Proposed. Nolin Hills Wind, LLC (applicant), a subsidiary of Capital Power Corporation, filed a complete ASC on January 31, 2022; the ASC may be viewed via hyperlinks provided below or in hard copy at the Oregon Department of Energy Salem office. On April 19, 2022 the Department issued its Draft Proposed Order (DPO) on the ASC, and its Notice of a Public Hearing on the DPO and of an opportunity to provide comments on the DPO. The Council held a Public Hearing on the Draft Proposed Order on Thursday, May 26, 2022. At the hearing, the applicant obtained approval from the Hearing Officer to continue the hearing until June 24, 2022 to afford them the opportunity to respond to issues raised in comments received on the record of the Draft Proposed Order.
All comments received during the comment period, including a transcript of the May 26, 2022 public hearing, are available on ODOE Comment portal: https://odoe.powerappsportals.us/SitingPublicComment/
ODOE also has a new docket system available which displays comments that have been submitted on Siting projects. Comments for this project will be posted to the document and will normally be available to view within 3 business days of receipt. The docket can be accessed via the following link:
https://odoe.powerappsportals.us/en-US/sitingdocket/
Council will review the Draft Proposed Order, following the close of the record of the Draft Proposed Order Public Hearing, anticipated to occur at the June or July 2022 meeting. Following Council review of the Draft Proposed Order, the Department will issue a Proposed Order, Notice of Proposed Order and Notice of Opportunity to Request a Contested Case. Following the contested case proceeding, the Council will take action to either approve, modify or reject the Department's Proposed Order and Hearing Officer's Proposed Contested Case Order, and will issue a Final Order on the Application for Site Certificate either denying or approving a site certificate.