Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia, Allegheny Generating Company, and Bath County Energy, LLC; Notice of Revised Schedule for Environmental Assessment

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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 206 (Tuesday, October 27, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Page 67559]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-21868]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2716-051]


Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy 
Virginia, Allegheny Generating Company, and Bath County Energy, LLC; 
Notice of Revised Schedule for Environmental Assessment

    On December 30, 2024, Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a 
Dominion Energy Virginia, Allegheny Generating Company, and Bath County 
Energy, LLC (Dominion) filed a relicense application for the 2,484-
megawatt Bath County Pumped Storage Project No. 2716 (project). The 
project is located on Back Creek and Little Back Creek in Bath, 
Highland, Augusta, and Rockbridge counties, Virginia. The current 
project boundary encompasses 3,451 acres of land, including 1,122 acres 
of federal land in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests 
administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
    In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on January 15, 
2026, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for 
environmental analysis (REA Notice). Based on the information in the 
record, including comments filed on the REA Notice, staff does not 
anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal 
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment. On 
April 7, 2026, the Commission issued a notice of intent to prepare an 
Environmental Assessment (EA) with a schedule indicating that staff 
anticipated issuing the EA on November 20, 2026. However, upon further 
review, staff intends to issue the EA by February 5, 2027.\1\
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    \1\ For tracking purposes under the National Environmental 
Policy Act, the unique identification number for documents relating 
to this environmental review is EAXX-019-20-000-1774339686.
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    The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested 
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and 
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
    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#6a253a3a2a0c0f1809440d051c"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="327d626272545740511c555d44">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.
    By this notice, Commission staff is updating the procedural 
schedule for completing the EA. The revised schedule is shown below. 
The EA will be issued for a 30-day comment period. Revisions to the 
schedule may be made as appropriate.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Commission issues EA......................  February 5, 2027.
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    Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Andy Bernick 
at (202) 502-8660 or at <a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#ddbcb3b9afb8aaf3bfb8afb3b4beb69dbbb8afbef3bab2ab"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="5839363c2a3d2f763a3d2a36313b33183e3d2a3b763f372e">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)

    Dated: October 22, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2026-21868 Filed 10-26-26; 8:45 am]
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