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Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land Management

Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation

Description:

Swan Lake North Pumped Storage (Project No. 13318) is a proposal to construct an original, closed-loop pumped storage project that would provide 393 MW of generation capacity in Oregon.  The proposed project would consist of, among other facilities, an upper and lower reservoir with active storage capacities of 2,562 and 2,581 acre-feet, respectively, a high-pressure penstock, three low-pressure penstocks, a powerhouse, a substation, and a 32.8-mile-long, 230-kilovolt transmission line. 

Project Application and Supporting Documents

• Swan Lake North Hydroelectric Project, Initial Statement of Project Application, FERC Docket No. P-13318 (filed 10/28/2015).  Document located at: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14029230.
• Swan Lake North Hydroelectric Project, Exhibit A of Project Application, FERC Docket No. P-13318 (filed 10/28/2015).  Document located at: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14029232.  
• Swan Lake North Hydroelectric Project, Exhibit B of Project Application, FERC Docket No. P-13318 (filed 10/28/2015).  Document located at: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14029298.
• Swan Lake North Hydroelectric Project, Exhibit C of Project Application, FERC Docket No. P-13318 (filed 10/28/2015).  Document located at: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14029292.
• Swan Lake North Hydroelectric Project, Exhibit D of Project Application, FERC Docket No. P-13318 (filed 10/28/2015).  Document located at: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14029259.
• Swan Lake North Hydroelectric Project, Exhibit E of Project Application, FERC Docket No. P-13318 (filed 10/28/2015).  Document located at: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14029276.
• Swan Lake North Hydroelectric Project, Exhibit F of Project Application, FERC Docket No. P-13318 (filed 10/28/2015).  Document located at: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14029280.
• Swan Lake North Hydroelectric Project, Exhibit G of Project Application, FERC Docket No. P-13318 (filed 10/28/2015).  Document located at: http://elibrary.ferc.gov/IDMWS/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14029263.
• Additional Project-related filings and issuances can be found on FERC’s eLibrary website by searching under Docket No. P-13318. 

Federal Agency Actions

• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions (issued 12/20/2017).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=14780889.
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Draft Environmental Impact Statement (issued 08/22/2018).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=15001828.  
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Final Environmental Impact Statement (issued 01/25/2019).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/opennat.asp?fileID=15147474.
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Order Issuing Original License (issued 04/30/2019).  Document located at:  https://elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/common/OpenNat.asp?fileID=15233738.

FERC Litigation

• None filed.

Last updated November 22, 2019