Westside Canal Battery Storage Project

Westside Canal Battery Storage Project

The proposed Westside Canal Battery Storage Project involves the construction and operation of a utility-scale energy storage complex with a capacity of approximately 2,000 MW on approximately 163.32- acres of land owned by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), Imperial Irrigation District (IID), and private landowners. The proposed project will be constructed in 3 – 5 phases over a 10-year period with each phase ranging from approximately 25 MW to 400 MW per phase. Assuming a 10-year development period and 30-year operating life of each phase, the expected end date of the project would be 30 years from the construction of the final phase. The proposed project would be comprised of a lithium ion battery and/or flow battery energy storage facility, solar energy facility, a new 230 kV loop-in substation, underground electrical cables, and permanent vehicular access over a proposed bridge to and from the site. The proposed project includes the connection of the proposed on-site substation to the existing Campo Verde Imperial Valley radial transmission line. The power produced and stored by the proposed project would be conveyed to the local grid via a proposed loop-in substation on-site, which will be connected into the existing IID Campo Verde 230-kV Radial gen-tie line that ultimately connects to the Imperial Valley Substation. The project applicant has submitted the necessary Interconnection Request Applications to the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) grid and IID. The proposed project would allow for excess, intermittent renewable energy to be stored and later dispatched back into the electrical grid as firm, reliable generation. The proposed project supports the Southern California bulk electric system by serving as a transmission asset.

Imperial

Countywide, Southern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)

California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT)

Power:Other Power Type (Battery Energy Storage)(Megawatts 2,000 MW)

General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Tribal Cultural Resources