Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia, Allegheny Generating Company, and Bath County Energy, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments
Published Date: 1/15/2025
Notice
Summary
Dominion Energy and partners have filed a big new license application to keep running and updating the Bath County Pumped Storage Project in Virginia. This affects local communities and federal lands, with a clear schedule set for reviewing and finalizing plans. The process will shape how this huge hydroelectric project operates, with deadlines coming soon and potential impacts on energy and local resources.
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Required Minimum Downstream Flow Limits
The Bath County Project will continue to operate in compliance with the Virginia Water Protection Permit: the daily average release from the lower reservoir must be no less than the difference between 15 cubic feet per second (cfs) and the daily average release from the upper reservoir; instantaneous lower-reservoir releases must not be less than 10 cfs; and instantaneous upper-reservoir releases must not be less than 2 cfs.
Recreation Access Preserved and Expanded
Dominion proposes to include three sediment ponds (combined storage about 103.5 acre-feet) inside the project boundary and to continue operating recreation facilities including a 49-acre upper recreation pond, a 26-acre lower recreation pond, and a campground with 30 RV campsites for the new license term. This proposal would keep and provide recreational access to those ponds and facilities during the new license period.
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