Notice2022-24236
Public Service Company of Colorado; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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November 7, 2022
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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 214 (Monday, November 7, 2022)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2022-24236]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15232-000]
Public Service Company of Colorado; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On August 23, 2021, Public Service Company of Colorado (PSCo),
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 Unaweep Pumped Storage Hydropower Project (Unaweep Project or
project), a closed-loop pumped storage project to be located in Mesa
County, Colorado. 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 new facilities:
(1) a 96-foot-high concrete-faced rockfill dam with approximate crest
elevation of 8,627 feet (NAVD88) creating a 5,912 acre-foot upper
reservoir with a maximum surface elevation of 8,622 feet (NAVD88); (2)
an approximately 4,900-foot-long, 22-foot-diameter concrete- and steel-
lined underground conduit system to connect the upper and lower
reservoirs to the powerhouse; (3) an underground powerhouse containing
three fixed-speed pump-turbine units with a generation capacity of 267
megawatts each (total capacity of 800 megawatts) that would be directly
coupled to motor-generators rated at approximately 281 megawatts each;
(4) a 73-foot-high earthen fill dam with approximate crest elevation of
7,075 feet (NAVD88), creating a 5,912 acre-foot lower reservoir with a
maximum surface elevation of 7,068 feet (NAVD88); (5) a new water
supply wellfield located adjacent to the Gunnison River near
Whitewater, Colorado and a water transmission system containing a pump
station and an approximately 19-mile-long pipeline; (6) a 24-mile-long
345-kilovolt (kV) single, double-circuit transmission line
interconnecting the project to the applicant's existing Grand Junction
substation which serves an existing 345-kV transmission line; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation of the
Unaweep Project would be 2,780 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Terri Eaton, Public Service Company of Colorado,
1800 Larimer Street, Suite 1200, Denver, Colorado 80202; phone: (303)
571-7112; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0c78697e7e65226722696d7863624c746f69606962697e6b75226f6361"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="12667760607b3c793c7773667d7c526a71777e777c7760756b3c717d7f">[email protected]</span></a>.
FERC Contact: Khatoon Melick, (202) 502-8433,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#b8d3d0d9ccd7d7d696d5ddd4d1dbd3f8deddcadb96dfd7ce"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="83e8ebe2f7ececedadeee6efeae0e8c3e5e6f1e0ade4ecf5">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the
eComment system at <a href="https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx</a>. You
must include your name and contact information at the end of your
comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#0a4c4f584945646663646f597f7a7a65787e4a6c6f7869246d657c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="3b7d7e697874555752555e684e4b4b54494f7b5d5e4958155c544d">[email protected]</span></a>, (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 docket
number P-15232-000.
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 <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary/overview">https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary/overview</a>. Enter the docket number (P-15232) in the docket number field
to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: November 1, 2022.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-24236 Filed 11-4-22; 8:45 am]
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