Conditional Use Permit No. 22-05 (Westlands Cherry Solar Project)
3 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022090283
Lead Agency
Kings County
Document Title
Conditional Use Permit No. 22-05 (Westlands Cherry Solar Project)
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
12/7/2022
Document Description
The applicant (Westlands Cherry Solar) is proposing to establish a 250-megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic facility located at 26620 Nevada Avenue, approximately 2.5 miles west of SR-41, Kettleman City, Assessor’s Parcel Numbers 026-300-034, 026-320-006, -017, and -020. The project proposes to include an electrical substation, a battery storage facility, and an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) facility. The solar generation from the project will be transferred to a new 230 kilovolt (kV) Nevada-Jayne gen-tie line which will transmit the power south along the 25th Avenue alignment and then west along Nevada-Jayne Avenues to the PG&E Gates Substation approximately 12 miles to the west. The on-site battery storage will include 250 battery containers with 4 MW hours storage capacity each, providing a total energy storage capacity of up to 1,000 MW hours.
Contact Information
Name
Noelle Tomlinson
Agency Name
Kings County Community Development Agency
Job Title
Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Kettleman City
Counties
Kings
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Nevada Ave & Highway 41
Zip
93239
Total Acres
2079.1
Parcel #
026-300-034, 026-320-006, -017, and -020
State Highways
Highway 41
Waterways
Empire Westside Main Canal, Blakely Canal
Township
20 S
Range
19 E
Section
32
Base
MDBM
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Kings County Community Development Agency
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Kings
Final Environmental Document Available at
1400 W. Lacey Blvd., Building #6, Hanford, CA 93230
Determinations
(1) The project will have a significant impact on the environment
No
(2a) An Environmental Impact Report was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
(2c) An other document type was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(3) Mitigated measures were made a condition of the approval of the project
Yes
(4) A mitigation reporting or monitoring plan was adopted for this project
Yes
(5) A Statement of Overriding Considerations was adopted for this project
No
(6) Findings were made pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
Yes
Attachments
Notice of Determination
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