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Whistling Ridge Wind Interconnection Project
Skamania County, Washington


  • PROJECT DESCRIPTION:


    Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has been asked by SDS Lumber Company to interconnect its proposed Whistling Ridge Energy Project in Skamania County, Washington, to the Federal Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS).

    In June 2002, SDS Lumber Company submitted a generation interconnection request for 70-MW on the North Bonneville-Midway 230-kV transmission line approximately five miles West of BPA's Underwood Substation. Subsequently, SDS Lumber Company created a new limited liability company called Whistling Ridge Energy LLC (WRE), which submitted an application with WA EFSEC for site certification for the wind project. WRE would finance, develop, own and operate the proposed wind project. The proposed wind facility would consist of up to approximately 50, 1.2- to 2.5-MW wind turbines up to 426 feet tall, as well as infrastructure such as newly-constructed and improved roads, transformers, underground collector lines, a substation, and an operations and maintenance (O&M) facility.

    To inform its decision on whether to allow the proposed interconnection, BPA will be preparing a joint Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) with the State of Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC). WRE would independently build, own and operate the wind project and their associated facilities.

  • CURRENT STATUS:


    BPA and Washington EFSEC are in the process of developing a DRAFT EIS which should be available in Spring 2010. Once this DRAFT becomes available, BPA will be sending out a notice asking for public review and comment.

  • CONTACT:


    Andrew M. Montaņo, Environmental Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration - KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; direct telephone number 503-230-4145; toll-free telephone number 1-800-282-3713; fax number 503-230-5699; e-mail address: ammontano@bpa.gov.

  • DOCUMENTS:


    Letter to the Public (32Kb pdf) (04/17/09)
    Comment Form (13Kb pdf) (04/17/09)
    Project Vicinity Map (1.6MB pdf) (04/17/09)


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