Big Rock 2 Cluster Solar and Storage Project

Big Rock 2 Cluster Solar and Storage Project

The proposed project involves the construction of a utility-scale photovoltaic (PV) solar and battery energy storage (BESS) facility on approximately 1,849 acres of privately-owned land. The project would generate up to a combined 500 megawatt (MW) of alternating current (AC) on a daily basis and up to 500 MW of battery storage. Energy generated by the project would be collected using up to 66 kilovolt (kV) collector lines which could run overhead and/or underground to a dedicated project substation. A 230-kV overhead generation intertie (gen-tie) transmission line is anticipated to link the project substation to the existing Liebert Switchyard, which will then be connected via an overhead 230-kV gen-tie line to the existing Mandrapa Switchyard and the San Diego Gas and Electric (SDG&E) Imperial Valley Substation.

El Centro, Nearest Community - Seeley

Imperial

Countywide, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), 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, 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 Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Other (Battery Energy Storage - 500 MW), Power:Solar (Megawatts 500)

General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit, Variance

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, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire