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The Deschutes Solar and Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Facility is a proposed solar photovoltaic energy generation facility with a generating capacity of approximately 1,000 megawatts (MWs). In addition to the proposed solar photovoltaic arrays, the facility would include related and supporting facilities including a 1,000 MW BESS with up to 4 hours of storage capacity, an Operations and Maintenance Building, a 34.5 kV collector system, an approximately 0.5 mile 500-kilovolt (kV) generation tie line to a proposed 500 kV switchyard connecting to the existing 500-kV Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) Marion-Buckley transmission line, perimeter fencing, access roads, and staging areas. The proposed facility would be located within a site boundary of approximately 13,626 acres (21.3 sq miles) of predominately private land zoned for Exclusive Farm Use (EFU) in Wasco County, approximately 10 miles southwest of Maupin. | Under Review/Proposed. On January 17, 2025, the Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE or Department) received a Notice of Intent to File an Application for a Site Certificate (NOI) for the Deschutes Solar and Battery Energy Storage System Facility (proposed facility). The applicant submitted a revised NOI on February 21, 2025. The Department issued a Public Notice of the NOI on February 26, 2025 and hosted a public informational meeting on the NOI in Maupin on March 27, 2025. The meeting presentation and a summary of oral comments received at the public meeting are available via the links below: Comments submitted through the comment portal and copies of written comments received during the public comment period are available for view on the Siting Docket. On May 29, 2025, the Department issued a Project Order establishing the statutes, administrative rules, Council standards, local ordinances, and other requirements for the site certificate application. The applicant anticipates submitting a preliminary Application for Site Certificate in Q3 2025. The NOI and Project Order will expire on February 21, 2027, unless an extension is granted by Council. Copies of the Notice of Intent, Public Notice, and Project Order are available below.
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DECH bn, LLC, a subsidiary of BrightNight, LLC | | ODOE contact:
Kathleen Sloan | | Applicant/Certificate holder contact:
Bijan Damavandi | |
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