Notice2025-02428
HGE Energy Storage 4, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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February 11, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 27 (Tuesday, February 11, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 9328-9329]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-02428]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15387-000]
HGE Energy Storage 4, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On December 27, 2024, HGE Energy Storage 4, 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 Lake
Shasta Pumped Storage Project to be located in Shasta County,
California, adjacent to Shasta Lake (reservoir), approximately 5.5
miles northwest of the city of Shasta Lake. The proposed project would
occupy federal land managed by the U.S. Forest Service and the Bureau
of Reclamation. 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 proposed pumped storage hydropower project would consist of:
(1) the existing Shasta Lake as a lower reservoir; (2) a new upper
reservoir with a surface area of 16 acres and a storage volume of 3,150
acre-feet at a maximum water-surface elevation of 3,000 feet mean sea
level (msl); (3) four 9,000-foot-long, 10-foot-diameter steel-lined
penstocks to connect the reservoir to the powerhouse; (4) a 250-foot-
long, 75-foot-wide, 100-foot-high, steel-reinforced concrete powerhouse
constructed 100 feet below ground level, with four 280-megawatt (MW)
reversible variable-speed pump-turbines, with a combined installed
capacity of 1,120-MW; (5) a 100-foot-high, 30-foot-wide vertical access
tunnel from ground level to the powerhouse; (6) a vertical intake
structure to lead to the tailrace 100 feet below msl; (7) a 250-foot-
long, 200-foot-wide concrete-lined tailrace; and (7) a 2.5-mile-long,
230-kilovolt line extending from the powerhouse to a planned AC-DC
converter station. The estimated annual energy production of the
project would be approximately 3,250,000 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Wayne Krouse, HGE Energy Storage 4 LLC, 2901
4th Avenue South #B 253, Birmingham, AL 35233; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#dbacbaa2b5be9bb3bcbeb5bea9bca2f5b8b4b6"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="0770667e6962476f6062696275607e2964686a">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (877) 556-6566.
FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta; email; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#116279707f7f7e7f3f70637279647d74657051777463723f767e67"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="43302b222d2d2c2d6d2231202b362f26372203252631206d242c35">[email protected]</span></a>;
phone (503) 552-2739.
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's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
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#410e111101272433226f262e37"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="226d727262444750410c454d54">[email protected]</span></a>.
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 get in touch with FERC Online Support
at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#93d5d6c1d0dcfdfffafdf6c0e6e3e3fce1e7d3f5f6e1f0bdf4fce5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="32747760717d5c5e5b5c57614742425d404672545740511c555d44">[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: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 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, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225
Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing
should include docket number P-15387-000.
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More information about this project, including a copy of the
application, can be viewed on the Commission's website (<a href="http://www.ferc.gov">http://www.ferc.gov</a>) using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number (P-
15387) in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC Online Support.
Dated: February 4, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-02428 Filed 2-10-25; 8:45 am]
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