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Dated: July 13, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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Dated: July 13, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–15319 Filed 7–18–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 15291–000]
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice
of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On November 4, 2022, Premium
Energy Holdings, 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 Pyramid Lake Pumped
Storage Project to be located in Washoe
County, Nevada, adjacent to Pyramid
Lake, approximately 27.5 miles
northwest of the city of Nixon. The sole
purpose of a preliminary permit 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 pumped storage hydropower
project includes several alternatives for
location of the upper reservoir, final
location is dependent on further studies.
All alternatives would use Pyramid
Lake as the lower reservoir and would
require construction of a roller
compacted concrete dam to develop an
upper reservoir. The reservoir
alternatives are discussed below.
The San Emidio Reservoir alternative
consists of: (1) a new upper reservoir
with a surface area of 180 acres and a
storage volume of 21,550 acre-feet at a
maximum water-surface elevation of
6,700 feet mean sea level (MSL); (2) a
0.32-mile, 28-foot-wide concrete-lined
headrace tunnel; (3) a 0.46-mile, 31-footwide concrete-lined tailrace tunnel; (4)
five 0.04-mile, 17-foot-wide steel
penstocks; (5) a 2.2-mile, 26-foot-wide
horizontal concrete-lined tunnel; and (6)
a 0.15-mile, 26-foot-wide concrete-lined
vertical shaft.
The Tohakum Peak Reservoir
alternative consists of: (1) a new upper
reservoir with a surface area of 160 acres
and a storage volume of 27,050 acre-feet
at a maximum water-surface elevation of
5,960 MSL; (2) a 0.25-mile, 32-footwide, concrete-lined headrace tunnel;
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(3) a 0.36-mile, 35-foot-wide, concretelined tailrace tunnel; (4) five 0.03-mile,
19-foot-wide steel penstocks; (5) a 1.71mile, 29-foot-wide concrete-lined
horizontal tunnel; and (6) a 0.15-mile,
29-foot-wide concrete-lined vertical
shaft.
The Lake Range Reservoir alternative
consists of: (1) a new upper reservoir
with a surface area of 160 acres and a
storage volume of 26,020 acre-feet at a
maximum water-surface elevation of
6,180 MSL; (2) a 0.3-mile, 31-foot-wide
concrete-lined headrace tunnel; (3) a
0.43-mile, 34-foot-wide concrete-lined
tailrace tunnel; (4) five 0.04-mile, 18foot-wide steel penstocks; (5) a 2.04mile, 29-foot-wide concrete-lined
horizontal tunnel; and (6) a 0.15-mile,
29-foot-wide concrete-lined vertical
shaft.
Powerhouse location would depend
on the selected upper reservoir
alternative. The powerhouse would be
between 200 to 300 feet below ground
level and constructed with steel and
concrete. The structure would be
approximately 500-feet-long, 125-feetwide, and 150-feet-high, containing five
pump-turbine motor sets rated at 400
megawatts (MW) each. Adjacent to the
powerhouse, the transformers chamber
would be constructed and reinforced
with shotcrete. The chamber would be
approximately 165-feet-long, 60-feetwide, and 50-feet-high.
The Pyramid Lake Pumped Storage
Power Plant would interconnect to the
Sylmar transmission line using a new
500 kilovolt (kV) transmission corridor
about 16.5 miles long but length would
vary depending on the selected upper
reservoir alternative. The
interconnection between the Pyramid
Lake Pumped Storage Project to the
Pacific DC Intertie will require a new
converter station. From there, the power
would be transmitted to a Rebuilt
Sylmar Converter Station West. Annual
energy production is projected to be
approximately 6,900,000 megawatthours.
Additionally, the project will be
interconnected with proposed
photovoltaic solar farms, through a new
500 kV transmission line to the new
powerhouse. Two alternatives for the
solar farms are proposed. The first
alternative is a 14,000-acre, 2,000–MW
solar farm on the north slope of Pyramid
Lake. The second alternative includes
two separate solar farms; a 10,000-acre,
1,428–MW facility on the north slope of
Pyramid Lake and a 4,000-acre, 572–
MW facility on the southeast tip of the
lake.
Applicant Contacts: Mr. Victor M.
Rojas, Managing Director, Premium
Energy Holdings, LLC, 355 South
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91789; email: victor.rojas@pehllc.com;
phone: (909) 595–5314.
FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta;
email; shannon.archuleta@ferc.gov;
phone (503) 552–2739.
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, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members, and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov. Comments, motions to
intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications
should be submitted within 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 get in touch with FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). Instead 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–
15291–000.
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
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–15291) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance, do
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not hesitate to get in touch with FERC
Online Support.
Dated: July 13, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–15314 Filed 7–18–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 1061–103]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company;
Notice of Availability of Environmental
Assessment
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission)
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office
of Energy Projects has reviewed the
application for a new license to
continue to operate and maintain the
Phoenix Hydroelectric Project. The
project is located on the South Fork
Stanislaus River in Tuolumne County,
California. Commission staff has
prepared an Environmental Assessment
(EA) for the project. The project would
occupy 26.99 acres of Federal land
administered by the U.S. Forest Service
and 0.59 acre of Federal land
administered by the Bureau of Land
Management.
The EA contains the staff’s analysis of
the potential environmental impacts of
the project and concludes that licensing
the project, with appropriate
environmental protective measures,
would not constitute a major Federal
action that would significantly affect the
quality of the human environment.
The Commission provides all
interested persons with an opportunity
to view and/or print the EA via the
internet through the Commission’s
Home Page (https://www.ferc.gov/), using
the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
number, excluding the last three digits
in the docket number field, to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202)
502–8659.
You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Any comments should be filed within
30 days from the date of this notice.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15291-000]
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On November 4, 2022, Premium Energy Holdings, 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
Pyramid Lake Pumped Storage Project to be located in Washoe County,
Nevada, adjacent to Pyramid Lake, approximately 27.5 miles northwest of
the city of Nixon. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit 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 pumped storage hydropower project includes several alternatives
for location of the upper reservoir, final location is dependent on
further studies. All alternatives would use Pyramid Lake as the lower
reservoir and would require construction of a roller compacted concrete
dam to develop an upper reservoir. The reservoir alternatives are
discussed below.
The San Emidio Reservoir alternative consists of: (1) a new upper
reservoir with a surface area of 180 acres and a storage volume of
21,550 acre-feet at a maximum water-surface elevation of 6,700 feet
mean sea level (MSL); (2) a 0.32-mile, 28-foot-wide concrete-lined
headrace tunnel; (3) a 0.46-mile, 31-foot-wide concrete-lined tailrace
tunnel; (4) five 0.04-mile, 17-foot-wide steel penstocks; (5) a 2.2-
mile, 26-foot-wide horizontal concrete-lined tunnel; and (6) a 0.15-
mile, 26-foot-wide concrete-lined vertical shaft.
The Tohakum Peak Reservoir alternative consists of: (1) a new upper
reservoir with a surface area of 160 acres and a storage volume of
27,050 acre-feet at a maximum water-surface elevation of 5,960 MSL; (2)
a 0.25-mile, 32-foot-wide, concrete-lined headrace tunnel;
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(3) a 0.36-mile, 35-foot-wide, concrete-lined tailrace tunnel; (4) five
0.03-mile, 19-foot-wide steel penstocks; (5) a 1.71-mile, 29-foot-wide
concrete-lined horizontal tunnel; and (6) a 0.15-mile, 29-foot-wide
concrete-lined vertical shaft.
The Lake Range Reservoir alternative consists of: (1) a new upper
reservoir with a surface area of 160 acres and a storage volume of
26,020 acre-feet at a maximum water-surface elevation of 6,180 MSL; (2)
a 0.3-mile, 31-foot-wide concrete-lined headrace tunnel; (3) a 0.43-
mile, 34-foot-wide concrete-lined tailrace tunnel; (4) five 0.04-mile,
18-foot-wide steel penstocks; (5) a 2.04-mile, 29-foot-wide concrete-
lined horizontal tunnel; and (6) a 0.15-mile, 29-foot-wide concrete-
lined vertical shaft.
Powerhouse location would depend on the selected upper reservoir
alternative. The powerhouse would be between 200 to 300 feet below
ground level and constructed with steel and concrete. The structure
would be approximately 500-feet-long, 125-feet-wide, and 150-feet-high,
containing five pump-turbine motor sets rated at 400 megawatts (MW)
each. Adjacent to the powerhouse, the transformers chamber would be
constructed and reinforced with shotcrete. The chamber would be
approximately 165-feet-long, 60-feet-wide, and 50-feet-high.
The Pyramid Lake Pumped Storage Power Plant would interconnect to
the Sylmar transmission line using a new 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission
corridor about 16.5 miles long but length would vary depending on the
selected upper reservoir alternative. The interconnection between the
Pyramid Lake Pumped Storage Project to the Pacific DC Intertie will
require a new converter station. From there, the power would be
transmitted to a Rebuilt Sylmar Converter Station West. Annual energy
production is projected to be approximately 6,900,000 megawatt-hours.
Additionally, the project will be interconnected with proposed
photovoltaic solar farms, through a new 500 kV transmission line to the
new powerhouse. Two alternatives for the solar farms are proposed. The
first alternative is a 14,000-acre, 2,000-MW solar farm on the north
slope of Pyramid Lake. The second alternative includes two separate
solar farms; a 10,000-acre, 1,428-MW facility on the north slope of
Pyramid Lake and a 4,000-acre, 572-MW facility on the southeast tip of
the lake.
Applicant Contacts: Mr. Victor M. Rojas, Managing Director, Premium
Energy Holdings, LLC, 355 South Lemon Avenue, Suite A, Walnut, CA
91789; email: [email protected]; phone: (909) 595-5314.
FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta; email; [email protected];
phone (503) 552-2739.
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,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members, and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission processes. For
public inquiries and assistance with filings such as interventions,
comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected]. Comments, motions to
intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or
notices of intent to file competing applications should be submitted
within 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 get in touch with FERC Online Support
at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502-8659 (TTY). Instead 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-15291-000.
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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P-15291) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC
Online Support.
Dated: July 13, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-15314 Filed 7-18-23; 8:45 am]
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