Daybreak Power, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 20676-20677 [2021-08126]

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P [Project No. 15088–000] Daybreak Power, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2021–08220 Filed 4–20–21; 8:45 am] Federal Energy Regulatory Commission BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Docket Number: PR21–44–000. 18:12 Apr 20, 2021 Dated: April 15, 2021. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [FR Doc. 2021–08203 Filed 4–20–21; 8:45 am] VerDate Sep<11>2014 Applicants: The East Ohio Gas Company. Description: Tariff filing per 284.123(b),(e)+(g): Operating Statement of The East Ohio Gas Company 4/1/2021 to be effective 4/1/2021 under PR21–44. Filed Date: 4/13/2021. Accession Number: 202104135177. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/4/2021. 284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/ 14/2021. Docket Numbers: RP21–735–000. Applicants: Northern Natural Gas Company. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 20210414 Negotiated Rate to be effective 4/14/2021. Filed Date: 4/14/21. Accession Number: 20210414–5107. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/26/21. The filings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ fercgensearch.asp) by querying the docket number. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified date(s). Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. eFiling is encouraged. More detailed information relating to filing requirements, interventions, protests, service, and qualifying facilities filings can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For other information, call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Jkt 253001 On January 19, 2021, Daybreak Power, Inc., filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), to study the feasibility of the Halverson Canyon Pumped Storage Project to be PO 00000 Frm 00025 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 located near Lake Roosevelt in Lincoln County, Washington. 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 pumped storage project would use the Bureau of Reclamation’s Lake Roosevelt as the lower reservoir and consist of the following new facilities: (1) A 399-foot-high, rockfill concrete face upper reservoir with an estimated usable volume of approximately 29,000 acre-feet, at a maximum operating elevation of 2,400 feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a 10,015foot long water conveyance system connecting the upper and lower reservoirs composed of three 35-feet diameter headrace tunnels, nine 13-feet diameter penstocks, and nine 15-feet diameter draft tubes; (3) a 754-foot-long, 82-foot-wide, 128-foot-high powerhouse containing nine 295–MW fixed-speed pump turbine/generation units for a combined capacity of approximately 2,650 megawatts; (4) a 5-mile-long 765 kilovolts (kV) transmission line connecting the powerhouse with Bonneville Powers Creston substation; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The project intake would be on federal land. The estimated annual generation of the Halverson Canyon Pumped Storage Project would be approximately 8,899,000 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim Day, CEO Daybreak Power Inc., 4075 Wilson Blvd., 8th Floor Arlington, VA 22203; phone: (703) 624–4971; email: jim@ daybreakpower.com. FERC Contact: Ingrid Brofman; phone: (202)-502–8347; email: Ingrid.brofman@ 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 E:\FR\FM\21APN1.SGM 21APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 86, No. 75 / Wednesday, April 21, 2021 / Notices 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, 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 the docket number P–15088–000. 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/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–15088) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: April 14, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–08126 Filed 4–20–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD21–12–000] khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES Electrification and the Grid of the Future; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference As first announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued in this proceeding on March 2, 2021, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will convene a Commissioner-led technical conference in the above-referenced proceeding on Thursday, April 29, 2021, from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The conference will be held electronically. Attached to this Supplemental Notice is an agenda for the technical conference, which includes the final conference program. Discussions at the conference may involve issues raised in proceedings that are currently pending before the Commission. These proceedings include, but are not limited to: Michigan Electric Transmission Company, LLC, Docket No. ER21–424; Participation of Distributed Energy Resource Aggregations in Markets Operated by Regional Transmission VerDate Sep<11>2014 18:12 Apr 20, 2021 Jkt 253001 Organizations and Independent System Operators, Docket No. RM18–9. The conference will be open for the public to attend electronically. There is no fee for attendance. Registration for the conference is not required. Information on this technical conference, including a link to the webcast, will be posted on the conference’s event page on the Commission’s website, https:// www.ferc.gov/news-events/events/ technical-conference-discusselectrification-and-grid-future04292021, prior to the event. The conference will be transcribed. Transcripts of the conference will be available for a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc., (202) 347–3700. Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov, call toll free (866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 208–8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208–2106 with the required accommodations. For more information about this technical conference, please contact: Michael Hill (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, (202) 502–8703, Michael.Hill@ferc.gov Sarah Greenberg (Legal Information), Office of General Counsel, (202) 502– 6230, Sarah.Greenberg@ferc.gov Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, (202) 502–8004, Sarah.Mckinley@ferc.gov Dated: April 14, 2021. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2021–08128 Filed 4–20–21; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP21–110–000] Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Notice of Application and Establishing Intervention Deadline Take notice that on April 1, 2021, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC (Transco), P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, filed an application under section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Part 157 of the Commission’s regulations requesting that the Commission authorize the abandonment of its Eugene Island Block 184 ‘‘A–ROW’’ Platform and supply PO 00000 Frm 00026 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20677 laterals extending from Eugene Island Blocks 195 and 215 to Eugene Island Block 184 ‘‘A–ROW’’ Platform; and from Eugene Island Block 184 ‘‘A–ROW’’ Platform to Eugene Island Block 129 ‘‘A’’ located in Offshore, Louisiana. Transco states that the requested abandonment will have no impact on the daily design capacity of, or operating conditions on, Transco’s pipeline system, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open for public inspection. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the internet through the Commission’s Home Page (https:// ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. At this time, the Commission has suspended access to the Commission’s Public Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued by the President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 502–8659. Any questions regarding the proposed project should be directed to Andre Pereira, Regulatory Analyst, Lead, Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, P.O. Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251, by phone (713) 215–4362, or by email at andre.s.pereira@ williams.com. Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure,1 within 90 days of this Notice the Commission staff will either: Complete its environmental review and place it into the Commission’s public record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or issue a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review. If a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review is issued, it will indicate, among other milestones, the anticipated date for the Commission staff’s issuance of the final environmental impact statement (FEIS) or environmental assessment (EA) for this proposal. The filing of an EA in the Commission’s public record for this proceeding or the issuance of a Notice of Schedule for Environmental Review will serve to notify federal and state agencies of the timing for the completion of all necessary reviews, and 1 18 E:\FR\FM\21APN1.SGM CFR (Code of Federal Regulations) § 157.9. 21APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 75 (Wednesday, April 21, 2021)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20676-20677]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-08126]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15088-000]


Daybreak Power, Inc.; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application 
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 
Competing Applications

    On January 19, 2021, Daybreak Power, Inc., filed an application for 
a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 
(FPA), to study the feasibility of the Halverson Canyon Pumped Storage 
Project to be located near Lake Roosevelt in Lincoln County, 
Washington. 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 pumped storage project would use the Bureau of 
Reclamation's Lake Roosevelt as the lower reservoir and consist of the 
following new facilities: (1) A 399-foot-high, rockfill concrete face 
upper reservoir with an estimated usable volume of approximately 29,000 
acre-feet, at a maximum operating elevation of 2,400 feet mean sea 
level (msl); (2) a 10,015-foot long water conveyance system connecting 
the upper and lower reservoirs composed of three 35-feet diameter 
headrace tunnels, nine 13-feet diameter penstocks, and nine 15-feet 
diameter draft tubes; (3) a 754-foot-long, 82-foot-wide, 128-foot-high 
powerhouse containing nine 295-MW fixed-speed pump turbine/generation 
units for a combined capacity of approximately 2,650 megawatts; (4) a 
5-mile-long 765 kilovolts (kV) transmission line connecting the 
powerhouse with Bonneville Powers Creston substation; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The project intake would be on federal land. 
The estimated annual generation of the Halverson Canyon Pumped Storage 
Project would be approximately 8,899,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Mr. Jim Day, CEO Daybreak Power Inc., 4075 
Wilson Blvd., 8th Floor Arlington, VA 22203; phone: (703) 624-4971; 
email: [email protected].
    FERC Contact: Ingrid Brofman; phone: (202)-502-8347; email: 
[email protected].
    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

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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 the docket 
number P-15088-000.
    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/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15088) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: April 14, 2021.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2021-08126 Filed 4-20-21; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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