Winston Solar Project by Winston Solar, LLC
Summary
SCH Number
2026040933
Lead Agency
Kern County
Document Title
Winston Solar Project by Winston Solar, LLC
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Undeveloped farm land/ A (Exclusive Agriculture) & A-1 (Limited Agriculture)/ 8.1 (Intensive Agriculture); 8.5 (Resource Management); 2.3 (Shallow Groundwater)
Document Description
The proposed Winston Solar Project is a photovoltaic (PV) solar facility with associated infrastructure necessary to generate up to 200 megawatts (MW) of renewable electrical energy and up to 200 MW or 1,600 megawatt-hours (MWh) of battery energy storage, on approximately 1,357 acres across 15 privately-owned parcels, in an unincorporated area of western Kern County, California. The proposed project includes land-use entitlements for a Zone Classification Change (ZCC), three (3) Conditional Use Permits, (CUP), two (2) General Plan Amendments (GPA), cancellation of a Farmland Security Zone Contract, and cancellation of three (3) Williamson Act Land Use Contacts from the Kern County Planning and Natural Resources Department.
Contact Information
Name
Andrea Calderon
Agency Name
Kern County Planning Natural Resources Department
Job Title
Planner II
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Buttonwillow
Counties
Kern
Regions
Countywide, Unincorporated
Cross Streets
7th Standard Road and Wildwood Road
Zip
93206
Total Acres
1,357
Parcel #
Multi
State Highways
Interstate 5
Railways
N/A
Airports
N/A
Schools
N/A
Waterways
N/A
Township
Multi
Range
Multi
Section
Multi
Base
MDBM
Other Location Info
Parcels:
087-150-05
087-150-06
087-150-08
087-150-15
087-150-30
087-150-31
087-150-16
087-190-02
087-190-03
087-190-04
087-190-06
100-010-21
103-030-35
103-030-37
103-030-38
Section, Township, Range:
Sections 25 and 36 of Township 28 South, Range 23 East
Section 1 of Township 29 South, Range 23 East
Section 6 of Township 29 South, Range 24 East
Notice of Completion
State Review Period Start
State Review Period End
State Reviewing Agencies
California Air Resources Board (ARB), 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, Division of Aeronautics (DOT), California Department of Transportation, Division of Transportation Planning (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), Central Valley Flood Protection Board, Office of Historic Preservation, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Rights, California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC)
State Reviewing Agency Comments
California Native American Heritage Commission (NAHC), California Department of Conservation (DOC)
Development Types
Other (Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) - 200 MW/ 1,600 MWh), Power:Solar (Megawatts 200)
Local Actions
General Plan Amendment, Rezone, Use Permit, Farmland Security Zone (FSZ) and Williamson Act Land Use Cancellation (WALUC)
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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