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Pacific Gas and Electric Company Egbert Switching Station Project

(Martin Substation Extension)

(Application No. A.17-12-021)

Last Update: November 16, 2018

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Welcome to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) website for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of Pacific Gas and Electric Company’s (PG&E’s) Egbert Switching Station Project (proposed project). PG&E submitted an application for this project to the CPUC on December 28, 2017 (Application A.17-12-021) accompanied by the Proponent’s Environmental Assessment (PEA). This site provides access to public documents and information relevant to the CEQA review process.

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Background

Project Description

Application and Proponents’ Environmental Assessment

Application Review, Data Requests, and Responses

^NewPublic Participation (Scoping Meeting on December 3, 2018 – see details below)

Environmental Review

For Additional Information

Background

The proposed project was recommended by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) in its 2014-2015 Transmission Plan and approved by the CAISO Board of Governors at their March 26-27, 2015 meeting. PG&E’s Egbert Switching Station Project proposes to improve reliability of electric service to its customers in San Francisco.

The applicant’s objectives for the proposed project are:

• To improve reliability of PG&E’s transmission system serving San Francisco by constructing a new 230 kV switching station in the vicinity of Martin Substation that provides a high likelihood of continued electric service to San Francisco should an extreme event render Martin Substation inoperable.
• To construct a safe and economically and technically feasible project that minimizes environmental impacts and that will deliver 230 kV power received from the south to San Francisco.
• To provide a 230 kV connection between a new switching station and Martin Substation to enable the transmission system serving San Francisco to operate in the event that a 230 kV transmission line serving either Martin Substation or the proposed switching station experiences an unplanned outage.

Project Description

The proposed project is located in the City and County of San Francisco, the City of Daly City, and the City of Brisbane (see the Project Vicinity Map). The project proposes the construction of a new 230 kV switching station (Egbert Switching Station) in San Francisco. PG&E would construct, operate, and maintain the new 230 kilovolt (kV) switching station. The proposed project will reroute two existing underground 230 kV transmission lines currently connected to the existing Martin Substation and connect them to the proposed Egbert Switching Station. Specifically, the existing Martin-Embarcadero line will be looped into the proposed Egbert Switching Station, creating a Martin-Egbert line and an Egbert-Embarcadero line, and the existing Jefferson-Martin line will be rerouted and extended to the proposed Egbert Switching Station, creating a Jefferson-Egbert line (see the Project Location Map).

Rerouting the existing underground 230 kV lines will require constructing approximately 3.9 miles of new underground transmission line installed mainly in paved areas, with approximately 420 feet to be installed by trenchless technology under U.S. Highway 101.

Project construction is expected to last approximately 22 months.

Application and Proponent’s Environmental Assessment (PEA)

PG&E filed an application (A.17.12.021) and PEA on December 28, 2017, for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity authorizing the construction of the proposed project. The documents at the following links are available for the public to view:

• Application (A.17-12-021) – December 2017
• Proponents Environmental Assessment – December 2017

Application Review, Data Requests, and Responses

The CPUC conducted a completeness review of the PEA to identify additional data needs from the applicant to complete the environmental review. Based on this review, PG&E’s application was deemed complete on September 24, 2018.

Completeness letter – September 24, 2018.

Public Participation

Scoping

On November 16, 2018, the CPUC published a Notice of Preparation (NOP) of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) for the Egbert Switching Station (Martin Substation Extension) Project (A.17-12-021). The NOP 30-day public review period is from November 16, 2018 to December 16, 2018. All scoping comments are due December 16, 2018. Click on the link below for the NOP, which includes information on submitting your comments on page 5.

Notice of Preparation (NOP) – November 16, 2018

Hard copies of the NOP are available for review at the following libraries:

Public Scoping Meeting

In order to provide the public and regulatory agencies with an opportunity to learn more about the project and to comment on the scope and content of the environmental information to be included in the Draft EIR, the CPUC will hold a public meeting during the 30-day scoping period. Details regarding meeting date, time, and location are listed below:

Environmental Review

Environmental documents will be published here, when available.

For Additional Information

The CPUC, through its Environmental Review Team, is conducting an environmental review of the project. To request additional information or to be added to the mailing list, please contact us by email, fax, or phone, as follows:

Project email: egbert@dudek.com
Project voicemail: (800) 997-7430
Project fax: (800) 997-7450

The CPUC's project manager is:

Eric Chiang, CPUC Project Manager
California Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94102
Email: eric.chiang@cpuc.ca.gov

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