Sequoia Solar Project
Summary
SCH Number
2026040047
Lead Agency
Fresno County
Document Title
Sequoia Solar Project
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Agricultural irrigated and fallow land/AE-20/Agriculture
Document Description
Sequoia Renewables LLC proposes to construct and operate a 200 megawatt (MW) utility-scale alternating current photovoltaic solar generating system, and a battery energy storage system (BESS) with capacity of up to 200 MW, on approximately 1,900 acres of privately owned agricultural land. The Project would include the construction, operation, and eventual decommissioning of solar arrays, battery storage, access roads, electrical interconnection facilities, and a Project substation. Other necessary infrastructure would include an operation and maintenance building, septic system, a supervisory control and data acquisition system, a meteorological data system, buried conduit for electrical wires, overhead and underground collector lines, offsite generation interconnection transmission (gen-tie) line, telecommunications facilities, on-site access roads, and security fencing. To interconnect to the grid, the Project includes construction of a new 230 kV gen-tie line that would extend from the on-site Project substation to the existing Luna Valley project substation. From there, the Project would share the existing Luna Valley gen-tie line as it ties into the existing Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) Tranquillity Switching Station. The new gen-tie line would be up to approximately 2.5 miles in length and include approximately 40 new poles of up to 200 feet in height. Minor improvements to the Luna Valley project substation and the PG&E Tranquillity Switching Station will also be considered and evaluated.
Contact Information
Name
Jeremy Shaw
Agency Name
Fresno County Division of Public Works and Planning
Job Title
Planner
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Deandra Cass
Agency Name
Clearway Energy Group
Job Title
Developer
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Name
Maria Hensel
Agency Name
ESA
Job Title
Sr. Environmental Planner
Contact Types
Consulting Firm
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Levis; unincorporated
Counties
Fresno
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Manning Avenue and S. San Bernardino Avenue
Zip
93640
Total Acres
1,900
Parcel #
multiple; see other location information
State Highways
State Route 33
Railways
None
Airports
None
Schools
None
Waterways
California Aqueduct
Other Location Info
NOC Attachment Sequoia Solar Project
Other Location Information
The Project site and off-site gen-tie line would be entirely within the U.S. Geological Survey 7.5-minute topographic quadrangle of Levis within Township 15 South, Range 14 East, Sections 26, 27, 28, 29, and 33, Mount Diablo Base and Meridian. The Project site is located approximately within the latitudes of 36.56°and 36.60° and within the longitudes of -120.47° and -120.41° (in decimal degrees). The Project site centroid is located at approximately latitude/longitude 36°35'36.90" N/120°26'34.11" W (WGS1984).
Project Site Fresno County Assessor’s Parcel Numbers (APNs):
028-190-28S, 028-190-29S, 028-190-30S,
028-090-80S, 028-090-21S, 028-090-07S,
028-101-60, 028-101-64S, 028-101-03S
Gen-Tie Line APNs:
028-101-83S, 028-101-04S, 028-101-85
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 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 Fresno Region 5 (RWQCB), California San Joaquin River Conservancy (SJRC), 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 Water Rights, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Power:Solar (photovoltaic and battery storage)(Megawatts 200)
Local Actions
Use Permit
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, 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, Septic System, 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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