Welcome to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) website for the
environmental review of the proposed construction of the Ten West Link Project
(proposed project) located near the Interstate 10 corridor in Western Riverside
County, California. The applicant for the proposed project is Delaney Colorado
River Transmission LLC (DCRT). This website provides information relevant to the
California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review process.
The Bureau of Land Management (BLM), in its role as the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) lead agency, prepared an environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the proposed project. The BLM published the Final Environmental Impact Statement in September 2019. A
portion of the proposed project is located within the State of California
and requires approval from the CPUC. Because this approval is a
discretionary action, the CPUC must comply with the requirements of CEQA.
The CPUC relied on the BLM EIS per CEQA Guidelines, Section 15221. Click here for the letter providing notice pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section 15225(a) to interested parties that the Energy Division of the CPUC believes that the EIS meets the requirements of CEQA, and that the CPUC intends to use the EIS in place of an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) in deciding whether to approve, conditionally approve, or deny DCRTs application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Ten West Link Project.
The environmental documents prepared for the proposed project can be
accessed on the
BLM Ten West website.
On November 5, 2021 the Commission issued Decision 21.11.003 granting DCRT a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Ten West Link Project (see Agency Decisions below).
The following timeline represents the overall environmental review process. The blue boxes represent the timeline of when tasks were completed.
Quick Links
Background
Project Description
Application and Notice of Intent
Environmental Documentation
Agency Decisions
For Additional Information
DCRT filed an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity (Application A.16-10-012) for the proposed project with CPUC on
October 12, 2016, accompanied by a description of proposed transmission
facilities. On September 14, 2014, DCRT filed a right-of-way application
(SF-299) with the BLM that proposes to construct, operate, maintain, and
decommission an electric transmission project in western Arizona and eastern
California. The proposed project would consist of a 500-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line traversing approximately 114 miles, with a 17-mile segment
in California. The proposed project would increase transmission capacity by
3,200 megawatts and provide interconnection capability for new energy
projects located near the proposed project.
The proposed project includes installation of a 500-kV transmission line,
transmission supporting structures between 72 and 190 feet in height,
conductors, overhead ground wire, and a new series compensation system
substation.
Project construction of the entire 114-mile transmission
line is expected to require approximately 38 months to complete.
The
17-mile portion of the proposed project in California would begin at the
Colorado River Substation west of the City of Blythe and run eastward to the
Colorado River near the Interstate 10 corridor in western Riverside County,
California (see the Location Map). For a description and the location of the
project components in Arizona, please refer to the
BLM Ten West website.
The application, appendices to the application, and BLM Notice of Intent
are available for the public to view at the following links:
Final Environmental Impact Statement with Appendices
The Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Proposed Resources Management Plan Amendment (RMPA) for the Ten West Link Transmission Line Project and appendices prepared by BLM, with review by CPUC, was published by BLM on September 13, 2019. Below are links to the Final EIS/RMPA and appendices.
Below is an outline of additional project information available on the BLM Ten West project website supporting the FEIS/RMPA (please click HERE to access the BLM webpage):
- Federal Register Notice
- Overview Map
- Technical Environmental Study Chapters 1 through 5
- Appendix 1: Part 1 Figures 1.1-1 through 2.4-28
- Appendix 1: Part 2 Figures 3.2-1 through 3.10-6
- Appendix 1: Part 3 Figures 3.11-1a through 3.18-31
- Appendix 1: Part 4 Figures 3.18-32 through 3.20-1
- Appendix 1: Part 5 Figures 4.18-1 through 4.20-2
- Appendix 2A: Applicant Proposed Measures and BLM Required Best Management Practices
- Appendix 2B: Ten West Link Project Plans
- Appendix 2C: Applicable CMAs and Compliance Summary
- Appendix 2D: Programmatic Agreement
- Appendix 3A: Soils (STATSGO and SSURGO Datasets)
- Appendix 3B: Cultural Resources Sensitivity Analysis (Confidential)
- Appendix 3C: Visual Contrast Rating Worksheets
- Appendix 3D: Cultural Visual Impacts (Confidential)
- Appendix 4A: Summary of Impacts to Scenic Quality and VRI
- Consolidated list of Appendix 2A and Appendix 2C, plus Mitigation Measures (list of all APMs, BMPs, MMs, and DRECP CMAs)
Please click Here to access additional project information outlined above on the BLM Ten West project website
Draft Environmental Impact Statement and Draft Resources Management Plan Amendments and Appendices
The Draft EIS (DEIS) and Draft RMPA (DRMPA) and appendices prepared by BLM, with review by CPUC, were released for public review on August 31, 2018, for a 90-day public review period ending November 29, 2018. Below are links to the DEIS/DRMPA and appendices. Comments on the environmental documentation were due no later than November 29, 2018.
Below is an outline of additional project information available on the BLM Ten West project website (please click
Here to access the BLM webpage):
- Federal Register Notice Notice of Intent to Prepare EIS
- Fact Sheet
- Project Map 01-2016
- Ten West Link Transmission Line DEIS and DRMPA
- Map (Overview Map)
- Notice of Availability
- BLM News Release
- Technical Environmental Study
- Technical Environmental Study: Appendices
- Economic Strategies Workshop Report_8/23/16
- Scoping Report
- DEIS_DRMPA: Additional Figures Associated with Chapter 2, 3, and 4.
Please click
Here to access additional project information outlined above on the BLM Ten West project website
California Public Utilities Commission Decision
On November 5, 2021 the Commission issued Decision 21.11.003 granting DCRT a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for the Ten West Link Project. The State Clearinghouse received the Notice of Determination on November 8, 2021.
Bureau of Land Management Record of Decision
On November 22, 2019 the U.S. Bureau of Land Management signed the Record of Decision for the Ten West Link 500 Kilovolt Transmission Line Project.
The CPUC, through its environmental review team, is conducting an
environmental review of the proposed 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:
Tenwest@dudek.com
Project voicemail: (877) 345-9502
Project fax:
(877) 345-9504
The CPUC project managers contact information is the following:
Eric Chiang, CPUC Project Manager
California
Public Utilities Commission
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, CA
94102
Tel.: (415) 703-1956
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