The company announced Thursday it would withdraw its application to build new dams and reservoirs around Chandler Mountain in St. Clar and Etowah County.
Alabama Power Company has officially withdrawn its application to build an energy storage project on Chandler Mountain that likely would have forced dozens of residents from their homes.
“After careful consideration, Alabama Power has decided to withdraw its Notice of Intent to seek a license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to operate a Pumped Storage Hydro facility at Chandler Mountain,” the company said in an email. The company also submitted a letter to FERC Thursday morning asking them to “suspend the ILP [integrated licensing process] for the Project immediately and terminate the ILP on the effective date of this withdrawn pleading.”
Hundreds of residents packed public meetings discussing the project, after regulators said it could open residents up to losing their land through eminent domain. The residents’ voices seem to have had an effect. “After careful evaluation and meaningful conversations with numerous stakeholders, Alabama Power has decided to withdraw the April 14, 2023 NOI, thereby terminating the licensing process for the Chandler Mountain Pumped Storage Project,” the company said in its letter to FERC., but it was FERC that had the ultimate decision whether to approve the project.“Our guiding purpose is to provide clean, safe, reliable and affordable power to the 1.
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