Holtville Peaker Battery Energy Storage System
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2023110549
Lead Agency
Imperial County
Document Title
Holtville Peaker Battery Energy Storage System
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Vacant/Light Industrial within Urban Area of Holtville (M-1 U)/Urban Area
Document Description
The project applicant has applied for a conditional use permit to allow for the construction and operation of a 100-megawatt battery energy storage system (BESS) (i.e., peaker plant). The project would include development of a BESS facility that would connect to the existing Imperial Irrigation District’s 92-kilovolt “E” Line. The BESS facility would include battery containers and storage sites, a control room, on-site substation, and associated facilities surrounded by fencing in the south-central portion of the parcel, with the remainder of the parcel used for temporary construction access and staging.
Contact Information
Name
Gerardo Quero
Agency Name
Imperial County Planning and Development Services Department
Job Title
Planner I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Counties
Imperial
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Melon Road and East Alamo Road
Zip
92250
Total Acres
17.2
Parcel #
045-570-087
State Highways
SR-115
Schools
Holtville High School
Waterways
Alamo River
Township
15S
Range
15E
Section
72
Base
SB
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, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (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), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Development Types
Power:Other Power Type (Battery Energy Storage)(Megawatts 100)
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, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, 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
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