Vortex Hydro Energy; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 27297-27298 [2014-10884]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 92 / Tuesday, May 13, 2014 / Notices 27297 1005TH—MEETING—Continued [Regular meeting, May 15, 2014, 10:00 a.m.] Item No. Docket No. Company Certificates C–1 ........ CP13–83–000 .............................................. Issued: May 8, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. A free webcast of this event is available through www.ferc.gov. Anyone with Internet access who desires to view this event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Springer or David Reininger at 703–993–3100. Immediately following the conclusion of the Commission Meeting, a press briefing will be held in the Commission Meeting Room. Members of the public may view this briefing in the designated overflow room. This statement is intended to notify the public that the press briefings that follow Commission meetings may now be viewed remotely at Commission headquarters, but will not be telecast through the Capitol Connection service. [FR Doc. 2014–11011 Filed 5–9–14; 11:15 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14586–000] mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES James R. Robertson, PE; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On February 10, 2014, James R. Robertson, PE, filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of hydropower at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Sutton Dam, on the Elk River, in Sutton, Braxton County, West Virginia. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:27 May 12, 2014 Jkt 232001 Arlington Storage Company, LLC. 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 Sutton Hydroelectric Power Project would consist of the following: (1) A new 80-foot-long by 40foot-wide powerhouse containing three generating units with a total installed capacity of 9.2 megawatts; (2) a new multiple-port intake structure to be located at the upstream face of the Sutton dam; (3) a new 12-foot-diameter, 300-foot-long steel penstock; (4) a new 70-foot-long by 30-foot-wide switchyard; (5) a new 138-kilovolt, 4,000-foot-long transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the proposed project would be 36 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: James R. Robertson, PE, 5702 Reno Court, Boonsboro, MD 21713; phone: (240) 405–5667. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502–6736. 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–14586–000. PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–14586) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: May 6, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–10881 Filed 5–12–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 14587–000] Vortex Hydro Energy; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On February 21, 2014, Vortex Hydro 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 St. Clair River Hydrokinetic (St. Clair River Project or project) to be located on St. Clair River, in the city of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan. 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) Three new 20-footlong by 32-foot-wide by 27-foot-high oscylators, each containing four horizontal cylinders with a combined nameplate capacity of 33 kilowatts (kW), for a project total of 100 kW of installed capacity; (2) twelve 10-kW generator units; (3) a traditional direct current to alternating current inverter for power connection to the grid; (4) three 500-foot-long, 1-kilovolt (kV) to 3- E:\FR\FM\13MYN1.SGM 13MYN1 27298 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 92 / Tuesday, May 13, 2014 / Notices kV underwater transmission lines; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the St. Clair River Project would be 840 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Michael M. Bernitsas, Vortex Hydro Energy, 330 East Liberty, Lower Level, Ann Arber, MI 48104; phone: (734) 253–2451. FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams; phone: (202) 502–6331, email: tyrone.williams@ferc.gov. 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–14587–000. 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–14587) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: May 6, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2014–10884 Filed 5–12–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 19:27 May 12, 2014 Jkt 232001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Western Area Power Administration Loveland Area Projects, Colorado River Storage Project, Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project, Central Arizona Project, and Parker-Davis Project—Rate Order No. WAPA–163 Western Area Power Administration, DOE. ACTION: Notice of Order Concerning Formula Rates for Western Area Power Administration (Western) Transmission Projects to use under the WestConnect Point-to-Point Regional Transmission Service Participation Agreement (PA). AGENCY: The Deputy Secretary of Energy confirmed and approved Rate Order No. WAPA–163 and Rate Schedule WC–8, placing new hourly, non-firm, point-to-point transmission service formula rates for the Loveland Area Projects (LAP), Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP), Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project (INT), Central Arizona Project (CAP), and Parker-Davis Project (P–DP) in use under WestConnect’s PA into effect on an interim basis. DATES: The provisional rates under Rate Schedule WC–8 will be placed into effect on an interim basis on the first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after June 1, 2014. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Lynn C. Jeka, CRSP Manager, Colorado River Storage Project Management Center, 150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111– 1580, telephone (801) 524–6372; or Mr. Thomas Hackett, Rates Team Lead, Colorado River Storage Project Management Center, 150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111–1580, telephone (801) 524– 5503; or email WestConnect@wapa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WestConnect consists of a group of electric utilities currently providing transmission service in the Western Interconnection. Its members are a mixture of investor- and consumerowned utilities and Western. The WestConnect membership encompasses an interconnected grid stretching from western Nebraska to southern California and from Wyoming to the United StatesMexico border. In June 2009, Western began participating in the WestConnect Pricing Experiment (Experiment), which offered potential customers the option of scheduling a single transaction for hourly, non-firm, point-to-point transmission service over multiple transmission providers’ systems at a SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00022 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 single rate. The original term of the Experiment was 2 years and expired on June 30, 2011. In 2011, WestConnect filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to extend the term of the Experiment for 2 additional years, until June 30, 2013. To participate in the Experiment, Western converted its ‘‘all-hours,’’ nonfirm, point-to-point, formula transmission rates into on-peak and offpeak rates, similar to other Experiment participants. Western established these on-peak and off-peak rates for the Experiment on an annual basis using the authority granted to Western’s Administrator in Delegation Order No. 00–037.00 and Delegation Order No. 00– 037.00A to set rates for short-term sales. On April 16, 2013, WestConnect submitted to FERC an Amended and Restated PA that offers the coordinated hourly, non-firm, point-to-point transmission service on a permanent basis, effective July 1, 2013. On June 28, 2013, FERC issued an order conditionally accepting the PA and regional tariffs. In its order, FERC stated it was approving the proposal based on voluntary participation, and any customer that does not want to take service under the WestConnect Tariff provision may continue to take service under standard tariff provisions. Since the PA is now offering this coordinated, hourly, non-firm, point-topoint transmission service on a permanent basis, Western proposed to establish a permanent rate schedule for hourly, non-firm, point-to-point transmission for on-peak and off-peak hours for the WestConnect transmission product (78 FR 66695, Nov. 6, 2013). By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00A, effective October 25, 2013, the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power and transmission rates to Western’s Administrator; (2) the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to disapprove such rates to FERC. Existing Department of Energy procedures for public participation in power rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were published on September 18, 1985. Under Delegation Order Nos. 00– 037.00A and 00–001.00E and in compliance with 10 CFR part 903 and 18 CFR part 300, I hereby confirm, approve, and place Rate Order No. WAPA–163, the provisional formula rates for hourly, non-firm, point-to-point transmission service, into effect on an interim basis. The new Rate Schedule WC–8 will be promptly submitted to E:\FR\FM\13MYN1.SGM 13MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 92 (Tuesday, May 13, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Pages 27297-27298]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-10884]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

 [Project No. 14587-000]


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

    On February 21, 2014, Vortex Hydro 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 St. Clair River 
Hydrokinetic (St. Clair River Project or project) to be located on St. 
Clair River, in the city of Port Huron, St. Clair County, Michigan. 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) Three new 
20-foot-long by 32-foot-wide by 27-foot-high oscylators, each 
containing four horizontal cylinders with a combined nameplate capacity 
of 33 kilowatts (kW), for a project total of 100 kW of installed 
capacity; (2) twelve 10-kW generator units; (3) a traditional direct 
current to alternating current inverter for power connection to the 
grid; (4) three 500-foot-long, 1-kilovolt (kV) to 3-

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kV underwater transmission lines; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The 
estimated annual generation of the St. Clair River Project would be 840 
megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Michael M. Bernitsas, Vortex Hydro Energy, 330 
East Liberty, Lower Level, Ann Arber, MI 48104; phone: (734) 253-2451.
    FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams; phone: (202) 502-6331, email: 
tyrone.williams@ferc.gov.
    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-14587-000.
    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-14587) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 6, 2014.
 Kimberly D. Bose,
 Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-10884 Filed 5-12-14; 8:45 am]
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