Gates 500kV Dynamic Reactive Support Project

Gates 500kV Dynamic Reactive Support Project

The Project would be located in unincorporated Fresno County upon and surrounded by rural agricultural lands with existing transmission infrastructure, utility-scale solar energy generation facilities, and scattered rural residences in the vicinity of the Project site. The Project would involve construction of the Orchard Substation containing two static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) units (devices used to regulate voltages for transmission networks and assist in ensuring reliable operation of transmissions systems in proximity to a substation) and ancillary components immediately north of and independently connected to the existing PG&E Gates Substation. The Project would support the regional transmission system by providing voltage support and grid stability, which would facilitate the reliable operation of the extra high voltage transmission system proximal to the Gates Substation. The purpose of the Project is to provide dynamic reactive support at the PG&E Gates Substation, a 500 kV and 230kV level regional substation. Connection to the PG&E Gates Substation would require PG&E to construct and operate two single-circuit 500 kV interconnection transmission lines from the Gates Substation 500 kV bus to the Orchard Substation 500 kV take-off towers.

Fresno

Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (CDFW), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Transportation, District 6 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation

Power:Other Power Type (Transmission reliability)(Megawatts 0.001)

Site Plan

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Energy, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Wildfire