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should file a comment or protest to the
Application at Electricity.Exports@
hq.doe.gov. Protests should be filed in
accordance with Rule 211 of Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission’s
(FERC’s) Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Any
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hq.doe.gov in accordance with FERC
Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214).
Comments and other filings
concerning TEC’s Application should be
clearly marked with GDO Docket No.
EA–388–B. Additional copies are to be
provided directly to Etienne Lapointe,
Chief Executive Officer, TEC Energy
Inc., 5455 Av Gaspe, Suite 420,
Montreal Quebec, H2T 3B3 Canada,
elapointe@tecenergy.ca.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2535–129]
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.;
Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and
Soliciting Additional Study Requests
and Establishing Procedural Schedule
for Relicensing and a Deadline for
Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: 2535–129.
c. Date Filed: October 27, 2023.
d. Submitted By: Dominion Energy
South Carolina, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Stevens Creek
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the confluence of
Stevens Creek and the Savannah River,
in Edgefield and McCormick Counties,
South Carolina, and Columbia County,
Georgia. The project occupies
approximately 104 acres of federal land
administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Amy
Bresnahan, Dominion Energy South
Carolina, Inc., 220 Operation Way, Mail
Code A221, Cayce, SC 29033–3712;
(803) 217–9965; email—
Amy.Bresnahan@dominionenergy.com.
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at
(202) 502–6181; or email at
jeanne.edwards@ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal,
state, local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues
that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests
described in item l below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See, 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or
person believes that an additional
scientific study should be conducted in
order to form an adequate factual basis
for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource
agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
a request for a study with the
Commission not later than 60 days from
the date of filing of the application, and
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serve a copy of the request on the
applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: December 8, 2023.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file additional
study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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. All filings must clearly identify
the project name and docket number on
the first page: Stevens Creek Project (P–
2535–129).
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The Stevens Creek Project consists
of these existing facilities: (1) a single
dam with an integral powerhouse intake
and lock consisting of (a) a 102.5-footlong non-overflow section with a top
elevation of 198.54 feet National
Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD),
(b) a 2,000-foot-long overflow spillway
with a top elevation of 183.5 feet NGVD,
(c) a 1,000-foot-long, 5-foot-high
flashboard section from the lock to the
center of the spillway, (d) a 1,000 footlong, 4-foot-high steel flashboard section
from the center of the spillway to the
South Carolina abutment, (e) an 85-footwide, 165.5-foot-long concrete gravity
navigation lock, with a lock chamber
that is 30-foot-wide, 150-foot-long, and
has a 29-foot-lift, located between the
powerhouse and spillway section, (f) a
388-foot-long powerhouse intake,
integral with the dam, protected by
trashracks with 3.75-inch-clear bar
spacing, and (g) a 97-foot-long nonoverflow section; (2) a 388-foot-long, 52foot-wide, 57-foot-high three-story brick
powerhouse, integral with the dam,
containing eight vertical Francis
generating units, each rated at 3,125
horsepower, a total generating capacity
of 17.28 megawatts, and total hydraulic
capacity of 8,300 cubic feet per second;
(3) a 2,400-acre reservoir with a storage
capacity of 23,699-acre-feet at a full
pond elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD; (4)
generator leads from the powerhouse to
a switchyard located approximately 100
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feet from the powerhouse; and (5)
ancillary equipment.
The Stevens Creek Project operates as
a re-regulating project, mitigating the
downstream effects of the routinely
wide-ranging discharges from the
upstream U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
J. Strom Thurmond hydroelectric
project. The Stevens Creek reservoir
normally fluctuates between an
elevation of 183.0 feet NGVD and 187.5
feet NGVD, using available storage
capacity to re-regulate flows released
from Thurmond Dam.
o. Copies of the application may be
viewed on the Commission’s website at
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 (P–2535). For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll-free) or (202) 502–
8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
p. 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 making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595, or OPP@
ferc.gov.
q. Procedural schedule and final
amendments: the application will be
processed according to the following
preliminary schedule. Revisions to the
schedule will be made as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) ..........................................................................................................................................
Request Additional Information (if necessary) .............................................................................................................................
Issue Acceptance Letter ..............................................................................................................................................................
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments ...................................................................................................................................
Request Additional Information (if necessary) .............................................................................................................................
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if necessary) ...................................................................................................................................
Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis .....................................................................................................................
r. Final amendments to the
application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from
the issuance date of the notice of ready
for environmental analysis.
Dated: November 8, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC24–16–000.
Applicants: EGP Stillwater Solar,
LLC, EGP Stillwater Solar PV II, LLC.
Description: Joint Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of EGP Stillwater
Solar, LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 11/7/23.
Accession Number: 20231107–5157.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/28/23.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following Complaints and
Compliance filings in EL Dockets:
Docket Numbers: EL24–12–000.
Applicants: Independent Market
Monitor for PJM v. PJM Interconnection,
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PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.
Filed Date: 11/7/23.
Accession Number: 20231107–5098.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/27/23.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER14–41–009;
ER14–42–009; ER16–498–008; ER16–
499–008; ER16–500–008; ER16–2277–
002; ER16–2289–003; ER18–1174–003;
ER20–2448–004; ER21–133–004; ER21–
736–005; ER21–1962–005; ER21–2634–
003; ER22–2784–002.
Applicants: MN8 Energy Marketing
LLC, Solar Star Lost Hills, LLC,
Mulberry BESS LLC, RE Slate 1 LLC,
HDSI, LLC, American Kings Solar, LLC,
Imperial Valley Solar 2, LLC, Golden
Fields Solar I, LLC, Solar Star California
XLI, LLC, RE Mustang 4 LLC, RE
Mustang 3 LLC, RE Mustang LLC, RE
Rosamond Two LLC, RE Rosamond One
LLC.
Description: Notice of Non-Material
Change in Status of RE Rosamond One
LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 11/1/23.
Accession Number: 20231101–5288.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/22/23.
Docket Numbers: ER23–2887–001.
Applicants: Arizona Public Service
Company.
Description: Tariff Amendment: Rate
Schedule No. 265, Amendment No. 4 to
be effective 11/18/2023.
Filed Date: 11/8/23.
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January 2024.
January 2024.
May 2024.
June 2024.
August 2024.
August 2024.
September 2024.
Accession Number: 20231108–5062.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/23.
Docket Numbers: ER24–264–000.
Applicants: DesertLink, LLC.
Description: Errata to October 31,
2023, tariff filing of DesertLink, LLC.
Filed Date: 11/6/23.
Accession Number: 20231106–5175.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/20/23.
Docket Numbers: ER24–359–000.
Applicants: Crow Creek Solar, LLC.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
Crow Creek Solar, LLC Application for
Market-Based Rates to be effective 1/7/
2024.
Filed Date: 11/7/23.
Accession Number: 20231107–5134.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/28/23.
Docket Numbers: ER24–360–000.
Applicants: Keystone Appalachian
Transmission Company.
Description: Baseline eTariff Filing:
2023–11–07 KATCo Certificate of
Concurrence—Baseline Rate Schedule
Filing to be effective 11/7/2023.
Filed Date: 11/7/23.
Accession Number: 20231107–5138.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 11/28/23.
Docket Numbers: ER24–362–000.
Applicants: ISO New England Inc.,
New England Power Pool Participants
Committee.
Description: ISO New England Inc.
and New England Power Pool filing of
Installed Capacity Requirements, HydroQuebec Interconnection Capability
Credits and Related Values for Forward
Capacity Auction 18, 2027–2028
Capacity Commitment Period.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2535-129]
Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.; Notice of Application
Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study
Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a
Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: New License.
b. Project No.: 2535-129.
c. Date Filed: October 27, 2023.
d. Submitted By: Dominion Energy South Carolina, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Stevens Creek Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the confluence of Stevens Creek and the Savannah
River, in Edgefield and McCormick Counties, South Carolina, and
Columbia County, Georgia. The project occupies approximately 104 acres
of federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Amy Bresnahan, Dominion Energy South
Carolina, Inc., 220 Operation Way, Mail Code A221, Cayce, SC 29033-
3712; (803) 217-9965; [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Jeanne Edwards at (202) 502-6181; or email at
[email protected].
j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item l below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See, 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to
form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60
days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of
the request on the applicant.
l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status: December 8, 2023.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status
using the Commission's eFiling system at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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. All filings must clearly identify the
project name and docket number on the first page: Stevens Creek Project
(P-2535-129).
m. The application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
n. The Stevens Creek Project consists of these existing facilities:
(1) a single dam with an integral powerhouse intake and lock consisting
of (a) a 102.5-foot-long non-overflow section with a top elevation of
198.54 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum 1929 (NGVD), (b) a 2,000-
foot-long overflow spillway with a top elevation of 183.5 feet NGVD,
(c) a 1,000-foot-long, 5-foot-high flashboard section from the lock to
the center of the spillway, (d) a 1,000 foot-long, 4-foot-high steel
flashboard section from the center of the spillway to the South
Carolina abutment, (e) an 85-foot-wide, 165.5-foot-long concrete
gravity navigation lock, with a lock chamber that is 30-foot-wide, 150-
foot-long, and has a 29-foot-lift, located between the powerhouse and
spillway section, (f) a 388-foot-long powerhouse intake, integral with
the dam, protected by trashracks with 3.75-inch-clear bar spacing, and
(g) a 97-foot-long non-overflow section; (2) a 388-foot-long, 52-foot-
wide, 57-foot-high three-story brick powerhouse, integral with the dam,
containing eight vertical Francis generating units, each rated at 3,125
horsepower, a total generating capacity of 17.28 megawatts, and total
hydraulic capacity of 8,300 cubic feet per second; (3) a 2,400-acre
reservoir with a storage capacity of 23,699-acre-feet at a full pond
elevation of 187.5 feet NGVD; (4) generator leads from the powerhouse
to a switchyard located approximately 100
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feet from the powerhouse; and (5) ancillary equipment.
The Stevens Creek Project operates as a re-regulating project,
mitigating the downstream effects of the routinely wide-ranging
discharges from the upstream U.S. Army Corps of Engineers J. Strom
Thurmond hydroelectric project. The Stevens Creek reservoir normally
fluctuates between an elevation of 183.0 feet NGVD and 187.5 feet NGVD,
using available storage capacity to re-regulate flows released from
Thurmond Dam.
o. Copies of the application may be viewed on the Commission's
website at 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 (P-2535). For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at [email protected], or call (866) 208-3676
(toll-free) or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
p. 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 making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595, or [email protected].
q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: the application will
be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions
to the schedule will be made as appropriate.
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Milestone Target date
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Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary) January 2024.
Request Additional Information (if January 2024.
necessary).
Issue Acceptance Letter............... May 2024.
Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments. June 2024.
Request Additional Information (if August 2024.
necessary).
Issue Scoping Document 2 (if August 2024.
necessary).
Issue Notice of Ready for September 2024.
Environmental Analysis.
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r. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the notice
of ready for environmental analysis.
Dated: November 8, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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