Notice2023-15314
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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July 19, 2023
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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 137 (Wednesday, July 19, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46153-46154]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2023-15314]
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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: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#addbc4ced9c2df83dfc2c7ccdeedddc8c5c1c1ce83cec2c0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="92e4fbf1e6fde0bce0fdf8f3e1d2e2f7fafefef1bcf1fdff">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (909) 595-5314.
FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta; email; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fecf7fef1f1f0f1b1feedfcf7eaf3faebfedff9faedfcb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5f2c373e31313031713e2d3c372a333a2b3e1f393a2d3c71383029">[email protected]</span></a>;
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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ce819e9e8ea8abbcade0a9a1b8"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="a1eef1f1e1c7c4d3c28fc6ced7">[email protected]</span></a>. 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 <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp">https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp</a>. Commenters can submit brief
comments up to 6,000 characters without prior registration using the
eComment system at <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp">https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp</a>. 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 <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#397f7c6b7a76575550575c6a4c4949564b4d795f5c4b5a175e564f"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="4c0a091e0f0322202522291f393c3c233e380c2a293e2f622b233a">[email protected]</span></a>, (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 <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp">https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp</a>.
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]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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