Zeta Solar and Battery Energy Storage System Project
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023070088
Lead Agency
County of Merced, Department of Community and Economic Development
Document Title
Zeta Solar and Battery Energy Storage System Project
Document Type
EIR - Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Land Use Designation: Agricultural / Zoning: Exclusive Agricultural (A-2)
Document Description
The Project would involve the construction, operation, maintenance, and decommissioning of a photovoltaic (PV) solar power generation facility, battery energy storage system (BESS), onsite Project substation, and other associated infrastructure. The Project would generate approximately 75 megawatts (MW) alternating current (AC) of renewable energy and include a storage capacity of up to 8 hours of 75 MW of AC. The Project is located on all or portions of several contiguous parcels, totaling approximately 650 acres (Project site), plus an additional 1,700-foot-long generation-tie (gen-tie) line to deliver power from the Project to Pacific Gas and Electric’s (PG&E’s) existing Mercy Springs Substation (point of interconnection) in unincorporated Merced County, located approximately 0.25 mile north of the Project site.
Contact Information
Name
Tiffany Ho
Agency Name
Merced County
Job Title
Deputy Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Merced
Regions
Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Poleline Road and First Lift Canal Road
Zip
93635
Total Acres
650
Parcel #
090-130-018, 090-130-044, 090-130-060, 088-180-063
State Highways
I-5
Waterways
California Aqueduct
Township
12S
Range
11E
Section
6
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (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 10 (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, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water
Development Types
Other (Battery Energy Storage System), Power:Solar (Megawatts 75)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Septic System, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
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