Starlight Solar Major Use Permit

Starlight Solar Major Use Permit

The Starlight Solar Project (Project) is a proposed utility-scale solar and battery storage facility located on approximately 588 acres in southeastern San Diego County, south of Boulevard. The Project would generate up to 100 megawatts (MW) of alternating current (AC) solar energy and include a 217.4 MW battery energy storage system (BESS), constructed in two phases. The project requires a Major Use Permit and a Fire Services Agreement. The project includes photovoltaic panels with a maximum height of 12 feet, along with inverters, transformers, a collector substation, and a generation-tie line connecting to the SDG&E Boulevard substation. The Project also includes an approximately 448-acre off-site biological open space easement dedicated for conservation. The site’s zoning is General Rural (S92), and the General Plan designates the land use as Rural Lands (RL-80). The facility would be unoccupied, secured, and remotely monitored. The Draft Environmental Impact Report identifies significant environmental impacts to Aesthetics, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards, Hydrology and Water Quality, Wildfire, and Tribal Cultural Resources. Impacts to Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Hazards, Hydrology and Water Quality, Wildfire, and Tribal Cultural Resources would be reduced to less than significant with implementation of mitigation measures. Impacts to Aesthetics would remain significant and unavoidable. EIR Website Location: https://www.sandiegocounty.gov/pds/ceqa/PDS2022-MUP-22-010.html

San Diego (Unincorporated Area)

San Diego

Southern California, Unincorporated

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, South Coast Region 5 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Fish and Game Commission (CDFGC), California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), 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, San Diego Region 9 (RWQCB), California San Diego River Conservancy (SDRC), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 14, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 26, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Power:Solar (Megawatts 100), Power:Other Power Type (Battery Storage)(Megawatts 217.4)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Growth Inducement, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Mandatory Findings of Significance, Mineral Resources, Noise, Population/Housing, Public Services, Recreation, Schools/Universities, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire