Power Santa Clara Valley Project

Power Santa Clara Valley Project

The Power Santa Clara Valley Project would construct two new high-voltage direct current (HVDC) terminals, the proposed Skyline and Grove HVDC Terminals, and three new transmission lines connecting the proposed HVDC terminals. The new transmission lines would include: (1) an approximately 13-mile underground transmission line connecting the proposed Grove HVDC Terminal to the proposed Skyline HVDC Terminal called the “Grove to Skyline 320-kilovolt (kV) Direct Current Transmission Line”; (2) an approximately 1.2-mile underground transmission line connecting the proposed Grove HVDC Terminal to the existing PG&E Metcalf Substation called the “Metcalf to Grove 500 kV Alternating Current (AC) Transmission Line”; and (3) an approximately 100-foot overhead transmission tie line connecting the proposed Skyline HVDC Terminal to the existing PG&E San Jose B Substation called the “Skyline to San Jose B 230 kV AC Transmission Tie Line”. In addition, the Project would also include road and trail improvements and utility relocations. Road and trail improvements would include a new road alignment along Coyote Ranch Road, a new turnaround at the entrance of Coyote Ranch, and the realignment of the Coyote Creek Trail realigned out of the Coyote Creek riparian area on Santa Clara County Parks land. The Project also includes modifications to the existing PG&E Metcalf Substation and the expansion and modification of the existing PG&E San Jose B Substation.

San Jose

Santa Clara

Citywide, Countywide, San Francisco Bay Area

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Bay Delta Region 3 (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, Division of Transportation Planning (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 Francisco Bay Region 2 (RWQCB), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Department of General Services (DGS), Office of Historic Preservation, San Francisco Bay Conservation and Development Commission (BCDC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance, California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

California Department of Transportation, District 4 (DOT)

Power:Electric Transmission Lines (230 kV - 500 kV)(Megawatts 1000), Power:Other Power Type (High-Voltage Direct Current Terminals)(Megawatts 1000)

CPUC CPCN

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, 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, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire, Utilities Conflict