Lanai Hydro, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
A Notice by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on 10/15/2010
October 7, 2010.
On June 10, 2010, Lanai, 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 Lanai Pumped Storage Project to be located on the Pacific Ocean in the vicinity of Lanai City, in Maui County, Hawaii. 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.Show citation box
The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) An artificial, lined 57-acre reservoir created by the construction of embankments; (2) an approximately 11,650-foot-long conduit joined to the Pacific Ocean; (3) three reversible pump-turbines, totaling 300 megawatts (MW) of generating capacity, with up to 100 MW of additional pumping capacity; (4) an approximately 6-mile-long, single-circuit 230-kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The estimated annual generation of the Lanai Pumped Storage project would be 919,800 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Matthew Shapiro, CEO, Gridflex Energy, LLC, 725 1210 W. Franklin St., Suite 2, Boise, ID 83702; phone: (208) 246-9925.
FERC Contact: Shana Murray (202) 502-8333.