Foxtail Solar Project (PSP 24-065)

Foxtail Solar Project (PSP 24-065)

The proposed Foxtail Hybrid Solar Project (Project) would construct and operate 55-megawatt (MW) photovoltaic solar generation facility and a 55 MW battery energy storage system (BESS) at 4 hours of continuous discharge on an approximate 475.5-acre site in Tulare County. The Project proposes to develop approximately 450 acres of the 475.5-acre parcel. The property is designated Valley Agriculture in the Tulare County General Plan and is appropriately zoned AE-40 (Exclusive Agriculture, 40-acre minimum). The surrounding properties around the project site are also zoned AE-40 The Project is within the Paige and Taylor Weir USGS Quad. The Project would install approximately 108,344 single-axis tracker solar panels on the site. The layout of the single axis tracker panels will be in an east-west direction. It is anticipated that the life of the proposed Project will be 35 years. In addition to the description above, the applicant will prepare a reclamation plan to be implemented after the life of the Project. The project site is under Williamson Act contract and is located in Zone A Special Flood Hazard Area per FEMA.

Tulare

Tulare

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR), California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, 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, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA), Department of General Services (DGS), 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

Other (BESS Battery Energy Storage System), Power:Solar (Solar Facility)(Megawatts 55)

Use Permit

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, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire