Energia i gospodarka · 13.07.2010

Deer Creek Station Energy Facility Project (DOE/EIS-0415)

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) received a request from Basin Electric Power Cooperative (Basin Electric) to interconnect its proposed Deer Creek Station Energy Facility Project (Project) to Western's transmission system. Basin Electric's Project includes the construction of a new 300-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired combined-cycle generation facility in Brookings County, South Dakota, approximately 13.2 miles of new natural gas supply pipeline, a 0.75- mile transmission line, two water wells, a 1.25-mile water supply line, and 1 mile of local road improvements. Western considered the interconnection request under the provisions of its Open Access Transmission Service Tariff (Tariff), along with the information in the environmental impact statement (EIS) and all comments received, and has made the decision to allow Basin Electric's request to interconnect at Western's existing White Substation. The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Rural Utilities Service (RUS), also received a request from Basin Electric for financial assistance for the Deer Creek Station Energy Facility Project. RUS is a cooperating agency in the EIS process.