Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Application Ready for Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms and Conditions, and Prescriptions

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of Energy Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2735-104] Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 2735-104. c. Date filed: April 18, 2024. d. Applicant: Pacific Gas and Electric Company. e. Name of Project: Helms Pumped Storage Project. f. Location: The existing project is located about 50 miles northeast of the city of Fresno, on the North Fork Kings River and Helms Creek, in Fresno and Madera Counties, California. The project currently occupies 3,346.6 acres of Federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service, 28.36 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and 0.07 acre of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. The project, with the proposed project boundary modifications, would occupy a total of 2,887.7 acres of Federal land administered by the U.S. Forest Service, 28.5 acres of Federal land managed by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, and 2.22 acres of land managed by the Bureau of Land Management. ( printed page 23679) g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r . h. Applicant Contact: Dave Gabbard, Vice President, Power Generation, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, 300 Lakeside Drive, Oakland, CA 94612; telephone at (650) 207-9705; email at David.Gabbard@pge.com . i. FERC Contact: Evan Williams, Project Coordinator, West Branch, Division of Hydropowe…