuylkill 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 150 acres and a storage capacity 
of 8,000 to 10,000 acre-feet at a pool elevation between 1,650 to 1,700 
feet above sea level (asl) and 1,750 to 1,800 feet asl created through 
construction of a roller-compacted concrete or rock-fill semi-circular 
dam and/or dike; (2) a new lower reservoir with a surface area of 100 
acres and a storage capacity of 10,000 acre-feet at a pool elevation 
between 1,200 to 1,300 feet asl at the site of the existing Silver 
Creek reservoir and neighboring abandoned mine land; (3) a new 3,000-
foot-long, 25-foot-diameter penstock connecting the upper reservoir and 
the underground powerhouse; (4) a new 250-foot-long, 70-foot-wide, 120-
foot-high underground powerhouse containing two 125-megawatt (MW) 
pumping-generating units with a total installed capacity of 250 MW; (5) 
a new 2-mile-long, 230-kilovolt transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 
facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 
784,750 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Paul A. DiRenzo, Jr., Peak Hour Power, LLC, 214 
Norwegian Woods Drive, Pottsville, PA 17901; email: 
[email protected]; phone: (570) 617-7810.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: [email protected]; 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 https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.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. 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-15289-000.
    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-15289) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: December 29, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-00098 Filed 1-6-23; 8:45 am]
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