# 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.

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