Welcome to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) website for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of the proposed Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Line Project. Applications for this project were submitted to the CPUC on December 14, 2005 (A.05-12-014) and August 4, 2006 (A.06-08-010). This site provides access to public documents and information relevant to the CEQA and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review processes.

Background

SDG&E has filed an application with the CPUC to construct the Sunrise Powerlink Project (SRPL). The CPUC is the CEQA lead agency and the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is the lead agency under NEPA. This project was approved by the California Independent System Operator on August 3, 2006. The Proponent's Environmental Assessment was filed with the CPUC on August 4, 2006 and is available on SDG&E's project website.

The CPUC maintains other webpages for documents related to its proceeding on the SRPL, where it makes available documents filed by parties to that proceeding. The two webpages for Applications A.06-0-8010 and A.05-12-014 list documents and rulings filed in the proceedings. The CPUC also maintains a page of general information on the SRPL project.

The SRPL Project, as proposed by SDG&E, includes a new, approximately 90-mile 500 kV line from Imperial Valley Substation (in Imperial County, near the City of El Centro) to a new Central East Substation (in central San Diego County, south of the intersection of County Highways S-22 and S-2). The 500 kV portion would approximately follow the eastern boundary of BLM lands west of El Centro and SR 78, and would pass through Anza-Borrego Desert State Park.

Data Requests

The EIR/EIS Team will submit Data Requests to SDG&E when it needs specific information to support EIR/EIS preparation. These requests will be made available here at the time they are issued. Data requests submitted to SDG&E to date are:

Data Request No. 1 (September 27, 2006)
 

Public Scoping Meetings

On August 31, 2006, the BLM published its Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement in the Federal Register (Volume 71, No. 169, page 51848). On September 15, 2006, the CPUC issued a Notice of Preparation/Notice of Public Scoping Meetings for an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Impact Statement. In early October 2006, the CPUC and BLM held a series of seven public scoping meetings in Imperial and San Diego Counties to take public comment on the scope and content of the environmental document. Written scoping comments may be provided until October 20, 2006, and may be submitted using any of the following methods:

  — By Mail: If you send comments by U.S. mail, please use first-class mail and be sure to include your name and a return address. Please send written comments on the scope and content of the EIR/EIS to:

  — By Electronic Mail: E-mail communications are welcome; however, please remember to include your name and postal address in the e-mail message. E-mail messages should be sent to sunrise@aspeneg.com.

  — By Fax: You may fax your comment letter to our information line at (866) 711-3106. Please remember to include your name and postal address in the fax. Write legibly, keep your message well clear of the edge of the paper, and use black or blue ink.

A Scoping Report will be prepared, summarizing all comments received (including oral comments made at the Scoping Meetings). This report will be posted on this website and copies will be placed in local document repository sites listed under "Documents Available" below.

Documents Available

The following documents are available at 18 libraries and offices in the project area.

SDG&E's Application and Proponent's Environmental Assessment (August 4, 2006).

Notice of Intent (August 31, 2006)

Notice of Preparation (NOP) (September 15, 2006)
 

Note: Some of the files displaying the figures for the NOP (below) are large and may display slowly. For faster results in displaying these files, right-click the file's link, click "Save Target As" to download the file to a folder on your computer, then browse to that folder and double-click the downloaded file. Or, if you wish, send an email to sunrise@aspeneg.com and request a CD containing these figures, which will be promptly mailed to you. The second option is recommended for anyone with a dialup connection to the Internet.

NOP Figure 1. Proposed Project Overview (1.6 MB)
NOP Figure 2. Imperial Valley Link (1.8 MB)
NOP Figure 3. Anza-Borrego Link (0.5 MB)
NOP Figure 4A. Central Link (2.0 MB)
NOP Figure 4B. Proposed Central East Substation (0.5 MB)
NOP Figure 5A. Inland Valley Link (2.7 MB)
NOP Figure 5B. Detail of Ramona Area (2.4 MB)
NOP Figure 6A. Coastal Link (2.2 MB)
NOP Figure 6B. Rancho Peñasquitos Detail (2.5 MB)
NOP Figure 7. SDG&E Alternatives Fully Evaluated and Carried Forward in PEA (1.8 MB)
NOP Figure 8. SDG&E Alternatives Considered and Eliminated (2.2 MB)

For Additional Information

To request additional information or to be added to the mailing list, please contact us by email, fax, or phone, as follows:

The CPUC's Project Manager is: