Juniper Creek Energy Storage Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023020116
Lead Agency
City of Rancho Cordova
Document Title
Juniper Creek Energy Storage Project
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Commercial and Offices - General Plan Land Use, Commercial Mixed-Use - Zoning
Document Description
The Juniper Creek Energy Storage Project is a 200-megawatt Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) project located in the City of Rancho Cordova, California, being developed by Vesper Energy, LLC. The Project's batteries will be installed in racks, inverters, medium-voltage transformers, a collector substation, and other associated equipment to interconnect with the existing and adjacent Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) Cordova Substation.
The Project will be operated remotely with no permanent on-site operations and maintenance personnel, and no occupied buildings or habitable structures. It is anticipated that two to four staff members world visit the site weekly or on a as-needed basis for maintenance monitoring. The Project site will be fully enclosed and will not be open to the public.
The Project will operate by directly connecting to the local electrical grid, and release energy produced during low demand times during higher demand times.
Contact Information
Name
Darcy Goulart
Agency Name
City of Rancho Cordova
Job Title
Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Rancho Cordova
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
Poopenaut Court and Canyonlands Drive
Zip
95670
Total Acres
5.67
Parcel #
067-0780-011
State Highways
50
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
Sunrise Elementary & Robert Mcgravey Elementary
Waterways
N/A
Township
8N
Range
7E
Section
9, 10
Base
Buf. Crk
Other Location Info
Section: 9, 10, 15, 16
Base: Buffalo Creek
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 3 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Toxic Substances Control, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Sacramento Region 5 (RWQCB)
Development Types
Commercial (Sq. Ft. 174240, Acres 4, Employees 4)
Local Actions
Conditional Use Permit and Zone Text Amendment
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Economics/Jobs, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Transportation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Local Review Period Start
Local Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from state reviewing agencies]
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