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Option 1- Submit an eComment Step 1: Go to ferc.gov. On the left-hand side of the screen, click the “FERC Online” tab. Step 2: When you click “FERC Online,” it will pull up a window. On the right-hand side, there is a grey-highlighted section. In that section, click “eComment” Step 3: This will bring you to a screen that prompts you to fill out your information. ***BE SURE TO USE AN EMAIL YOU HAVE ACCESS TO!*** Once you fill out your information, you will receive an email to

Below you may find some helpful recommendations or issues we have discovered as we have studied rPlus permit with FERC Big Picture ● This renewable energy storage project is being fast-tracked for development by a Utah-based developer at the expense of Wyoming’s world-class wildlife and fisheries. ○ Responsible energy development is worth supporting- this project is far from responsible. rPlus’ project trades away our blue-ribbon fishery, a distinctive bighorn herd, and sage

By Katie Cheesbrough, Executive Director, Wyoming Wild Sheep Foundation   If you fish the Miracle Mile, you already know this place is more than a Blue-Ribbon Fishery. It is one of the wildest pockets left in Wyoming. And sharing those ridgelines above the North Platte is one of the most important wildlife success stories in the entire state: the Ferris-Seminoe bighorn sheep herd.   This herd came back from the brink after decades of work. Today, it is healthy, disease-free,

rPLus Hydro (a Salt Lake City, Utah based development firm) is proposing the Seminoe Pumped Storage Project (SPSP). SPSP aims to build large-scale energy storage. rPlus plans to exploit the existing Seminoe Reservoir and North Platte River as the lower reservoir. RPlus plans construction of a new upper reservoir on the ridge top. Water will be pumped uphill from Seminoe to the new reservoir, then released downhill through turbines back into Seminoe. This is called an “open-lo

The Environmental Impact Statement shows clearly that there will be significant impacts to hunting and fishing during the construction phase and beyond. You can read the drafted environmental impact statement here. Read the EIS by following the link below: https://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/filelist?accession_number=20250926-3003

Read about the impact of trout and wildlife brought up in the Casper, Wyoming Council Meeting Click the Link Below: https://k2radio.com/semino-pumped-storage-project/

An angler on the North Platte River. (Christine Peterson)