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Welcome to the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) website for the environmental
review of the Coolwater-Lugo Transmission Project (CLTP) in San Bernardino
County, including the City of Hesperia, Town of Apple Valley, City of
Barstow, and communities of Lucerne Valley and Daggett. Southern California
Edison (SCE) submitted an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience
and Necessity (CPCN) for this project to the CPUC on August 28, 2013.
SCE also submitted a Draft Plan of Development for the project to the
US Department of Interior, Bureau of Land Management. The project will
be reviewed under both the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). This site provides access
to public documents and information relevant to the CEQA and NEPA review
processes, as well as information regarding construction of the Project.Information
pertaining to the environmental review process can be reviewed by clicking
on the boxes provided above. Below is a map displaying the route of the
proposed CLTP.
Proposed Project Overview
The proposed SCE CLTP is intended to provide additional south of Kramer
capacity to integrate current and future renewable generation projects.
The proposed CLTP, planned to be operational by 2018, would provide additional
transmission capacity to help alleviate the 220 kilovolt (kV) transmission
bottleneck between the existing Kramer and Lugo Substations, to facilitate
the interconnection of renewable generation projects, to accommodate future
load serving in the Town of Apple Valley, and to facilitate additional
system reliability. The proposed CLTP would consist of installing new
transmission lines, new substation facilities to support line termination,
and telecommunication facilities to support the use of a Special Protection
System.
The proposed transmission line would utilize a combination of single-circuit
and double-circuit structures consisting of 220 kV and 500 kV design standards
between the existing Coolwater Switchyard and the existing California
Independent System Operator (CAISO)-controlled Lugo Substation, in order
to provide an additional path for power to flow from the Kramer Substation
ultimately to the Lugo Substation. Routing of the proposed transmission
line south from the Coolwater Switchyard through the Lucerne Valley area
to SCE's existing transmission right-of-way, would facilitate future connection
to SCE's proposed Jasper Substation, which is a separate project that
is being developed approximately 22 miles south of the Coolwater Switchyard
and 27 miles northeast of the Lugo Substation. In addition, a new 500/220
kV transformer bank would be installed at the Lugo Substation and a new
Desert View Substation with ultimate design for 500/220/115/12 kV, would
be sited and partially constructed approximately 16 miles northeast of
the Lugo Substation along the proposed transmission line route as part
of the CLTP.