Vernon Backup Generating Facility
Summary
SCH Number
2026080118
Lead Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Vernon Backup Generating Facility
Document Type
NOP - Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR
Received
Present Land Use
Exclusively for General Industry (I) under the City of Vernon's General Plan. This includes heavy industrial and utility use, intentionally excluding residential, commercial, and industrial park designations.
Document Description
GIC Vernon LLC is applying to the California Energy Commission (CEC) for a Small Power Plant Exemption (SPPE) for the Vernon Backup Generating Facility (VBGF), a 99 MW emergency only power system that will support the Goodman Energy Park (GEP) data center in the City of Vernon. The GEP consists of two data center buildings located near Vernon Avenue and Soto Street, with addresses at 3163 and 3049 East Vernon Avenue. The project includes forty (40) diesel generators with thirty eight (38) 3 MW units dedicated to data center critical loads, and two 1 MW house generators that supply office, building, and life safety systems during outages. The backup system is designed to operate only when electricity from Vernon Public Utility is unavailable. It will not connect to the regional transmission grid or export power. Instead, the generators are arranged in two separate generation yards, each directly tied to its respective data center building
Contact Information
Name
Elizabeth Huber
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Ward Mace
Agency Name
GIC Vernon LLC
Job Title
Regional Director
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Vernon
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Citywide, Southern California
Cross Streets
Vernon Avenue and Soto Street
Zip
90058
Total Acres
11.55
Parcel #
6303-005-035 and 6303-005-036
State Highways
Interstate 5, 10, and 101
Railways
Alameda Corridor, Union Pacific,
Airports
LAX, LGB, CPM, Burbank
Schools
Vernon City Elementary, Holmes Avenue Elementary
Waterways
Los Angeles River
Township
2S
Range
13W
Other Location Info
Near BNSF, LA Metro Transit; Near Aspire Ollin University Charter School, Aspire Pacific Academy, and Amino Jefferson Charter Middle School.
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, South Coast Region 5 (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 7 (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, Los Angeles Region 4 (RWQCB), California Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy (SMMC), California State Coastal Conservancy (SCC), California State Lands Commission (SLC), Colorado River Board, Office of Historic Preservation, San Gabriel and Lower Los Angeles Rivers and Mountains Conservancy (RMC), State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Drinking Water, State Water Resources Control Board, Division of Water Quality, State Water Resources Control Board, Divison of Financial Assistance
Development Types
Power (-)(Megawatts 99)
Local Actions
Specific Plan
Project Issues
Aesthetics, Agriculture and Forestry Resources, Air Quality, Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, Cumulative Effects, Drainage/Absorption, Economics/Jobs, 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, Solid Waste, Transportation, Tribal Cultural Resources, Utilities/Service Systems, 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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