The Cat Creek Energy (CCE) project is advertised as an alternative energy production project designed to store a large amount of power and sell that power at a profit. The pumped hydro plant is actually a net user of power.  Clearly, the solar and wind pieces has fallen out of favor with the federal government together with their old subsidies.  Cat Creek’s plan to sell the energy they might produce through their proposed combination of solar, wind and pumped hydroelectric storage facility system included an agreement with Idaho Power.  This bilateral Large Generator Interconnection Agreement (LGIA) was executed by Idaho Power and CCE in 2021.

After CCE missed the most important LGIA agreement deadlines, Idaho Power has stated they have finally terminated the LGIA for lack of action on primary agreement provisions. It is our understanding that without a way to distribute and sell their power, the entire financial viability of the CCE project is likely to collapse.

In the linked document, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) agrees that Idaho Power acted within it’s legal rights to terminate the Large Generator Interconnection Agreement with Cat Creek Energy.   We are hoping this is the first of several key elements that are about to fall, and the project can be dead filed.

🚨 Link to the full FERC document from June 27, 2025: FERC-20250627-3009.pdf

 

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