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Inland Empire Energy Center Power Plant Licensing Case
Docket Number:
01-AFC-17
(Application For Certification)
01-AFC-17C
(Compliance Proceeding)
Committee Overseeing This Case:
Robert Pernell, Commissioner
Presiding Member
James D. Boyd, Commissioner
Associate Member
Hearing Officer: Kerry Willis
Key Dates
- December 17, 2003 - Energy Commission approves license.
- November 14, 2003 - Presiding Member's Proposed Decision is released.
- May 23, 2003 - Final Staff Assessment is released.
- July 19, 2002 - Preliminary Staff Assessment released.
- December 19, 2001 - Energy Commission determines project is data adequate.
- August 17, 2001 - Applicant files Application For Certification (AFC).
General Description of Project
On August 17, 2001, Inland Empire Energy Center, LLC filed an Application for Certification with the California Energy Commission seeking approval to construct and operate the Inland Empire Energy Center. The proposed project is a 670 megawatt natural gas-fired, combined-cycle electric generating facility. The project would be located on approximately 46-acres near Romoland, within Riverside County. The project site is bordered by McLaughlin Road to the south, San Jacinto Road to the east, Antelope Road to the west, and the Burlington Northern Santa Fe railway to the north.
The proposed project consists of two GE PG-7251(FB) combustion turbine-generators with heat recovery steam generators, one steam turbine generator, associated pollution-control equipment, a switchyard, and other ancillary facilities. The applicant proposes to connect the on-site switchyard to the existing Southern California Edison Valley substation located approximately one-mile east of the project site via a new 500 kV transmission line. The project would also include the construction of a new 18-inch, 4.7-mile pipeline for the disposal of non-reclaimable wastewater. Sanitary wastewater would be discharged to an existing 33-inch sewer line in McLaughlin Road. The project will use up to 5,000 acre feet per year of recycled water as it is available; initially, raw water would supplement the use of recycled water until it is widely available.
Natural gas would be delivered to the facility via one of two new alternative pipelines: Alternative A Menifee Road pipeline would be a new 20-inch pipeline that would connect to the existing Sempra Energy transmission lines located along Menifee approximately one-mile east of the project site.
Energy Commission Facility Certification Process
The Energy Commission is the lead agency under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) and has a certified regulatory program under CEQA. Under its certified program, the Energy Commission is exempt from having to prepare an environmental impact report. Its certified program, however, does require environmental analysis of the project, including an analysis of alternatives and mitigation measures to minimize any significant adverse effect the project may have on the environment.
For Questions About This Siting Case Contact:
Dale Rundquist
Compliance Project Manager
Systems Assessment & Facility Siting Division
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-15
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-651-2072
E-mail: DRundqui@energy.state.ca.us
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