Easley Renewable Energy Project
8 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2022110240
Lead Agency
Riverside County
Document Title
Easley Renewable Energy Project
Document Type
FIN - Final Document
Received
Present Land Use
Open Space Rural and Agriculture land use designations
Document Description
The Easley Project is located in Riverside County, north of I-10 and ~2 miles north of the town of Desert Center, California. The Project consists of construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of an up to 400 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic electricity generating station, up to 650 MW battery energy storage facility, electrical substation, gen-tie lines and associated access roads on 990 acres of private land and 2,745 acres of BLM-administered land. A 6.7-mile 500 kilovolt gen-tie line (an additional 139 acres of BLM land) would connect into an existing switchyard on the adjacent Oberon solar project site.
Contact Information
Name
Tim Wheeler
Agency Name
Riverside County Planning Department
Job Title
Project Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Desert Center
Counties
Riverside
Regions
Countywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
State Route 177
Zip
92239
Total Acres
3,800
Jobs
530
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
177
Airports
Desert Center Airport
Notice of Completion
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Coachella Valley Mountains Conservancy (CVMC), 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 Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), 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), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Development Types
Power:Solar (400MW Solar Photovoltaic and 650MW Battery Energy Storage System)(Megawatts 400)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Attachments
Final Document(s) [Approved_Certified draft environmental documents]
Responses to Comments
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