Notice · Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
New schedule for environmental review of Bath County pumped storage hydropower license
Official title: Virginia Electric and Power Company d/b/a Dominion Energy Virginia, Allegheny Generating Company, and Bath County Energy, LLC; Notice of Revised Schedule for Environmental Assessment
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- Hydropower and electricity
- Public lands and forests
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has pushed back the date for issuing an environmental assessment of Dominion Energy Virginia's relicense application for the Bath County Pumped Storage Project. The project sits on Back Creek and Little Back Creek in Bath, Highland, Augusta, and Rockbridge counties, Virginia. The assessment is now expected February 5, 2027, instead of November 20, 2026, after what staff call further review. It will be open for a 30-day public comment period.
Details
- Agency
- Department of Energy; Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Document type
- Notice
- Published
- Tuesday, October 27, 2026
- Comments due
- No comment period stated
- Document number
- 2026-21868
- Docket
- Project No. 2716-051
- Who is affected
- Bath County Pumped Storage Project
- Dominion Energy Virginia
- George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
- Bath, Highland, Augusta and Rockbridge counties
- Where
- Bath County 38.056, -79.735 · geocoded
- Highland County 38.384, -79.591 · geocoded
- Augusta County 38.179, -79.153 · geocoded
- Rockbridge County 37.833, -79.462 · geocoded
- Back Creek 38.159, -79.849 · geocoded
- Little Back Creek 38.166, -79.882 · geocoded
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