STATE OF CALIFORNIA
PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION

San Diego Gas & Electric Company's Sunrise Powerlink Project

(Applications A.05-12-014 and A.06-08-010)

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.

The SRPL Project also proposes approximately 60 miles of 230 kV transmission lines from the new Central East Substation to SDG&E's existing Peñasquitos Substation (in the City of San Diego). SDG&E proposes to construct two segments underground (one segment south of Ramona and another in the community of Ranchos Peñasquitos, San Diego). Figure 1 shows an overview of the proposed project route.

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 October 2006, the CPUC and BLM will hold a series of public scoping meetings to take public comment on the scope and content of the environmental document. The schedule for these meetings appears below.

Public Scoping Meetings
Location
Day/Date/Time
Directions
El Centro
Imperial County
Board of Supervisors
940 West Main Street
Suite 219
El Centro CA 92243
Monday
Oct. 2, 2006

4:30-8:00pm
From the west, take I-8 to Exit 114 directly onto northbound Imperial Ave. After 1.6 miles on Imperial Ave., turn right on W. Main Street. The Board of Supervisors building is across from the courthouse.
From the north, take Hwy 86 south into El Centro and turn left on W. Main Street. The Board of Supervisors building is across from the courthouse.
Ramona
Charles Nunn
Performing Arts Center
1521 Hanson Lane
Ramona CA 92065
Tuesday
Oct. 3, 2006

4:00-6:00pm
7:00-9:00pm
From the south, take I-15 to Scripps Poway Pkwy (S4) eastbound. After about 8 miles turn left on SR 67 and continue into Ramona, following directions below.
From east or west on SR 67 (also Main Street) in Ramona, turn southeast onto Hunter St. At the end of the street, take a sharp left onto Rowley Ave. Take the first right onto Ramona St, then the first left on Hanson Lane. The PAC is 0.5 miles further on the left, next to the high school.
Borrego Springs
Borrego Springs Resort
1112 Tilting T Drive
Borrego Springs CA 92004
Wednesday
Oct. 4, 2006

2:00-4:30pm
6:00-8:30pm

From the west, take S22 which turns right onto Palm Canyon Dr. Proceed 1.4 miles. At the turnaround, turn right (south) onto Borrego Springs Road and drive south 1.8 miles. Turn left on Tilting T drive and follow its curves for 1.3 miles.
From the east, take S22 which turns west in Borrego Springs as Palm Canyon Drive. Turn left on Borrego Valley Rd and your first right onto Tilting T Drive.
 
Enter through the Borrego Springs Resort arches. The meeting room is in the main building.

San Diego–Mission Valley
Hilton Hotel
901 Camino Del Rio S
(near intersection of
I-8
and SR 163)
San Diego CA 92108
Thursday
Oct. 5, 2006

2:00-5:00pm
From north or south on SR 163, take the I 8 East and exit immediately onto Mission Center Rd toward Camino del Rio South. After almost a mile, the road curves sharply to the right onto Camino del Rio S.
From the west on I-8, take exit 5 toward Auto Circle/Mission Center Rd. At the end of the ramp, turn right onto Camino del Rio S.
San Diego–Rancho Peñasquitos
Doubletree Golf Resort
14455 Peñasquitos Drive
San Diego CA 92129
Thursday

Oct. 5, 2006
6:30-9:00pm
From the north, take I-15 to Exit 21/Carmel Mountain Road. Turn right (west) at the end of the exit ramp, then take the first right. The Doubletree is immediately on the right.
From the south, take I-15 to Exit 21/Carmel Mountain Road. Turn left (west) at the end of the exit ramp, then take the first right. The Doubletree is immediately on the right.

Documents Available

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: Files displaying the figures for the NOP 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 your hard drive, then double-click the downloaded file.
NOP Figure 1. Proposed Project Overview (12.0 MB)
NOP Figure 2. Imperial Valley Link (16.6 MB)
NOP Figure 3. Anza-Borrego Link (3.0 MB)
NOP Figure 4A. Central Link (6.2 MB)
NOP Figure 4B. Proposed Central East Substation (4.2 MB)
NOP Figure 5A. Inland Valley Link (21.7 MB)
NOP Figure 5B. Detail of Ramona Area (22.4 MB)
NOP Figure 6A. Coastal Link (19.3 MB)
NOP Figure 6B. Rancho Peñasquitos Detail (22.0 MB)
NOP Figure 7. SDG&E Alternatives Fully Evaluated and Carried Forward in PEA (17.0 MB)
NOP Figure 8. SDG&E Alternatives Considered and Eliminated (17.8 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:

Project email: sunrise@aspeneg.com
Project fax and voicemail: (866) 711-3106

The CPUC's Project Manager is:

Billie Blanchard, CPUC Project Manager
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco CA 94102
Tel. (415) 703-2068
Fax (415) 703-2200
Email: bcb@cpuc.ca.gov
   
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