Athos Renewable Energy Project - Draft EIR Conditional Use Permit No. 180001/Public Use Permit No. 180001

Athos Renewable Energy Project - Draft EIR Conditional Use Permit No. 180001/Public Use Permit No. 180001

IP Athos, LLC, a subsidiary of Intersect Power, proposes to construct, operate, and decommission the Athos Renewable Energy Project, which includes a large scale solar photovoltaic (PV) electrical generating and storage facility and associated infrastructure to generate and deluver renewable electricity to the statewide electricity transmission grid. The proposed project, a PV solar power plant and 11-mile-long 220 kV gen-tie transmission line, would be located on approximately 3,400 acres across 7 non-contiguous groups of parcels northeast of the community of Desert Center. The project would consist of a solar fields, inverters, powerlines, 4 substations, an O&M building, access roads, telecommunication facilities, and related equipment. The facility would generate and provide storage for 500 megawatts of renewabl energy using PV technology. The power produced by the Project woul dbe conveyed to the statewide power grid via interconnection to the SCE Red Bluff Substation, an existing substation located south of -10 and approximately 1.1 miles south of the project area. As part of the project, the applicant is also seeking to vacate interior roadways and merge contiguous project parcels. Roads along the project perimeter on the solar facility lands would remain dedicated public access.

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Air Resources Board, Major Industrial Projects, California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Caltrans, Division of Aeronautics, Department of Fish and Wildlife, Region 6, Department of Water Resources, Resources Agency, Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Department of Toxic Substances Control, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

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