Notice2025-18683
Kinetic Energy Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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September 26, 2025
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 185 (Friday, September 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
[Pages 46404-46405]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18683]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15402-000]
Kinetic Energy Storage, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On May 5, 2025, Kinetic Energy Storage, 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
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Barber Springs Pumped Storage Project to be located in Lincoln County,
New Mexico. 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 110-foot-high, 5,435-foot-long concrete lower dam that would
impound a 42-acre lower reservoir with a storage capacity of 4,500
acre-feet at a water surface elevation of 7,100 feet above mean sea
level (msl); (2) a 110-foot-high, 5,525-foot-long concrete upper dam
that would impound a 43-acre upper reservoir with a storage capacity of
4,500 acre-feet at a water surface elevation of 8,200 feet above msl;
(3) a possible spillway for the lower dam with undetermined dimensions;
(4) one 6,800-foot-long, 14-foot-diameter steel lined penstock
branching into three 150-foot-long, 8-foot-diameter turbine penstocks;
(5) a 279-foot-long, 230-foot-wide, 270-foot-high underground concrete
powerhouse and substation containing three 187-megawatt Pelton Wheel
ternary-pump turbine generator units; (6) three 150-foot-long, 9.1-
foot-diameter steel lined tailraces; (7) a 1-mile long steel well water
supply pipeline; (8) a 37-mile-long, 161-kilovolt or a 79-mile long
161-kilovolt transmission line and (9) appurtenant facilities. The
proposed project would have an estimated annual generation of 1,460
gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. David Drips, Principal, Kinetic Energy
Storage, LLC, 4709 S Millrace Lane, Murray, UT 84107; email:
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#7b1f1e1f09120b083b16081555181416"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="1e7a7b7a6c776e6d5e736d70307d7173">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (385) 227-7272.
FERC Contact: Jane Dalgliesh; email: <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a3c9c2cdc68dc7c2cfc4cac6d0cbe3c5c6d1c08dc4ccd5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="dab0bbb4bff4bebbb6bdb3bfa9b29abcbfa8b9f4bdb5ac">[email protected]</span></a>; phone:
(503) 552-2718.
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing
applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file
competing applications: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on November
21, 2025. 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,
community organizations, Tribal members and others, access publicly
available information and navigate Commission processes. For public
inquiries and assistance with making 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#eaa5babaaa8c8f9889c48d859c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d798878797b1b2a5b4f9b0b8a1">[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/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>. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#9fd9dacddcd0f1f3f6f1facceaefeff0edebdff9faedfcb1f8f0e9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="d4929186979bbab8bdbab187a1a4a4bba6a094b2b1a6b7fab3bba2">[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:
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-15402-000.
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://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search">https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search</a>.
Enter the docket number (P-15402) in the docket number field to access
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: September 22, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-18683 Filed 9-25-25; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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