San Diego Gas and Electric Company Valley-Rainbow 500 kV Interconnect Project; CPUC Application No. 01-03-036
Summary
SCH Number
2001061120
Lead Agency
California Public Utilities Commission
(CPUC)
Document Title
San Diego Gas and Electric Company Valley-Rainbow 500 kV Interconnect Project; CPUC Application No. 01-03-036
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Document Description
The major elements of the Project are described as follows: a new single-circuit 500 kV transmission line approximately 30 miles long; a new SDG&E 500/230/69kV substation and modifications to SCE's existing Valley Substation; installation of a second 230kV circuit on the existing Talega-Escondido 230 kV transmission structures and modification of the existing substations at Tagela and Escondido; rebuild of a 7.7-mile section of the existing 69 kV transmission circuit on new 69 kV wood steel pole structures adjacent to the existing 230 kV line within the existing Tagela-Escondido right-of-way and; addition of a 230 kV Static Synchronous Compensator (STATCOM) at the existing Mission Substation. Shunt capacitors would be added at the Miguel and Sycamore Canyon substations.
Contact Information
Name
Billie Blanchard
Agency Name
Public Utilities Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Escondido, Hemet, Poway, San Clemente, San Diego, Temecula
Counties
Orange, Riverside, San Diego
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
Cal Fire, California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Santa Ana Region 8 (RWQCB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Transportation, District 12 (DOT)
Development Types
Other (Electrical substation/Transmission Line)
Local Actions
Site Plan, Convenience and Necessity (CPCN)
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Wildlife, Electro Magnetic Field
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