Energy Facility Siting Council to Meet January 28, 2022
The next regularly scheduled meeting of Oregon’s Energy Facility Siting Council will be held virtually Friday, January 28, 2022. The meeting will begin at 8:30 a.m. and conclude around 3:30 that afternoon.
The main items on the Council’s agenda are:
Stateline Wind Project – Council Review/Decision on Contested Case Requests, if Received, and Review/Decision on the Proposed Order on Request for Amendment 6 of the Site Certificate (Action Item) – Chase McVeigh-Walker, Senior Siting Analyst. The Council will review requests for contested case on the Proposed Order on Request for Amendment 6 of the Stateline Wind Project site certificate, if received. If received and determined justified, Council will initiate a contested case proceeding. If no contested case requests are received or the Council denies the contested case request(s), the Council will proceed to review the Proposed Order on Amendment 6 and will either adopt, modify, or reject the proposed order as the final order and grant or deny an amended site certificate.
Golden Hills Wind Project – Council Review of Construction Compliance (Information Item) – Duane Kilsdonk, ODOE Compliance Officer and Sarah Esterson, ODOE Senior Policy Advisor will provide a presentation to Council on the certificate holder’s response to tenant/landowner complaints and non-compliance issues related to disturbance impacts to agriculturally productive soils and adequacy of erosion control materials/monitoring for multiple resources protected by Council standards at the Golden Hills Wind Project, a 202 MW wind facility under construction in Sherman County.
Cascade Renewables Transmission Project Overview (Information Item) – Christopher Hocker, Vice President, Cascade Renewable Transmission, LLC will provide an overview of the Cascade Renewables Transmission project that would consist of an electric transmission cable bundle with 1100 MW of transmission capacity that starts in The Dalles, Oregon and travels approximately 100 miles beneath the Columbia River to the Portland area.
There will also be an opportunity for public comment.
The full meeting agenda and other meeting materials are available on ODOE’s website: www.oregon.gov/energy/facilities-safety/facilities/Pages/Council-Meetings.aspx.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Oregon Department of Energy and Energy Facility Siting Council are practicing social distancing measures, so this meeting will be made available remotely using the online Webex platform only. Please see the meeting agenda for detailed instructions on how to participate.
To request an interpreter for the hearing impaired or accommodations for persons with disabilities, please contact the department at least 72 hours before the meeting at 1-800-221-8035 or fax 503-373-7806. TTY users should call the Oregon Relay Service at 711.