Wistaria Ranch Solar

Wistaria Ranch Solar

The Applicant has filed 17 CUP applications (13-0036 thru 13-0052) to develop up to 17 individual solar projects on 32 parcels totaling approximately 2,793 acres. The project could be built as individual CUPs, multiple CUPs or build-out in its entirely (all 17 CUPs at once). All CUPs are anticipated to use the existing generation interconnection (Gen-Tie) line that extends from the solar field site parcels through the Mount Signal Solar Farm Project to the Imperial Solar Energy Center South (ISECS) switchyard. The CUPs are anticipated to us a single Project switchyard common to all CUPs. Alternatively, each CUP may independently construct a 230 kilovolt step-up transformer and switchyard Collector lines located within the 32 solar field site parcels (plus two parcels that are not included within the solar fields for this Project) will aggregate the electricity from all of the solar fields and convey it to the Gen-Tie line. Eight towers will be added to the Mount Signal Solar Farm Project Gen-Tie to accommodate co-location of the Project's Gen-Tie line. The Project also includes PV and/or CPV panels, inverters, transformers, Power Conversion System (PCS) enclosures. Operations and Maintenance (O&M) building(s), and a type of energy storage facility that could accommodate a variety of evolving energy storage technologies within each CUP (13-0036 thru 13-0052). The Project would also include additional auxiliary facilities such as raw water/fire water storage, treated water storage, water filtration buildings and equipment, equipment control buildings, Onsite Wastewater Treatment System (OWTS) and parking. The Project will include electric line crossings and vehicular crossings of Imperial Irrigation District facilities (which may include infrastructure improvements such as a culvert widening) and County facilities.

Calexico

Imperial

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Colorado River Board, Resources Agency, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6

Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6

Industrial (Acres 2793, Employees 15), Power:Solar (Megawatts 250)

Site Plan, Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildlife, GHGE