[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 158 (Tuesday, August 19, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Page 40351]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2025-15767]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15388-000]
HGE Energy Storage 6, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On December 27, 2024, HGE Energy Storage 6, LLC (HGE Energy), 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 Oroville Pumped Storage Project to be located in Butte County,
California. 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 new facilities:
(1) a 30-foot-high, 5,600-foot-long earthen with rubber sheet and
asphalt lining upper embankment that would impound a 40-acre upper
reservoir with a storage capacity of 4000 acre-feet at a water surface
elevation of 2,300 feet above mean sea level (msl); (2) a pressure
shaft of undetermined length and diameter made of concrete and steel
lined (3) four 3,300-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter steel lined penstocks
from the upper reservoir to eight 330-foot-long, 15-foot-diameter
turbine penstocks; (4) a 350-foot-long, 75-foot-wide, 100-foot-high and
100-foot below ground concrete powerhouse and substation containing six
210-MW reversible variable speed pump-turbine generators; (5) a 300-
foot-long, 250-foot-diameter concrete lined tailrace; (6) a vertical
access tunnel 100-feet high and 30-feet in diameter to lead from ground
level to the powerhouse; (7) a vertical intake structure leading to the
tailrace 100-feet below sea level (8) an 1.3-mile-long, 115-kilovolt
transmission line; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project
would have an estimated annual generation of 3,675,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse, Manager, HGE Energy Storage 6,
LLC, 2901 4th Avenue South, #B 253 Birmingham, AL 35233 email:
[email protected] phone: (877)-556-6566.
FERC Contact: Jane Dalgliesh; email: [email protected]; phone:
(503) 552-2718.
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's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
community organizations, Tribal members and others, access publicly
available information and navigate Commission processes. For public
inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
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. 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:
Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent
via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should include
docket number P-15388-000.
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://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search.
Enter the docket number (P-15388) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: August 14, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-15767 Filed 8-18-25; 8:45 am]
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