Issaquena Green Power; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications

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. 15400-000] On April 2, 2025, Issaquena Green Power, filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Yellow Bend Hydrokinetic Energy Project to be located on the Mississippi River in Desha and Chicot Counties, Arkansas, and Bolivar County, Mississippi. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express permission. The proposed Yellow Bend Hydrokinetic Energy Project would consist of: (1) up to 504 hydrokinetic turbine generator units, arranged into 84 arrays, typically six units per array with two units wide and three units long, with an installed capacity of 50.4 megawatts; (2) a mooring system to anchor each turbine-generator to the riverbed; (3) four shore stations, spaced 2 to 4 kilometers apart along the riverbank and each serving approximately 21 arrays; and (4) four primary 34.6 kilovolt, three-phase transmission lines, with a combined length of approximately 15 miles, connecting the shore stations to the existing substation. The project would have a total installed capacity of 50.4 megawatts and an average annual generation of 39…