Opportunity
Federal Register #2026-21868
Revised Environmental Review Schedule for Bath County Pumped Storage Project Relicensing
Posted
October 27, 2026
Identifier
2026-21868
FERC revised the environmental review schedule for relicensing the Bath County Pumped Storage Project in Virginia. - Buyer: U.S. Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). - Project: Relicensing of the 2,484-megawatt Bath County Pumped Storage Project on Back Creek and Little Back Creek, in Bath, Highland, Augusta, and Rockbridge counties, Virginia. - Relicensing applicants named: Virginia Electric and Power Company, doing business as Dominion Energy Virginia; Allegheny Generating Company; and Bath County Energy, LLC. - FERC plans to circulate an environmental assessment for review, followed by a 30-day public comment period, and consider comments in its final licensing decision. - This is an environmental review and licensing notice, not a procurement request. No OEMs, products, quantities, or services are specified.
Description
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is revising the schedule for its environmental assessment of the Bath County Pumped Storage Project (Project No. 2716). The project is a 2,484-megawatt facility in Virginia for which Dominion filed a relicensing application. Commission staff now intends to issue the environmental assessment by February 5, 2027, followed by a 30-day comment period. Comments on the assessment will be considered in the Commission’s final licensing decision.