Border Battery Energy Storage System
Summary
SCH Number
2026030916
Lead Agency
Imperial County
Document Title
Border Battery Energy Storage System
Document Type
MND - Mitigated Negative Declaration
Received
Present Land Use
Present Land Use: Vacant; Zoning: Heavy Agriculture with Renewable Energy Zone Overlay (A-3-RE); General Plan Designation: Agriculture
Document Description
The proposed project consists of two primary components: 1) 75-megawatt (MW) Battery Energy Storage System (BESS); and 2) gen-tie line that would connect to the Imperial Irrigation District's (IID) existing 92-kilovolt (kV) "P" Line. The project applicant is requesting the issuance of one Conditional Use Permit, a General Plan Amendment, and Conditional Zone Change to allow for the construction and operation of a BESS facility within a Light Industrial with Renewable Energy Overlay zone (M-1-RE). The project is proposed to connect to the IID electrical grid via the existing 92 kV "P" Line and the existing Bonesteel Substation located north of the All-American Canal.
Contact Information
Name
Rocio Yee
Agency Name
Imperial County Planning and Development Services Department
Job Title
Planner II
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Jurg Heuberger
Agency Name
Apex Energy Solutions, LLC
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Name
Tim Gnibus
Agency Name
HDR
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Calexico, Nearest Community - Bonds Corner
Counties
Imperial
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
Unpaved Dirt Road / Border Road (paralleling U.S./Mexico International Border)
Zip
92250
Total Acres
81
Parcel #
059-290-010
State Highways
SR-98, Interstate 8
Railways
None
Airports
None
Schools
None
Waterways
All-American Canal
Township
17S
Range
16E
Section
10, 15
Base
SBBM
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, Inland Deserts Region 6 (CDFW), California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection (CAL FIRE), California Department of Parks and Recreation, California Department of Resources Recycling and Recovery, California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC), California Department of Transportation, District 11 (DOT), California Department of Water Resources (DWR), California Energy Commission, 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, Colorado River Basin Region 7 (RWQCB), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality
Development Types
Power:Other Power Type (Battery Energy Storage System)(Megawatts 75)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Energy, Flood Plain/Flooding, Geology/Soils, Greenhouse Gas Emissions, Hazards & Hazardous Materials, Hydrology/Water Quality, Land Use/Planning, 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
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
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