Pajaro Valley Energy Center

Pajaro Valley Energy Center

The proposed project is an electrical power facility consisting of one 45-megawatt combustion turbine generator; associated equipment, including an 80-foot high exhaust stack; a combustion turbine inlet air structure; water tanks; and a chiller system with an overhead cooling tower. This type of facility is known as a "peaker plant" and serves as an auxillary power plant that would be in operation when demand peaks on the regional power grid. It would be located at a site previously owned by Uni-Kool Partners, Inc. and formerly used for ice production. The project site consists of three adjacent parcels totaling 11.82 acres and is adjacent to, and north of, the Union Pacific railroad at the intersection of Allison Road and Railroad Avenue, in the unicorporated community of Pajaro.

Monterey

Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Coastal Commission (CCC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 5 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Coast Region 3 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of Fish and Wildlife, Marine Region, Department of Water Resources, Office of Historic Preservation, Resources Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control

Department of Toxic Substances Control

Power:Other Power Type (Peaker Plant)(Megawatts 45MW)

Combined Development Permit

Aesthetics, Air Quality, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Vegetation, Wildlife