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Energy Facilities Under Review
Antelope Ridge Wind Power Proj Summit Ridge Wind Project
Boardman to Hemingway
Carty Generating Station
Montague Wind Power Facility
Newberry Geothermal Project
Saddle Butte Wind Park
Antelope Ridge Wind Power Proj
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 is under review by local, state, federal, and tribal agencies.  When the application has been deemed complete it will be sent out for public review.

Applicant:
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.
  • June 24, 2009: The Department of Energy issued the Project Order.
  • October 19, 2009:  Applicant submitted a preliminary Application for Site Certificate.
 
Documents:

Boardman to Hemingway
Proposed Line:
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
 
Location: Boardman, Oregon to Southern Idaho
 
Status:

The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE) received a Notice of Intent (NOI) from Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power) on August 28, 2008 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.
 
Applicant:
 Idaho Power Company (Idaho Power)
 
Website: http://www.boardmantohemingway.com/idaho_power.aspx
 
Contact:
Eric Hackett, Project Manager
PO Box 70
Boise, ID 83707
Phone: 208-388-5712
E-mail Eric

 
Department of Energy Staff: Adam Bless
 
History:
 
 
Documents:

Carty Generating Station
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.

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:
 
Documents:

Montague Wind Power Facility
Proposed Facility:
The proposed facility is a wind energy facility with a peak generating capacity of up to 404 megawatts.
 
Location:
Gilliam County
 
Status:
The applicant has submitted a preliminary application for a site certificate.

Applicant:
Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.
 
Contact:
Sara McMahon Parsons
Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.
1125 NW Couch Steet, Suite 700
Portland, OR 97209
 
(503) 796-7732

Department of Energy Staff: John White
 
History:
  • November 9, 2009: The applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
  • January 22, 2010: The applicant submitted a preliminary application.
 
 
Documents:
  • Notice of Intent, November 2009 [3.68 MB pdf]
  • Revised Figure G-2 (facility layout) [430 kb pdf]
  • The application is a very large document is not available for download from this website. The following sections of the application contain the information that the Department believes is of most interest to the public.
    Table of Contents
    Exhibit B (General Information about the Proposed Facility)
    Exhibit C (Proposed Location)
    Figure C-1 (Site Map)
    Figure C-2 (Facility Location, 1.5-MW Turbine Layout)
    Figure C-6 (Facility Location, 3.0-MW Turbine Layout)
    Exhibit K (Land Use)
    Exhibit P (Fish and Wildlife Habitat)
    Attachment P-8 (Cumulative Impacts Study, October 2008)
    Exhibit Q (Threatened and Endangered Species)
    Exhibit BB (Other Information - Response to NOI Comments)
     

Newberry Geothermal Project
Proposed Facility:
Geothermal energy facility with a peak generating capacity of up to 143 megawatts.
 
Location: Deschutes County.
 
Status:
The applicant has submitted a Notice of Intent. Exploratory work is expected to continue through 2009. The applicant will decide whether to proceed with a site certificate application in 2010.
 

Applicant:
Newberry Geothermal Holdings LLC
 

Contact:
Douglas S. Perry
Newberry Geothermal Holdings LLC
300 Atlantic Street, Suite 301
Stamford CT 06901
 
(203) 276-1600
 
Department of Energy Staff: John White 
 
History:
  • July 3, 2008: Applicant submitted a notice of intent.
 
Documents:
  • Notice of Intent, July 2008
    Part A (applicant information) [906 kb pdf]
    Part B (project description and location) [176 kb pdf]
    Part C (project location map) [372 kb pdf]
    Part D (additional information) [384 kb pdf]

Saddle Butte Wind Park
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 Department has issued a Project Order.
 
Applicant:
Saddle Butte Wind LLC
 
Contact:
Patricia Pilz
656 San Miguel Way
Sacramento, CA 95819
 
(916) 456-7651
 
Department of Energy Staff: John White
 
History:
  • August 7, 2009: Applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
  • October 20, 2009: the Department of Energy issued a Project Order
 
Documents:

Summit Ridge Wind Project
Proposed Facility:
Wind energy facility with a nominal (name plate) generating capacity of approximately 200 megawatts.
 
Location:
Wasco County, Oregon.
 
Status:
The Notice of Intent has been submitted
The Project Order has been issued

Applicant:
LotusWorks – Summit Ridge I, LLC
 
Contact:
Steven Ostrowski, President
LotusWorks – Summit Ridge I, LLC
9611 NE 117th Ave, Suite 2840
Vancouver, WA 98662
(360) 737-9692

Department of Energy Staff: Sue Oliver
 
History:
  • May 28, 2009: Applicant submitted a Notice of Intent.
  • July 30, 2009:  The Department of Energy issued the Project Order.
 
Documents:

 
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