CUP2025-004, Johns Manville, BHER Solar

CUP2025-004, Johns Manville, BHER Solar

The proposed BHER Willows Solar Energy Facility is a ground-mounted, single-axis tracking photovoltaic system designed to generate approximately 21 megawatts (MW) of renewable electricity. The facility will directly serve the adjacent Johns Manville Industrial Plant, offsetting a portion of its total energy usage, with no export of power to the broader utility grid. The project will occupy approximately 162 acres of a 474-acre parcel zoned Exclusive Agricultural (AE-40) and Industrial (M). Power generation facilities meeting Chapter 15.86 require a Conditional Use Permit as a Secondary Use on AE-40 land and as a Conditional Use on Industrial-zoned land (15.44.030(B.4.)). Site development will include solar panel arrays on single-axis tracking systems, inverter and transformer skids, electrical interconnection infrastructure (overhead poles, underground cabling, switchgear, and control building), as well as internal access roads and perimeter fencing. The site, previously used for hay production, was selected based on its proximity to the Johns Manville facility, access to existing electrical infrastructure, and limited environmental constraints.

Willows

Glenn

Countywide, Northern California

California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, North Central Region 2 (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 3 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), 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, Central Valley Redding Region 5 (RWQCB), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Delta Protection Commission, Delta Stewardship Council, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, District 21, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance

Power:Solar (Megawatts 21)

Use Permit

Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Flood Plain/Flooding, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, Noise