Notice2023-01488
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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January 26, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 17 (Thursday, January 26, 2023)]
[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: 2023-01488]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15272-000]
Premium Energy Holdings, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On March 31, 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
Whale Rock Pumped Storage Hydro Project to be located approximately 0.5
miles east of Cayucos, California in San Luis Obispo County. 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 closed-loop project would consist of the following:
(1) a new upper reservoir with a normal maximum operating elevation of
1,788 feet average mean sea level, a surface area of 87 acres, and a
total storage capacity of 4,780 acre-feet; (2) an existing lower
reservoir (Whale Rock Reservoir completed in 1961); (3) a 0.68-mile-
long headrace tunnel, 0.16-mile-long vertical shaft, 4.76-mile-long
horizontal tunnel, 0.07-mile-long penstock, and 0.99-mile-long tailrace
tunnel with a maximum head of 1,558 feet connecting the reservoirs to
the powerhouse; (4) a new powerhouse located on land owned by the State
of California that would house 4 new pump-turbines rated at 150
megawatts each; (5) a new substation constructed on the southern shore
of Lake Nacimiento near the powerhouse connected to the regional
electrical utility with either, (6) 7 miles of existing line
(upgraded), interconnecting the Morro--Solar 230-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line, or 7 miles of existing line (upgraded),
interconnecting the Morro--Diablo 230-kV transmission line and 0.5
miles of new right-of-way south of the Baywood substation for the new
tap interconnection; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The estimated
annual power generation at the Whale Rock Pumped Storage Project would
be 1,200,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Victor M. Rojas, Managing Director, Premium
Energy Holdings, LLC. 355 South Lemon Ave., Suite A, Walnut, California
91789; phone: (909) 595-5314; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#67110e041308154915080d06142717020f0b0b0449090213"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="f0869993849f82de829f9a9183b08095989c9c93de9e9584">[email protected]</span></a>.
FERC Contact: Benjamin Mann; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#4a282f24202b27232464272b24240a2c2f3829642d253c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5c3e3932363d31353272313d32321c3a392e3f723b332a">[email protected]</span></a>; phone:
(202) 502-8127.
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/eFiling.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/eFiling.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. 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-15272.
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="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp</a>.
Enter the docket number (P-15272) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: January 19, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-01488 Filed 1-25-23; 8:45 am]
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