Imperial Valley Policy Driven Upgrade - Fern and Liebert Switching Stations
Summary
SCH Number
2014051052
Lead Agency
Imperial Irrigation District
Document Title
Imperial Valley Policy Driven Upgrade - Fern and Liebert Switching Stations
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Agricultural
Document Description
In December of 2012, the CA Independent System Operator (CAISO) initiated an accelerated competitive solicitation process conducted for a policy-driven transmission line and collector station in the Imperial Valley area (the "IV Policy Element"). In July in 2013, the IID was selected as the Approved Project Sponsor to finance, own, construct, operate and maintain the IV Policy Element. The project consists of a 230 kV collector station, Liebert Switching Station (Liebert), located approximately one mile north of IV Substation, and an approximately 1.4 mile 230 kV transmission line connecting the collector station to IV Substation. The collector station and transmission line will become network facilities that will be turned over to CAISO operational control once IID's existing S-Line is looped in via a bus tie to Fern, which will be located directly north of and adjacent to Liebert. The IV Policy Element must be constructed in a relatively short timeframe (by 2015 at the latest) due to generation projects in the area that require these facilities to move forward with power purchase and interconnection agreement milestones.
Contact Information
Name
Stephanie L. Sharp
Agency Name
Imperial Irrigation District
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
El Centro
Counties
Imperial
Cross Streets
Liebert and Mandarapa Rds
Zip
92243
Total Acres
1.03
Parcel #
051-350-012
State Highways
Hwy 8
Waterways
IID West Side Main, Fernside Main, Fern Canal
Township
16S
Range
12E
Section
34
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), 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, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Resources Agency
Development Types
Power:Other Power Type (Switching Station)(Megawatts 230 kV)
Project Issues
Biological Resources, Geology/Soils, Other
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