5 MW Diesel Back-Up Generator Project
Summary
SCH Number
2001058318
Public Agency
City of Palo Alto
Document Title
5 MW Diesel Back-Up Generator Project
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/10/2001
Document Description
The City of Palo Alto proposes to install four temporary, portable, diesel 1.35-MW generators at the Muncipal Service Center at 3201 E. Bayshore Road. The back-up generators would be used during Stage 3 electric shortages when the California Indepedent System Operator(ISO) has required Palo Alto to curtail load on the electric system. The City of Palo Alto would use the back-up generators to reduce rolling blackouts. The proposed project will also involve the relocation of four existing transformers and the construction of a 12 kV overhead distribution tap line to East Bayshore Rd.
Contact Information
Name
Rachel Adcox
Agency Name
City of Palo Alto
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Palo Alto
Counties
Santa Clara
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Declared Emergency
Type, Section or Code
21080,15269
Reasons for Exemption
The temporary, portable, diesel generators are consistent with the intent of Executive Order D-26-01, declaring the review of peaking or renewable power plants that can be on-line by July, 2001 to be exempt from CEQA. The order cites the energy supply emergency that "poses a threat to public health, safety, and welfare, and requires the siting of new power plants that can be on-line to avoid electricity supply shortages this summer and next.
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