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Witness details Bobwhite, Spoonbill and Pelican projects and their permitting stages
Summary
The company witness described three comparable battery projects—Bobwhite (225 MW/4‑hour, Northeast Tennessee), Spoonbill (425 MW/4‑hour, Loudoun County) and Pelican (~625 MW/6‑hour, James City/Williamsburg)—and said the Virginia projects are in permitting with hearings expected before year-end.
Mister Latham described three projects Tenaska has pursued as context for the proposed site: Bobwhite Energy Storage in northeast Tennessee—contracted with TVA and described as a 225‑megawatt, 4‑hour project that is finishing NEPA and preparing to start construction—and two Virginia projects, Spoonbill (Loudoun County, 425 MW/4‑hour) and Pelican (James City/Williamsburg area, roughly 625 MW/6‑hour), both of which Latham said are in permitting and expect permit hearings before year‑end.
Commissioners used those examples to press for more local detail: construction timing, community impacts, and outreach in populated areas. Latham said Tenaska had encountered community concerns in California projects but ultimately secured easements and community acceptance after outreach; he gave approximate online dates for earlier California projects and said the first came online in the early 2020s.
