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| Antelope Ridge Wind Farm |
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Proposed Facility: Wind energy facility with a nominal (name plate) generating capacity of approximately 300 megawatts.
Location:
Union County, Oregon.
Status:
The Notice of Intent has been submitted and the Project Order has been issued.
The Preliminary Application for Site Certificate has been submitted and has been deemed complete. A public information meeting will be held on January 25th, 2011 at:
Union Elementary School
Miller Gym
540 S. Main
Union, Oregon 97883
Applicant:
Antelope Ridge Wind Power Project, LLC (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Horizon Wind Energy, LLC)
Contact:
Valerie Schafer Franklin
Project Development Manager
Antelope Ridge Wind Power Project
Horizon Wind Energy
53 SW Yamhill Street
Portland, OR 97204
(503) 222-9400
Department of Energy Staff: Sue Oliver
History:
- April 27, 2009: Applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
- May 12, 2009: The Department of Energy held a public information meeting in La Grande.
- June 24, 2009: The Department of Energy issued the Project Order.
- October 19, 2009: Applicant submitted a preliminary Application for Site Certificate.
- December 30, 2009: The Department of Energy issued a Request for Additional Information (RAI 1).
- January 19, 2010: Horizon Wind Energy responded to the Request for Additional Information.
- December 30, 2010: Application deemed complete and filed.
- January 10, 2011: The Department of Energy announced a public information meeting on the filed Application for Site Certificate.
- November 14, 2011: News release -- ODFW, EDP Renewables agree to a solution for the coexistence of wildlife and the proposed Antelope Ridge Wind Farm.
- November 15, 2011: Antelope Ridge Mitigation Agreement.
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| Baseline Wind Energy Facility |
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Proposed Facility: The proposed facility is a wind energy facility with a peak generating capacity of up to 500 megawatts.
Location:
Gilliam County
Status:
The applicant has submitted a preliminary application (see Documents below).
Applicant:
Baseline Wind LLC
Contact:
Ben Fairbanks
Director, Business Development
Irina Makarow
Manager, Environmental Permitting
First Wind Energy LLC
920 S.W. Sixth Avenue, Suite 1250
Portland, OR 97204
971-998-1400
Department of Energy Staff: John White
History:
- June 28, 2010: The applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
- September 15, 2010: The Department issued a Project Order.
- December 22, 2011: The applicant submitted a preliminary application.
Documents:
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| Boardman to Hemingway - Line |
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Proposed Line: The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) received a new Notice of Intent (NOI) from Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power) on July 15, 2010 to apply for an Energy Facility Site Certificate for a new transmission line, called the Boardman to Hemingway Transmission Line Project. The proposed transmission line consists of approximately 298 miles of single circuit 500 kilovolt (kV) transmission line connecting the power plant near Boardman, Oregon and the planned Hemingway substation near Murphy, Idaho. The proposed transmission line will cross federal, state and private lands and is undergoing both state and federal review. Click here for the joint state/federal scoping letter.
Location: Boardman, Oregon to Southern Idaho
Status: The Notice of Intent has been received.
Applicant:
Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power)
Website: http://www.boardmantohemingway.com/default.aspx
Contact:
Keith Georgeson
Project Manager
PO Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
Phone: 877-339-0209 E-mail Keith
Department of Energy Staff: Sue Oliver
History:
- August 28, 2008: Applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
- January 26, 2009: ODOE issued Project Order
- July 15, 2010: Applicant withdrew the August 2008 Notice of Intent.
- July 15, 2010: Applicant submitted a new Notice of Intent) public comment period currently open until September 27, 2010).
- August 2 through 12, 2010: The Department of Energy and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management held joint scoping meetings at eight locations along the proposed route. For meeting information please click here.
- May 9, 2011: The U.S. Bureau of Land Management and the U.S. Forest Service published the federal Scoping Report for the project.
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| Carty Generating Station |
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Proposed Facility: Natural gas-fueled combined cycle combustion turbine facility with a nominal generating capacity of approximately 900 megawatts (MW) of electrical power.
Location:
Morrow and Gilliam County, Oregon.
Status:
The Notice of Intent has been submitted
The Project Order has been issued.
The Application for Site Certificate (ASC) has been deemed complete.
A public comment period on the ASC is open until June 24, 2011.
A public information meeting is scheduled for June 14, 2011
Applicant:
Portland General Electric Company
Contact:
Ray Hendricks
Environmental Engineer
Portland General Electric Company
121 SW Salmon Street
3WTC-BR05
Portland, Oregon 97204
(503) 464-8519
Ray.Hendricks@pgn.com
Department of Energy Staff: Sue Oliver
History:
- August 26, 2009: The applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
- November 3, 2009: Department of Energy issued the Project Order.
- January 5, 2010: The applicant submitted a preliminary application for site certificate.
- April 1, 2010: The Department of Energy issued a Request for Additional Information (RAI 1).
- May 17, 2010: The applicant responded to RAI-1.
- November 29, 2010: The Department of Energy issued the 2nd RAI (RAI-2)
- February 15, 2011: The applicant responded to RAI-2.
- May 10, 2011: The Department deemed the Application for Site Certificate (ASC) complete.
- May 24, 2011: The Department issued the ASC for public comment (May 24-June 24, 2011
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| Klamath Falls Bioenergy |
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Proposed Facility: The proposed Klamath Falls Bioenergy Facility will burn biomass (wood waste) in a fluid bed boiler to produce steam to drive a turbine generator that will produce up to 35 megawatts (MW) of electrical power.
Location:
Klamath County, Oregon.
Status: ODOE issued a Draft Proposed Order on the Application for Site Certificate.
A public hearing is scheduled for January 31, 2012.
Applicant:
Klamath Falls Bioenergy, LLC
Contact:
Mr. John Rivers
Project Manager
Klamath Falls Bioenergy, LLC
10800 NE 8th Street, Suite 320
Bellevue, WA 98004-4467
(425) 457-7486
Department of Energy Staff: Duane Kilsdonk
History:
- April 5, 2010: Applicant submitted a Notice of Intent (NOI)
- May 5, 2010: ODOE held a public information meeting in Klamath Falls.
- June 15, 2010: ODOE held a second public information meeting in Klamath Falls.
- July 22, 2010: ODOE issued Project Order.
- September 10, 2010: Applicant submitted Preliminary Application for Site Certificate.
- December 10, 2010: ODOE issued First Request for Additional Information (RAI-1).
- January 18, 2011: Applicant responded to RAI-1.
- March 25, 2011: ODOE issued Second Request for Additional Information (RAI-2).
- April 15, 2011: Applicant submitted response to RAI-2.
- June 2, 2011: ODOE issued Final Information Needed for Completeness (RAI-3).
- June 9, 2011: Applicant submitted revised application in response to RAI-3.
- June 28, 2011: ODOE issued second request for Final Information Needed for Completeness ( RAI-4)
- June 29, 2011: Applicant submits response to ODOE June 28 letter in the form of change pages.
- June 30, 2011: ODOE deemed the Application for Site Certificate (ASC) complete.
- July 13, 2011: ODOE issued the ASC for public comment (July 13-August 15, 2011)
- January 9, 2012: ODOE issued a Draft Proposed Order on the ASC and opened a public comment period (January 9-February 10, 2012).
- January 31, 2012: Public hearing on the Draft Proposed Order in Klamath Falls.
Documents:
- Public Notice requesting comments on the Draft Proposed Order
The earlier you raise any concerns, the better the opportunity the agency and the applicant have of addressing them.
- Draft Proposed Order
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| Rock Creek Wind Power Facility |
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Proposed Facility: The proposed facility is a wind energy facility with a peak generating capacity of up to 550 megawatts.
Location:
Gilliam County
Status:
The applicant has submitted a Notice of Intent. The Department has issued a Project Order.
Public Notice on the NOI [87 kb pdf]
Applicant:
Rock Creek Wind Power LLC
Contact:
Sean Bell
Rock Creek Wind Power LLC
700 SW Taylor Street, Suite 210
Portland, Oregon 97205
503-219-9000
Department of Energy Staff: John White
History:
- August 23, 2010: The applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
- November 17, 2010: The Department issued a Project Order.
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| Saddle Butte Wind Park |
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Proposed Facility:
The proposed facility is a wind energy facility with a peak generating capacity of up to 564.3 megawatts.
Location:
Gilliam County and Morrow County
Status:
The applicant has submitted a notice of intent (NOI). The Department has issued an amended project order.
Applicant:
Saddle Butte Wind LLC
Contact:
Patricia Pilz
656 San Miguel Way
Sacramento, CA 95819
pat@pilzandco.com
Department of Energy Staff: John White
History:
- August 7, 2009: Applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
- October 20, 2009: The Oregon Department of Energy issued a project order.
- June 24, 2011: The Siting Council approved an extension of the NOI.
- July 12, 2011: The Oregon Department of Energy issued an amended project order.
Documents:
- Notice of Intent, August 2009
(content available for download from links below) Exhibits A - D [97 kb pdf] Exhibits I - O [193 kb pdf] Exhibit G, page G-2, site map [450 kb pdf] Exhibit G, page G-4, study areas [522 kb pdf] Exhibit G, page G-7, land capability map [325 kb pdf]
- Project Order, October 2009 9113 kb pdf]
- Order Granting an Extension of the Notice of Intent, June 2011 [63 kb pdf]
- First Amended Project Order, July 2011 [1.5 MB pdf]
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