PUBLIC INVOLVEMENT

Stakeholder engagement and public involvement is critical to the development of the proposed Big Chino Valley Pumped Storage Project. In addition to engaging all relevant agencies to comply with FERC’s Traditional Licensing Process requirements, ITC is also engaging stakeholders through one-on-one meetings, small group presentations and joint stakeholder public meetings as part of its commitment to transparency and developing a project that benefits the region. Here are several ways to get involved or to stay informed.

  • Sign up to receive emails about upcoming meetings and updates
  • View our upcoming meetings below to attend a meeting and read information from past meeting events
  • Contact us to request a meeting for your community group or organization

ITC will host the following meetings about the proposed Big Chino Valley Pumped Storage Project. Representatives will share preliminary resource study findings, forthcoming study plans, potential impacts and mitigation approaches and associated licensing studies.

The Big Chino Valley Pumped Storage Project must be licensed by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). ITC encourages interested stakeholders to attend the public meeting to learn more about the licensing process and share their input regarding the resources studies that will inform the license application that ITC will submit to FERC.





IN THE NEWS

New Developer Investigates “Pumped Storage” Project in Big Chino Valley

Nov 09, 2017

A Michigan-based company wants to build a hydropower project near Seligman that would store wind and solar energy until it’s needed. An environmental group and a tribal group have filed objections to the preliminary permit. The water to initially fill the reservoirs would come from the Big Chino Aquifer, which feeds the Verde River. Read more.



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