[Federal Register Volume 70, Number 226 (Friday, November 25, 2005)]
[Notices]
[Page 71113]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E5-6522]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Goodnoe Hills and White Creek Wind Energy Projects, October 2005

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: BPA has decided to offer contract terms for interconnection of 
the Goodnoe Hills and White Creek Wind Energy Projects into the Federal 
Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS) at the Rock Creek substation 
in Klickitat County, Washington. The Large Generation Interconnection 
Agreement (LGIA) provides for interconnection of the Wind Projects with 
the FCRTS, the operation of Goodnoe Hills and White Creek Wind Energy 
Projects in the BPA Control Area (including control area services such 
as generation imbalance service), and the maintenance of reliability of 
the FCRTS and interconnected systems. It also provides for the 
construction, operation and maintenance of the interconnection 
facilities (i.e., the Rock Creek substation). As described above, BPA 
has considered both the economic and environmental consequences of 
taking action to integrate power from the Wind Projects into the FCRTS. 
This notice announces the availability of the ROD to offer terms to 
interconnect the Wind Projects based on the Business Plan Final 
Environment Impact Statement (BP EIS) (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995), and 
the Business Plan Record of Decision (BP ROD, August 15, 1995). BPA has 
decided to offer terms to interconnect the Wind Projects in Klickitat 
County, Washington.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's 
toll-free document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD and EIS 
Summary are also available on our Web site, http://www.efw.bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Nancy Wittpenn, Bonneville Power 
Administration--KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; 
toll-free telephone number 1-800-282-3713; fax number 503-230-5699; or 
e-mail [email protected].

    Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November 16, 2005.
Stephen J. Wright,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
 [FR Doc. E5-6522 Filed 11-23-05; 8:45 am]
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