Notice2024-11995
Twentymile Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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May 31, 2024
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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 106 (Friday, May 31, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 47151-47152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2024-11995]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15305-000]
Twentymile Pumped Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On March 10, 2023, Twentymile Pumped Storage, LLC, filed an
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the
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feasibility of the Twentymile Pumped Storage Project to be located near
the town of Oak Creek in Routt 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 will have an above ground upper reservoir and
an underground lower reservoir. A net hydraulic head of approximately
1,300 feet is expected between the maximum water level in the upper
reservoir and minimum water level in the underground lower reservoir.
Initial filling of the upper reservoir will use existing available
water located currently in the mine. The existing sealed voids of
tunnels and galleries at mine sites will become the lower reservoir.
The upper surface reservoir will have a surface elevation of
approximately 7,600 feet msl and will be connected to the lower
reservoir via an underground water conveyance system-penstock, access
shafts and tunnels, and ventilation shafts, with a new underground
powerhouse containing reversible pump-turbine generator units. The
single penstock would be 16 feet in diameter that bifurcates to two
units in the powerhouse.
The approximate storage volume of the upper reservoir will be
approximately 1,550 acre-feet. The lower reservoir would have a surface
elevation of 6,000 feet msl with a storage volume of approximately
1,550 acre-feet. A new, approximately 1.8-mile long 230-kilovolt (kV)
overhead interconnection line will extend from the powerhouse to a
substation. The powerhouse would contain two turbines and generators,
with a generating capacity of 250 megawatts (MW) based on available
hydraulic head and water to fill the reservoirs. Each turbine is rated
for 133 MW, and each generator is rated for 125 MW. The estimated
average annual generation is 547,500 MWh.
Applicant Contact: Ushakar Jha, Twentymile Pumped Storage, LLC, 100
S Olive St., West Palm Beach, Florida 33401; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#cebbbda6afa5afbc8ebcb7abaaabb8aba2a1bea3aba0bae0ada1a3"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="e1949289808a8093a1939884858497848d8e918c848f95cf828e8c">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (503) 309-2496.
FERC Contact: Lee Baker; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#86e3f0e3f4e7f4e2a8e4e7ede3f4c6e0e3f4e5a8e1e9f0"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="cfaab9aabdaebdabe1adaea4aabd8fa9aabdace1a8a0b9">[email protected]</span></a>; phone:
(202) 502-8554.
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: 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 first page of any filing should include
docket number P-15305-000.
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="http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp">http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp</a>.
Enter the docket number (P-15305) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: May 24, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2024-11995 Filed 5-30-24; 8:45 am]
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