Janus Solar and Battery Storage Project
4 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024061043
Lead Agency
Colusa County
Document Title
Janus Solar and Battery Storage Project
Document Type
NOD - Notice of Determination
Received
Posted
3/4/2025
Document Description
Janus Solar PV, LLC has applied to Colusa County for a Use Permit (UP) to construct, operate, maintain, and decommission a solar photovoltaic (PV) power generating facility including solar PV modules, a battery energy storage system (BESS), on-site substation, a gen-tie transmission line, and other necessary supporting infrastructure (Janus Solar and Battery Storage Project (Project)). The Project would generate up to 80 megawatts of alternating current of electricity and store up to 80 megawatts, or 320 megawatt hours (MWh), of electricity on an approximately 886-acre site; only an estimated 666 acres of the site would be used. The Project would connect to the electrical grid at the existing PG&E Cortina Substation via an approx. 4-mile new gen-tie transmission line. Development and Franchise Agreements and a review of Project compatibility with the existing Williamson Act contract is also part of the Project.
Contact Information
Name
Xzandrea Fowler
Agency Name
Colusa County
Job Title
Community Development Director
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Alex Salas
Agency Name
Janus Solar PV, LLC.
Job Title
Manager, Utility-scale Development
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Williams
Counties
Colusa
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Nearest Walnut Drive/Spring Valley Road located at 1958 Spring Valley Road
Zip
95987
Total Acres
886
Parcel #
018-050-005 and -006
State Highways
20
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
N/A
Waterways
Tehama Colusa Canal, Spring Creek, Spring Valley Creek
Township
14N
Range
4 W
Section
1 and
Base
MDBM
Other Location Info
1958 Spring Valley Road
Notice of Determination
Approving Agency
Colusa County
Approving Agency Role
Lead Agency
Approved On
County Clerk
Colusa
Final Environmental Document Available at
https://www.countyofcolusaca.gov/996/Janus-Solar-and-Battery-Storage-Project
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
Yes
(2b) A Mitigated or a Negative Declaration was prepared for this project pursuant to the provisions of CEQA
No
(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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