Notice2026-01925
HGE Energy Storage 9, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
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January 30, 2026
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 20 (Friday, January 30, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4074-4075]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-01925]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 15392-000]
HGE Energy Storage 9, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
On January 21, 2025, HGE Energy Storage 9, 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
Whiskeytown Lake Pumped Storage Project to be located in Shasta County,
California, adjacent to Whiskeytown Lake (reservoir), approximately 10
miles northwest of the city of Redding. The proposed project would
occupy federal land managed by the National Park 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
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owned by others without the owners' express permission.
The proposed pumped storage hydropower project would consist of:
(1) the existing Whiskeytown Lake as a lower reservoir; (2) a new upper
reservoir with a surface area of 36 acres and a storage volume of 3,600
acre-feet at a maximum water-surface elevation of 2,550 feet mean sea
level (msl); (3) six 14,000-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 six 200-megawatt (MW)
reversible variable-speed pump-turbines, with a combined installed
capacity of 1,200-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 350-foot-
long, 300-foot-wide concrete-lined tailrace; and (7) a 1.5-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 3,500,000 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="8dfaecf4e3e8cde5eae8e3e8ffeaf4a3eee2e0">[email protected]</span></a>; phone: (877) 556-6566.
FERC Contact: Shannon Archuleta; email; <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#a8dbc0c9c6c6c7c686c9dacbc0ddc4cddcc9e8cecddacb86cfc7de"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="ddaeb5bcb3b3b2b3f3bcafbeb5a8b1b8a9bc9dbbb8afbef3bab2ab">[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: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on March
30, 2026. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the
requirements of 18 CFR 4.36.
For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office
of Public Participation at (202)502-6595 or <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#c38c939383a5a6b1a0eda4acb5"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="c887989888aeadbaabe6afa7be">[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/FERC.aspx">https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERC.aspx</a>. Commenters can submit brief comments up
to 6,000 characters without prior registration using the eComment
system at https://ferconline..gov/QuickComment.aspx. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#6a2c2f382925040603040f391f1a1a05181e2a0c0f1809440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="8fc9caddccc0e1e3e6e1eadcfaffffe0fdfbcfe9eafdeca1e8e0f9">[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-15392-000.
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-
15392) in the docket number field to access the document. For
assistance, do not hesitate to get in touch with FERC Online Support.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: January 27, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-01925 Filed 1-29-26; 8:45 am]
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