Big Rock 2 Cluster Solar and Storage Project
Summary
SCH Number
2024090063
Lead Agency
Imperial County
Document Title
Big Rock 2 Cluster Solar and Storage Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
A-2, A-2-R, A-3, A-2-RE and A-3-RE: General Plan: Agriculture
Document Description
The Project would include the construction and operation of a PV solar energy generation and battery energy storage system (BESS) facility comprised of up to 500 megawatts alternating current (MWac) PV solar and up to 500 MWac of BESS. Power generated by the Project would be collected using up to 66-kV collector lines which could run overhead and/or underground to a dedicated Project substation, with a 230-kV overhead generation transmission line or “gen-tie” line linking a Project substation to the Imperial Irrigation District (IID) Liebert Switchyard. The Liebert Switchyard would then be connected to the San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) Imperial Valley substation via an overhead 230-kV gen-tie line. Two gen-tie line alternatives are proposed.
Contact Information
Name
Diana Robinson
Agency Name
Imperial County Planning and Development Services Department
Job Title
Planning Division Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Coordinates
Counties
Imperial
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
I-8, Drew Road, Mandapa Road
Zip
92243
Total Acres
1,849
Parcel #
Multiple
State Highways
I-8
Railways
None
Airports
None
Schools
West Shores High School
Waterways
New River
Township
16S
Range
12E
Section
Multi
Base
SBBM
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), 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 11 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), 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, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW)
Development Types
Other (Battery Energy Storage; 500 MW), Power:Solar (Megawatts 500)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone, 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, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise, Public Services, Solid Waste, Transportation, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian
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
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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