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Dated: January 23, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
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[FR Doc. 2024–01732 Filed 1–29–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 15307–000]
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice
of Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Application
On March 17, 2023, 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 to be located 10 miles south of the
of the unincorporated community of
Olancha in Inyo County, California. 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 be a
closed-loop pumped storage
hydropower facility. The applicant
proposes three alternative upper
reservoirs: McCloud Reservoir, Little
Cactus Reservoir, or Haiwee Canyon
Reservoir. The proposed North Haiwee
2 Reservoir would be the lower reservoir
for each alternative.
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Upper Reservoir Alternative 1:
McCloud Reservoir
The McCloud Reservoir alternative
consists of: (1) a 504-acre upper
reservoir having a total storage capacity
of 44,554 acre-feet at a normal
maximum operating elevation of 5,260
feet mean sea level (msl); (2) a 175-foothigh, 3,068-foot-long roller compacted
concrete upper reservoir dam; (3) a 2.41mile-long, 39-foot-diameter concretelined headrace tunnel; (4) a 0.2-milelong, 35-foot-diameter concrete-lined
vertical shaft; (5) a 5.6-mile-long, 35foot-diameter concrete-lined horizontal
tunnel; (6) six 0.78-mile-long, 22-footdiameter steel penstocks; (7) a 585-foot-
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long, 90-foot-wide, 165-foot-high
concrete-lined powerhouse located in
an underground cavern, housing five
pump-turbine generator-motor units
rated for 400 megawatts (MW) each; and
(8) a 0.68-mile-long, 42-foot-diameter
concrete-lined tailrace tunnel
discharging into the proposed North
Haiwee 2 Reservoir.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 2: Little
Cactus Reservoir
The Little Cactus Reservoir alternative
consists of: (1) a 499-acre upper
reservoir having a total storage capacity
of 47,021 acre-feet at a normal
maximum operating elevation of 4,980
feet msl; (2) a 235-foot-high, 2,836-footlong roller compacted concrete upper
reservoir dam; (3) a 1.06-mile-long, 39foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace
tunnel; (4) a 0.16-mile-long, 35-footdiameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 4-mile-long, 35-foot-diameter
concrete-lined horizontal tunnel; (6) six
0.7-mile-long, 22-foot-diameter steel
penstocks; (7) a 585-foot-long, 90-footwide, 165-foot-high concrete-lined
powerhouse located in an underground
cavern, housing five pump-turbine
generator-motor units rated for 400 MW
each; and (8) a 0.78-mile-long, 42-footdiameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel
discharging into the proposed North
Haiwee 2 Reservoir.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 3: Haiwee
Canyon Reservoir
The Haiwee Canyon Reservoir
alternative consists of: (1) a 138-acre
upper reservoir having a total storage
capacity of 28,620 acre-feet at a normal
maximum operating elevation of 6,160
feet msl; (2) a 595-foot-high, 2,256-footlong roller compacted concrete upper
reservoir dam; (3) a 1.64-mile-long, 31foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace
tunnel; (4) a 0.32-mile-long, 28-footdiameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 5.2-mile-long, 28-foot-diameter
concrete-lined horizontal tunnel; (6) six
0.54-mile-long, 18-foot-diameter steel
penstocks; (7) a 585-foot-long, 90-footwide, 165-foot-high concrete-lined
powerhouse located in an underground
cavern, housing five pump-turbine
generator-motor units rated for 400 MW
each; and (8) a 0.8-mile-long, 33-footdiameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel
discharging into the proposed North
Haiwee 2 Reservoir.
Lower Reservoir: North Haiwee 2
Reservoir
The proposed North Haiwee 2
Reservoir would consist of: (1) a 320acre lower reservoir having a total
storage capacity 38,350 acre-feet at a
normal maximum operating elevation of
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3,770 feet msl; and (2) a 160-foot-high,
7,090-foot-long roller compacted
concrete lower reservoir dam.
Interconnection
For each upper reservoir alternative,
project power would be transmitted to
the grid via: (1) a new, 2.5-mile-long,
500 kilovolt (kV) underground
transmission line extending from the
powerhouse to the proposed North
Haiwee switchyard (the point of
interconnection); and (2) appurtenant
facilities. The estimated annual
generation of the Haiwee Project under
each of the alternatives would be 6,900
gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Victor Rojas,
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC, 355
South Lemon Ave., Suite A, Walnut, CA
91789; victor.rojas@pehllc.net; phone:
(909) 595–5314.
FERC Contact: Everard Baker; email:
everard.baker@ferc.gov; phone: (202)
502–8554.
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://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/Quick
Comment.aspx. 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, you
may submit a paper copy. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Debbie-Anne Reese,
Acting Secretary Federal Energy
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Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne
Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–15307–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
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Enter the docket number (P–15307) in
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Dated: January 23, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01730 Filed 1–29–24; 8:45 am]
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Notice of Institution of Section 206
Proceedings and Refund Effective Date
Docket Nos.
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Calpine Bethlehem LLC ...........
Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation, LLC.
Calpine Mid Merit, LLC ............
Calpine Mid-Merit II, LLC .........
Calpine New Jersey Generation, LLC.
Zion Energy LLC ......................
EL24–28–000
EL24–29–000
EL24–30–000
EL24–31–000
EL24–32–000
EL24–33–000
On January 22, 2024, the Commission
issued an order in Docket Nos. EL24–
28–000, EL24–29–000, EL24–30–000,
EL24–31–000, EL24–32–000, and EL24–
33–000 pursuant to section 206 of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C.
824e, instituting an investigation to
determine whether the revenue
requirements set forth in Calpine
Reactive Suppliers’ 1 Rate Schedules are
unjust, unreasonable, unduly
discriminatory or preferential, or
otherwise unlawful. Calpine Bethlehem
LLC, 186 FERC ¶ 61,061 (2024).
The refund effective date in Docket
Nos. EL24–28–000, EL24–29–000,
EL24–30–000, EL24–31–000, EL24–32–
000, and EL24–33–000, established
pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA,
will be the date of publication of this
notice in the Federal Register.
1 Calpine Reactive Suppliers include: Calpine
Bethlehem, LLC; Calpine Mid-Atlantic Generation,
LLC; Calpine Mid Merit, LLC; Calpine Mid-Merit II,
LLC; Calpine New Jersey Generation, LLC; and Zion
Energy LLC.
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Any interested person desiring to be
heard in Docket Nos. EL24–28–000,
EL24–29–000, EL24–30–000, EL24–31–
000, EL24–32–000, and EL24–33–000
must file a notice of intervention or
motion to intervene, as appropriate,
with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, in accordance with Rule
214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214
(2022), within 21 days of the date of
issuance of the order.
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To access this document in eLibrary,
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addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A.
Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
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.
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Dated: January 23, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024–01733 Filed 1–29–24; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Combined Notice of Filings #1
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric corporate
filings:
Docket Numbers: EC24–44–000.
Applicants: Blackwater Solar, LLC,
Wolfskin Solar, LLC, Bird Dog Solar,
LLC, Hobnail Solar, LLC.
Description: Joint Application for
Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Federal Power Act of Blackwater Solar,
LLC, et al.
Filed Date: 1/19/24.
Accession Number: 20240119–5284.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/9/24.
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Applicants: Wadley Solar, LLC.
Description: Notice of SelfCertification of Exempt Wholesale
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Accession Number: 20240123–5054.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/13/24.
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Description: AE-Telview ESS, LLC
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Accession Number: 20240123–5114.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/13/24.
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received the following Complaints and
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Applicants: Karen Schedler, Jeremy
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for Enforcement Pursuant to (Section
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Policies Act of 1978 or applicable
Policy) of Solar United Neighbors.
Filed Date: 1/22/24.
Accession Number: 20240122–5099.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/12/24.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
filings:
Docket Numbers: ER10–1276–018;
ER10–1287–017; ER10–1292–016;
ER10–1303–016; ER10–1319–018;
ER10–1353–018; ER18–1183–009;
ER18–1184–009; ER23–1411–003.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15307-000]
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Application
On March 17, 2023, 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 to
be located 10 miles south of the of the unincorporated community of
Olancha in Inyo County, California. 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 be a closed-loop pumped storage
hydropower facility. The applicant proposes three alternative upper
reservoirs: McCloud Reservoir, Little Cactus Reservoir, or Haiwee
Canyon Reservoir. The proposed North Haiwee 2 Reservoir would be the
lower reservoir for each alternative.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 1: McCloud Reservoir
The McCloud Reservoir alternative consists of: (1) a 504-acre upper
reservoir having a total storage capacity of 44,554 acre-feet at a
normal maximum operating elevation of 5,260 feet mean sea level (msl);
(2) a 175-foot-high, 3,068-foot-long roller compacted concrete upper
reservoir dam; (3) a 2.41-mile-long, 39-foot-diameter concrete-lined
headrace tunnel; (4) a 0.2-mile-long, 35-foot-diameter concrete-lined
vertical shaft; (5) a 5.6-mile-long, 35-foot-diameter concrete-lined
horizontal tunnel; (6) six 0.78-mile-long, 22-foot-diameter steel
penstocks; (7) a 585-foot-long, 90-foot-wide, 165-foot-high concrete-
lined powerhouse located in an underground cavern, housing five pump-
turbine generator-motor units rated for 400 megawatts (MW) each; and
(8) a 0.68-mile-long, 42-foot-diameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel
discharging into the proposed North Haiwee 2 Reservoir.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 2: Little Cactus Reservoir
The Little Cactus Reservoir alternative consists of: (1) a 499-acre
upper reservoir having a total storage capacity of 47,021 acre-feet at
a normal maximum operating elevation of 4,980 feet msl; (2) a 235-foot-
high, 2,836-foot-long roller compacted concrete upper reservoir dam;
(3) a 1.06-mile-long, 39-foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace tunnel;
(4) a 0.16-mile-long, 35-foot-diameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 4-mile-long, 35-foot-diameter concrete-lined horizontal tunnel;
(6) six 0.7-mile-long, 22-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (7) a 585-
foot-long, 90-foot-wide, 165-foot-high concrete-lined powerhouse
located in an underground cavern, housing five pump-turbine generator-
motor units rated for 400 MW each; and (8) a 0.78-mile-long, 42-foot-
diameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel discharging into the proposed
North Haiwee 2 Reservoir.
Upper Reservoir Alternative 3: Haiwee Canyon Reservoir
The Haiwee Canyon Reservoir alternative consists of: (1) a 138-acre
upper reservoir having a total storage capacity of 28,620 acre-feet at
a normal maximum operating elevation of 6,160 feet msl; (2) a 595-foot-
high, 2,256-foot-long roller compacted concrete upper reservoir dam;
(3) a 1.64-mile-long, 31-foot-diameter concrete-lined headrace tunnel;
(4) a 0.32-mile-long, 28-foot-diameter concrete-lined vertical shaft;
(5) a 5.2-mile-long, 28-foot-diameter concrete-lined horizontal tunnel;
(6) six 0.54-mile-long, 18-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (7) a 585-
foot-long, 90-foot-wide, 165-foot-high concrete-lined powerhouse
located in an underground cavern, housing five pump-turbine generator-
motor units rated for 400 MW each; and (8) a 0.8-mile-long, 33-foot-
diameter concrete-lined tailrace tunnel discharging into the proposed
North Haiwee 2 Reservoir.
Lower Reservoir: North Haiwee 2 Reservoir
The proposed North Haiwee 2 Reservoir would consist of: (1) a 320-
acre lower reservoir having a total storage capacity 38,350 acre-feet
at a normal maximum operating elevation of 3,770 feet msl; and (2) a
160-foot-high, 7,090-foot-long roller compacted concrete lower
reservoir dam.
Interconnection
For each upper reservoir alternative, project power would be
transmitted to the grid via: (1) a new, 2.5-mile-long, 500 kilovolt
(kV) underground transmission line extending from the powerhouse to the
proposed North Haiwee switchyard (the point of interconnection); and
(2) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the
Haiwee Project under each of the alternatives would be 6,900 gigawatt-
hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Victor Rojas, Premium Energy Holdings, LLC,
355 South Lemon Ave., Suite A, Walnut, CA 91789;
[email protected]; phone: (909) 595-5314.
FERC Contact: Everard Baker; email: [email protected]; phone:
(202) 502-8554.
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://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx. You
must include your name and contact information at the end 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:
Debbie-Anne Reese, Acting Secretary Federal Energy
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Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-
Anne Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any
filing should include docket number P-15307-000.
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-15307) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: January 23, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-01730 Filed 1-29-24; 8:45 am]
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