Saavi Imperial Power Battery Storage System

Saavi Imperial Power Battery Storage System

The project applicant, Saavi Imperial Power, LLC, proposes to construct and operate an 400-megawatt (MW) battery energy storage system (BESS) facility on approximately 39.25 acres of privately-owned land. The project also includes an off-site transmission line to connect to San Diego Gas and Electric’s existing Imperial Valley (IV) substation, on-site substation, office warehouse, and a new bridge across Imperial Irrigation District’s Westside Main Canal for vehicular access to the project site. Implementation of the project requires the following approvals: 1) General Plan Amendment to change the existing General Plan land use designation of Agriculture to Industrial: 2) Zone Change from Heavy Agriculture (A-3) to Medium Industrial (M-2); and 3) Conditional Use Permit to allow for the construction and operation of a commercial BESS facility within the M-2 zone. If the proposed off-site gen-tie connection to the IV substation Is necessary for project Implementation, the subject off-site gen-tie connection would traverse Bureau of Land Management (BLM) lands. The project applicant would be required to complete a right-or-way request by processing a 299 Application and corresponding Plan of Development with the BLM. Therefore. the proposed off-site gen-tie connection would be subject to NEPA clearance.

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 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 Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)

Power:Other Power Type (Battery Energy Storage)(Megawatts 400)

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