Grace Solar Energy Center

Grace Solar Energy Center

The Palo Verde Mesa Solar Project (Approved Project) is an up to 450 megawatts (MW) solar photovoltaic (PV) electrical generating facility and associated infrastructure located on approximately 3,400 acres of private land. The Palo Verde Mesa Project Environmental Impact Report (EIR) No. 532, Conditional Use Permit (CUP) No. 3684, Public Use Permit (PUP) No. 916, and Development Agreement (DA) No. 86 were approved by Riverside County in August 2017. Boulevard Associates, LLC (“Applicant”) proposes to modify the approved project design and change the project name to Grace Solar Energy Center (Project) under a Supplemental EIR (SEIR) and CUP amendment. Boulevard Associates, LLC (“Applicant”) proposes to entitle, construct, operate, maintain, and decommission the Project. The Project would include a utility-scale solar PV electrical generating and storage facility and associated infrastructure to generate and deliver renewable electricity to the statewide electricity transmission grid. The proposed Project would generate and store up to 500 MW of renewable electricity via arrays of solar PV panels, battery energy storage system (BESS), 230-kV gen-tie line, access roads and appurtenant facilities

Blythe, Mesa Verde

Riverside

Countywide

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Habitat Conservation Planning (CDFW), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 8 (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 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, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Power:Solar (Megawatts 500)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Water Supply/Groundwater