Euismod Energy Storage Project by Euismod Project LLC and Euismod Project I, LLC.
Summary
SCH Number
2025120791
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Euismod Energy Storage Project by Euismod Project LLC and Euismod Project I, LLC.
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Undeveloped Vacant Land / Various Zoning / Various General Plan Designations
Document Description
The proposed Euismod Energy Storage Project is a battery energy storage system (BESS) facility with associated infrastructure, which will use lithium-ion batteries and ancillary equipment to store approximately 1, 150 megawatts (MW) or 9,200 megawatt-hours (MWh) of electricity from the regional grid, to be supplied back as needed, on an approximate 120-acre proposed project site in the unincorporated area of southeastern Kern County, California. The proposed project includes land-use entitlement request for a Zone Change Case (ZCC), Conditional Use Permits (CUPs), Zone Variance (ZV), and Nonsummary Street Vacations (NSVs) from the Kem County Planning & Natural Resources Department.
Contact Information
Name
Keith Alvidrez
Agency Name
Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department
Job Title
Planner III
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Unincorporated Area - Rosamond
Counties
Kern
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
170th Street West and Rosamond Boulevard
Zip
93560
Total Acres
120
State Highways
N/A
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
N/A
Waterways
N/A
Township
9N
Range
15W
Section
14
Base
SBBM
Other Location Info
Parcels
261-104-10
261-103-17
261-103-20
261-103-21
261-103-29
261-104-13
261-104-16
261-104-19
261-104-20
261-104-21
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), California Department of Conservation (DOC), California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Central Region 4 (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 6 (DOT), California Department of Transportation, District 9 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, California Governor's Office of Emergency Services (OES), California Highway Patrol (CHP), California Natural Resources Agency, California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), California Regional Water Quality Control Board, Central Valley Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Sierra Nevada Conservancy, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC)
Development Types
Other (Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) - 9,200 MWh / 1,150 MW)
Local Actions
Rezone, Use Permit, Zone Variance
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, Energy, Fiscal Impacts, 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, Public Services, Schools/Universities, Septic System, Sewer Capacity, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, Vegetation, Wetland/Riparian, Wildfire
Public Review Period Start
Public Review Period End
Attachments
Draft Environmental Document [Draft IS, NOI_NOA_Public notices, OPR Summary Form, Appx,]
Notice of Completion [NOC] Transmittal form
State Comment Letters [Comments from State Reviewing Agency(ies)]
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