South Maui Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 3580 [2015-01140]

Download as PDF 3580 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 15 / Friday, January 23, 2015 / Notices Dated: January 15, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–01043 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14640–000] tkelley on DSK3SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES South Maui Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On October 20, 2014, South Maui Pumped Storage, 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 South Maui Pumped Storage Project (South Maui Project or project) to be located on the Pacific Ocean, in unincorporated Maui County, Hawaii. 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 features: (1) Four 400-foot-long, 200-foot-wide, 50-foothigh oval concrete storage tanks; (2) a 12,000-foot-long, 4.5-foot-diameter buried steel penstock; (3) a 150-footlong, 68-foot-wide concrete powerhouse; (4) two 15 megawatt (MW) Pelton turbine/generators; (5) three 10 MW multi-stage variable speed pumps; (6) an approximately 400-foot-wide, 450-foot-long tailrace/forebay; 1 (7) a 12,000-foot-long, 4.5-foot-diameter buried steel supply pipeline; (8) two 28kilovolt transmission lines totaling 8,000 feet long, interconnecting with the existing Sempra Gas and Power-owned Auwahi wind turbine transmission line; (9) a 5.6-mile-long paved access road; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the South Maui Project would be 5.2 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Bart O’Keefe, United Power Corporation, P.O. Box 1 The tailrace/forebay would be a small constructed inlet from the Pacific Ocean. Flows from the turbines would discharge into the tailrace/ forebay. Return flows for filling of the storage tanks would be pumped from the tailrace/forebay. VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:05 Jan 22, 2015 Jkt 235001 1916, Discovery Bay, California 94505; phone: (510) 634–1550. FERC Contact: Sean O’Neill; phone: (202) 502–6462. 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:// 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 https://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 FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P–14640–000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–14640) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: January 16, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–01140 Filed 1–22–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD14–14–000] Price Formation in Energy and Ancillary Services Markets Operated by Regional Transmission Organizations and Independent System Operators; Notice Inviting Post-Technical Workshop Comments On September 8, October 28, and December 9, 2014, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) staff conducted a series of technical workshops to evaluate issues regarding PO 00000 Frm 00034 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 price formation in the energy and ancillary services markets operated by Regional Transmission Organizations (RTOs) and Independent System Operators (ISOs) (RTOs/ISOs). All interested persons are invited to file post-technical workshop comments on any or all of the questions listed in the attachment to this Notice. We emphasize that commenters need not answer all of the questions. Commenters should organize responses consistent with the structure of the attached questions and take care to identify to which RTO/ISO the comment applies. Commenters are also invited to reference material previously filed in this docket, including technical workshop transcripts. These comments must be filed with the Commission no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on February 19, 2015. For more information about this Notice, please contact: Mary Wierzbicki (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and Information, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–6337, mary.wierzbicki@ ferc.gov. Joshua Kirstein (Legal Information), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502– 8519, joshua.kirstein@ferc.gov. Dated: January 16, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. Post-Technical Conference Questions for Comment The goals of proper price formation are to: Maximize market surplus for consumers and suppliers; provide correct incentives for parties to follow commitment and dispatch instructions, make efficient investments in facilities and equipment, and maintain reliability; provide transparency so that market participants understand how prices reflect the actual marginal cost of serving load and the operational constraints of reliably operating the system; and ensure that all suppliers have an opportunity to recover their costs. With proper price formation, the RTO/ISO would ideally not need to commit any additional resources beyond those resources scheduled economically through the market processes, and load would reduce consumption in response to price signals such that market prices would reflect the value of electricity consumption without the need to curtail load administratively. E:\FR\FM\23JAN1.SGM 23JAN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 15 (Friday, January 23, 2015)]
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[FR Doc No: 2015-01140]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14640-000]


South Maui Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 
Intervene, and Competing Applications

    On October 20, 2014, South Maui Pumped Storage, 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 
South Maui Pumped Storage Project (South Maui Project or project) to be 
located on the Pacific Ocean, in unincorporated Maui County, Hawaii. 
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 features: 
(1) Four 400-foot-long, 200-foot-wide, 50-foot-high oval concrete 
storage tanks; (2) a 12,000-foot-long, 4.5-foot-diameter buried steel 
penstock; (3) a 150-foot-long, 68-foot-wide concrete powerhouse; (4) 
two 15 megawatt (MW) Pelton turbine/generators; (5) three 10 MW multi-
stage variable speed pumps; (6) an approximately 400-foot-wide, 450-
foot-long tailrace/forebay; \1\ (7) a 12,000-foot-long, 4.5-foot-
diameter buried steel supply pipeline; (8) two 28-kilovolt transmission 
lines totaling 8,000 feet long, interconnecting with the existing 
Sempra Gas and Power-owned Auwahi wind turbine transmission line; (9) a 
5.6-mile-long paved access road; and (10) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the South Maui Project would be 5.2 
gigawatt-hours.
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    \1\ The tailrace/forebay would be a small constructed inlet from 
the Pacific Ocean. Flows from the turbines would discharge into the 
tailrace/forebay. Return flows for filling of the storage tanks 
would be pumped from the tailrace/forebay.
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    Applicant Contact: Mr. Bart O'Keefe, United Power Corporation, P.O. 
Box 1916, Discovery Bay, California 94505; phone: (510) 634-1550.
    FERC Contact: Sean O'Neill; phone: (202) 502-6462.
    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://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 https://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 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: 
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., 
Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include 
docket number P-14640-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-14640) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: January 16, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-01140 Filed 1-22-15; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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