# Bluestone Hydro AE, LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications
On September 23, 2025, Bluestone Hydro AE, LLC, filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of hydropower at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Bluestone Dam located on the New River in Summers County, West Virginia. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners' express permission.
The proposed Bluestone Hydroelectric Project would consist of the following: (1) a new 180-foot-wide, 180-foot-long reinforced concrete powerhouse to be located downstream along the right bank looking downstream; (2) an existing intake and trashracks; (3) three 5-megawatt (MW) turbine-generator units with a total generating capacity of 15 MW; (4) a new 180-foot-wide by 300-foot-long tailrace; (5) an existing access road; (6) a new 60-foot-long by 60-foot-wide substation with a three-phase step-up transformer; (7) a new 2.1-mile-long, 36.7-kilovolt transmission line; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an estimated annual generation of 83 gigawatt-hours.
*Applicant Contact:* Roy Powers/Zac Osgood, Agilitas Energy Inc., 401 Edgewater Place, Suite 570, Wakefield, MA; phone: 914-805-2522.
*FERC Contact:* Monir Chowdhury; phone: (202) 502-6736.
Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, competing applications (without notices of intent), or notices of intent to file competing applications: on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 10, 2026. Competing applications and notices of intent must meet the requirements of 18 CFR 4.36.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file comments, motions to intervene, notices of intent, and competing applications using the Commission's eFiling system at *https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx.* Commenters can submit brief comments up to 10,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at *https://ferconline.ferc.gov/QuickComment.aspx.* For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *[email protected],* (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852.
For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, contact the Office of Public Participation at (202) 502-6595 or *[email protected].*
More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the “eLibrary” link of the Commission's website at *https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search.* Enter the docket number (P-15418) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
(Authority: 18 CFR 2.1)
Dated: February 9, 2026.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.