Welcome to the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) Los Banos-Gates 500 kV Transmission Project Web site.  Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) submitted Application Number 01-04-012 on April 13, 2001.  The application requests authority to do the following:

•        Construct approximately 84 miles of 500 kV overhead transmission line      between the Los Banos and Gates Substations;

•         Realign the existing Los Banos-Midway No. 2 500 kV transmission line into Gates Substation;

•         Modify the Los Banos and Gates Substations to accommodate the new transmission line and realignment; and

•         Upgrade portions of the Gates-Arco-Midway 230 kV transmission line.

The Project would be located in the western portion of the San Joaquin Valley.  The Los Banos Substation, the northern terminus, is approximately 10 miles west of the City of Los Banos, near San Luis Reservoir in western Merced County.  The Gates Substation, the southern terminus, is approximately 5 miles southwest of Huron, in southern Fresno County.

The Notice of Preparation (NOP) and Scoping Meeting dates will be posted when they are available.

Billie Blanchard, CPUC Project Manager

C/o Aspen Environmental Group

235 Montgomery Street, Suite 800

San Francisco, CA 94104

Project e-mail: Path15@aspeneg.com

To request additional information or to be added to the project mailing list, please call the project hotline at (559) 272-2107