Items are listed by the date of the meeting or event, where applicable.

• Notice of Aug 5, 2013 Status Conference. Posted July 16, 2013. (PDF, 9 pages, 159 kb)
• July 17, July 22, July 25, July 26, 2013 - Public Workshops on the Preliminary Staff Assessment. Posted July 3, 2013. (PDF, 13 pages, 3.1 megabytes)
  Note: This file contains two notices. The notice for the July 22 workshop on Cultural Resources begins on PDF page 6.
• Revised Notice of Availability of the Preliminary Staff Assessment for the Proposed Palen Solar Electric Generating System Amendment. Posted July 3, 2013. (PDF, 12 pages, 561 kb)
• Notice of Availability of the Preliminary Staff Assessment for the Proposed Palen Solar Electric Generating System Amendment. Posted June 28, 2013. (PDF, 12 pages, 2.2 megabytes)
• Notice of Revised Committee Scheduling Order. Posted June 10, 2013. (PDF, 6 pages, 106 kb)
• Notice of June 3, 2013 Status Conference. Posted May 20, 2013. (PDF, 9 pages, 164 kb)
• Notice of May 6, 2013, Workshop Three Continuance. Posted May 2, 2013. (PDF, 3 pages, 187 kb)
  Staff Workshop on Biological Resources, Cultural Resources, other topics related to solar flux such as visual and traffic, and Worker Safety-Fire Needs Assessment
• WebEx Recording of May 6, 2013 Workshop,
  WebEx playback help
• Hearing Officer Assignment Memo. Posted April 25, 2013. (PDF, 1 page, 76 kb)
• May 1, 2013 - Notice of Public Workshop Regarding Proposed Amendment. Posted April 19, 2013. (PDF, 8 pages, 623 kb)
  Please Note: This Notice has the corrected WebEx Number
• WebEx Recording of May 1, 2013 Workshop
   
• April 30, 2013 - Notice of Public Workshop Regarding Proposed Amendment. Posted April 15, 2013. (PDF, 8 pages, 615 kb)
• WebEx Recording of April 30, 2013 Workshop
   
• April 17, 2013 - Notice of Public Workshop. Posted April 5, 2013. (PDF, 8 pages, 630 kb)
• WebEx Recording of April 17, 2013 Workshop
   
• General Orders Regarding Electronic Document Formats, Filing and Service of Documents and Other Matters. Posted March 22, 2013. (PDF, 6 pages, 68 kb)
• BrightSource Presentation from February 20, 2013. Posted March 11, 2013. (PDF, 10 pages, 881 kb)
• Committee Scheduling Order. Dated and posted March 6, 2013. (PDF, 7 pages, 74 kb)
• February 20, 2013 - Notice of Informational Hearing, Environmental Scoping Meeting, and Public Site Visit. Posted January 30, 2013. (PDF, 9 pages, 213 kb)
• Notice of Receipt - Petition to Amend the California Energy Commission Decision for the Palen Solar Project by Replacing the Solar Trough System with a Solar Tower System. Posted December 21, 2012. (PDF, 6 pages, 61 kb)
• Order Approving Transfer of Ownership to Palen SEGS I, LLC. Posted July 23, 2012. (PDF, 2 pages, 111 kb)
• Notice of Decision Regarding the Transfer of Ownership. Posted July 18, 2012. (PDF, 1 pages, 70 kb)
• Notice of Receipt - Petition to Change Ownership of the Palen Solar Project. Posted June 27, 2012. (PDF File, 3 Pages, 152 kb)

Applicant's Supplemental Response to Data Request 14 - Traffic Study Update, posted July 19, 2013. (PDF, 11 pages, 492 kb)

Riverside County Sheriff's Response - Law Enforcement Needs Assessment Form, posted July 18, 2013. (PDF, 2 pages, 188 kb)

WebEx Recording of July 17, 2013, PSA Workshop, posted July 17, 2013. See WebEx playback help.

Report of Conversation - Interagency Meeting - Dated July 8, 2013. Posted July 16, 2013. (PDF, 2 pages, 86 kb)

Emails between CEC's Christine Stora and Andrea Grenier re CEC's Andrea Koch's Traffic Question - Dated and Posted July 11, 2013. (PDF, 2 pages, 49 kb)

Palen Solar Holdings, LLC's Initial Comments on the Preliminary Staff Assessment - Dated and Posted July 11, 2013. (PDF, 22 pages, 201 kb)

California Energy Commission Staff's Data Request Set 4, Numbers 73 - 89. Dated and Posted July 10, 2013. (PDF, 14 page, 545 kb

Intervenor Center for Biological Diversity's Data Request. Dated and Posted July 8, 2013. (PDF, 6 page, 61 kb

California Energy Commission Letter to Riverside County Sheriff Department Regarding Potential Law Enforcement Needs. Dated 7/2/2013. Posted July 2, 2013. (PDF, 8 page, 745 kb

Parke Ewing Public Comment. Dated 6/28/2013. Posted July 2, 2013. (PDF, 1 page, 29 kb

Preliminary Staff Assessment for the Palen Solar Electric Generating System, Amendment to the Palen Solar Power Project. Posted June 28, 2013. (PDF, 1367 pages, 24.6 megabytes)
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Report of Conversation Between Casey Weaver and BLM's Phillip Gensler and Tiffany Thomas Regarding Plaen Paleontology Subsurface Characterization. Dated 6/17/2013. Posted June 21, 2013. (PDF, 2 page, 45 kb

Report of Conversation Between Casey Weaver and BLM's Phillip Gensler and Tiffany Thomas Regarding Plaen Paleontology Subsurface Characterization. Dated 6/17/2013. Posted June 21, 2013. (PDF, 2 page, 45 kb

Staff's Emergency Response Matrix, Estimated Values for Riverside County. Dated 6/6/2013. Posted June 17, 2013. (PDF, 1 page, 16 kb

Applicant's Response to CEC Staff Data Request Set Three, Numbers 40-72. Dated 6/14/2013. Posted June 17, 2013. (PDF, 257 pages, 37 MB

Attachments - Applicant's Response to CEC Staff Data Request Set Three, Numbers 40-72. Posted June 20, 2013.

Revised Table 2.4-1 Average Daily Requirements (Both Solar Plants) Palen Solar. Dated 6/13/2013. Posted June 13, 2013. (PDF, 5 pages, 123 kb

Applicant's Tower Viewshed Delineation - Minus Condensers. Dated 5/16/2013. Posted June 12, 2013. (PDF, 5 pages, 3.67 MB) Please note large file size.

Transcript of the June 3, 2013, Status Conference. Dated 6/3/2013. Posted June 7, 2013. (PDF, 62 pages, 176 kb

Geomorphic Assessment of the Sand Transport For the Modified Project, Nicholas Lancaster, Desert Research Institute. Dated 6/6/2013. Posted June 7, 2013. (PDF, 3 pages, 127 kb

CEQAnet Database Website from the California Office of Planning and Research. Dated 6/5/2013. Posted June 6, 2013. (PDF, 1 pages, 49 kb

Riverside County Planning Department Website. Dated 6/5/2013. Posted June 6, 2013. (PDF, 1 pages, 82 kb

Palen Solar Scope of work for Palen Solar Electric Generating System Summer 2013 Pre-Construction Avian Field Survey. Dated 6/6/2013. Posted June 6, 2013. (PDF, 9 pages, 647 kb

Palen Solar Electric Generating System Preliminary Spring 2013 Pre-Construction Avian Survey Results. Dated 6/5/2013. Posted June 6, 2013. (PDF, 11 pages, 1.1 mb)

Palen Solar Electric Generating System Summary of Survey for Jurisdictional State Waters. Dated 6/5/2013. Posted June 6, 2013. (PDF, 54 pages, 7.7 mb) please note large file size

Palen Solar Electric Generating System Spring 2013 Golden Eagle Nest Survey Results Interim Report. Dated 6/5/2013. Posted June 6, 2013. (PDF, 6 pages, 377 kb)

Applicant's Visual Resources Analysis Report. Dated 5/31/2013. Posted June 4, 2013. (PDF, 125 pages, 9.1 mb) please note large file size

Applicant's Joshua Tree National Park Visual Resources Analysis Report. Dated 5/31/2013. Posted June 4, 2013. (PDF, 54 pages, 16.6 mb) please note large file size

Applicant's Draft Weed Management Plan. Dated 5/28/2013. Posted May 29, 2013. (PDF, 57 pages, 61.5 mb) please note large file size

• Applicant's Draft Weed Management Plan (Separated files)

Applicant's Additional Transmission System Engineering Information Related to SCE's Red Bluff Substation. Dated 5/28/2013. Posted May 29, 2013. (PDF, 8 pages, 668)

Palen Solar Holdings LLC's Response to CEC Staff Data Request Set 2 (19-39). Dated 5/20/2013. Posted May 29, 2013. (PDF, 91 pages, 4.9 mb)

Andrea Grenier Email to Christine Stora regarding Section 4.3 Hazardous Material. Dated May 28, 2013, posted May 30, 2013. (PDF, 1 page, 62 kb)

Résumé of Wesley A. Alston. Dated and posted May 28, 2013. (PDF, 7 pages, 426 kb)

Andrea Grenier's Email to Commission re Project Description Questions. Dated May 15, 2013. Posted May 22, 2013. (PDF, 2 pages, 62 kb)

Center for Biological Diversity's Second Status Report. Dated 5/8/2013. Posted May 21, 2013. (PDF, 13 pages, 152 kb)

Center for Biological Diversity's Status Report. Dated 3/29/2013. Posted May 21, 2013. (PDF, 7 pages, 86 kb)

Palen Solar Electric Generating System Summary of Spring Wildlife and Plant Surveys. Dated and posted May 21, 2013. (PDF, 15 pages, 881 kb)

California Energy Commission Staff's Status Update No 2 (May 2013). Dated and posted May 15, 2013. (PDF, 7 pages, 950 kb)

California Energy Commission Staff's Data Request Set Three (No. 40 - 72). Dated 5/15/2013. Posted May 15, 2013. (PDF, 21 pages, 659 kb)

Palen Solar Holdings LLC's Request for Status Conference. Dated May 14, 2013. Posted May 15, 2013. (PDF, 6 pages, 467 kb)

Palen Solar Holdings LLC's Response to Workshop Queries. Dated May 13, 2013. Posted May 14, 2013. (PDF, 46 pages, 3.4 mb)

Oblique View of Palen Solar Electric Generating System. Dated May 10, 2013. Posted May 14, 2013. (PDF, 5 pages, 5 mb)

Supplement No. 2 - Complete Air Quality & Public Health Sections. Dated March 13, 2013. Posted May 13, 2013. (PDF files, separated for easier download)

Intervenor Basin and Ranch Watch's Status Report 2. Dated 5/8/2013. Posted May 9, 2013. (PDF, 8 pages, 744 kb)

Palen Solar Holdings, LLC's Status Report 2. Dated 5/8/2013. Posted May 9, 2013. (PDF, 8 pages, 25 kb)

Status Report By Intervenors Hildeberto Sanchez, Eddie Simmons, and Laborers' International Union of North America, Local Union No. 1184. Dated 5/8/2013. Posted May 9, 2013. (PDF, 6 pages, 1.3 megabytes)

The Soboba Band of Luiseño Indians Cultural Resources Department Letter of Request. Dated 4/11/2013. Posted May 7, 2013. (PDF, 4 pages, 1.2 megabytes)

Hearing Adviser Paul Kramer's Email Re: Possible Change in Committee. Dated 4/26/2013. Posted May 1, 2013. (PDF, 1 page, 62 kb)

Agenda for the May 1, 2013, Public Workshop 3. Posted April 30, 2013. (PDF, 2 pages, 29 kb)

South Coast Air Quality Management District's Completeness Letter for the Palen Solar Electric Generation Project. Dated 4/26/2013. Posted April 30, 2013. (PDF, 4 pages, 315 kb)

Agenda for the April 30, 2013, Public Workshop. Posted April 29, 2013. (PDF, 2 pages, 46 kb)

Palen Solar Holdings, LLC's Supplement No. 3. Posted April 24, 2013. (PDF, 6 pages, 778 kb)

Veena Doijode Comment. Posted April 24, 2013. (PDF, 1 page, 25 kb)

Revised Tower Viewshed Delineation - Potential Sensitive Receptors. Dated 4/16/2013. Posted April 22, 2013. (PDF, 5 pages, 3.7 mb)

Tower Viewshed Delineation - Potential Sensitive Receptors. Dated 4/8/2013. Posted April 22, 2013. (PDF, 5 pages, 3.7 mb)

Preliminary Draft Construction Drainage, Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan / Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan Supplement Appendix A. Dated 3/26/2013. Posted April 22, 2013. (PDF, 8 pages, 717 kb)

Relocated Natural Gas Pipeline Drawing. Dated March 15, 2013. Posted April 22, 2013. (PDF, 5 pages, 770 kb)

Palen Solar Holdings, LLC's Response to Staff Issues Identification Report. Dated February 19, 2013. Posted April 22, 2013. (PDF, 9 pages, 180 kb)

Energy Commission Staff Data Request Set 2 (Nos. 19-39). Dated and posted April 19, 2013. (PDF, 20 pages, 2.3 mb)

A Review of Stream Processes and Forms in Dryland Watersheds. Dated: December 2010. Posted: April 19, 2013. (PDF, 36 pages, 1.7 mb)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Standardized Recommendations For Protection of the San Joaquin Kit Fox Prior to Or During Ground Disturbance. Dated: June 1999. Posted: April 19, 2013. (PDF, 8 pages, 70 kb)

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service San Joaquin Kit Fox Survey Protocol For The Northern Range. Dated: December 2010. Posted: April 19, 2013. (PDF, 36 pages, 70 kb)

Applicant's Revised Tower Viewshed Delineation - Potential Sensitive Receptors. Dated: April 16, 2013. Posted: April 17, 2013. (PDF, 5 pages, 3.53 mb)

Preliminary Draft Construction Drainage, Erosion and Sedimentation Control Plan/ Stormwater Pollution Prevention Plan. Posted: April 16, 2013. (PDF, files)

Palen Solar Holdings, LLC's Supplemental Response to CEC Staff Data Request 5. Dated: March 29, 2013. Posted: April 16, 2013. (PDF, 23 pages, 11.9 mb)

Palen Solar Holdings, LLC's Response to CEC Staff Data Request Set 1 (1-18). Dated: March 25, 2013. Posted: April 16, 2013. (PDF, 142 pages, 17.5 mb)

South Coast Air Quality Management District Letter Regarding Receipt of New Applications for Permits to Construct from Palen Solar Electric Generation Station. Dated: April 11, 2013. Posted: April 16, 2013. (PDF, 2 pages, 143 kb)

Commission letters to tribal entities listed with the California Native American Heritage Commission. Dated: April 11, 2013. Posted: April 12, 2013. (PDF, 35 pages, 602 kb)

Palen Solar Holdings, LLC's Status Report 1. Dated: March 29, 2013. Posted: April 11, 2013. (PDF, 9 pages, 500 kb)

Winter 2013 Golden Eagle Survey Results. Dated: April 8, 2013. Posted: April 9, 2013. (PDF, 25 pages, 3.9 mb)

Alfredo Figueroa Comment Letter Regarding the Palen Project Amendment. Dated: January 21, 2013. Posted: April 8, 2013. (PDF, 31 pages, 4.1 mb)

Staff's Status Report #1. Posted: April 4, 2013. (PDF, 6 page, 631 kb)

Order Granting Petition to Intervene to Hildeberto Sanchez, Eddie Simmons, and LiUNA, Local Union No. 1184. Posted: March 27, 2013. (PDF, 5 page, 111 kb)

Hearing Advisor Paul Kramer's Email re Change in the Process for Obtaining the Current Proof of Service List. Posted: March 25, 2013. (PDF, 1 page, 74 kb)

La Cuna de Aztlan Sacred Sites Protection Circles Comment on Petition to Amend for Palen Solar. Posted: March 20, 2013. (PDF file, 8 pages, 918 kb)

US. Fish and Wildlife Service Clarification on Golden Eagle Survey for the Proposed Palen Project. Posted: March 11, 2013. (PDF file, 6 pages, 57 kb)

US. Fish and Wildlife Service, Interim Golden Eagle Technical Guidance: Inventory and Monitoring Protocols; and Other Recommendations in Support of Golden Eagle Management and Permit Issuance. Posted: March 11, 2013. (PDF file, 30 pages, 299 kb)

CEC Letter to Native American Heritage Commission Tribes. Posted: March 11, 2013. (PDF file, 51 pages, 3.5 mb)

Commission Staff's Data Request Set 1 (Nos. 1-18). Posted: March 1, 2013. (PDF file, 18 pages, 343 kb)

Powerpoint: Palen Amendment Informational Hearing and Site Visit Presentation 2, Presentations by Energy Commission Committee, Staff and Public Adviser. Posted: March 1, 2013. (PDF file, 32 pages, 2.6 mb)

Transcript of February 20, 2013, Informational Hearing. Posted: February 15, 2013. (PDF file, 76 pages, 127 kb)

Commission Staff's Issues Identification Report. Posted: February 15, 2013. (PDF file, 20 pages, 115 kb)

Supplement 01 for Petition for Amendment (Complete). Posted: February 14, 2013. (PDF file, 339 pages, 158.9 mb)

• Supplement 01 for Petition for Amendment (Separated)

County of Riverside Comment Letter. February 6, 2013. Posted May 28, 2013. (PDF, 4 pages, 573 kb)

Hearing Officer Assignment Memo. Dated and posted January 10, 2013. (PDF file, 1 page, 25 kb)

Petition for Amendment. Posted: December 18, 2012. (PDF file, 258 pages, 24.3 mb)

Riverside County Letter Joining Intervenor Center for Biological Diversity's Response. Posted: July 12, 2012. (PDF file, 7 pages, 135 kb)

Intervenor Center for Biological Diversity Response to "Petition for Ownership Transfer" and Request to Clarify Petition. Posted: July 6, 2012. (PDF file, 6 pages, 106 kb)

Revision to June 25, 2012 Petition for Ownership Transfer. Posted: June 26, 2012. (PDF file, 6 pages, 138 kb)

Petition for Ownership Transfer From Palen Solar I to Nalep Solar Project I, LLC . Posted: June 26, 2012. (PDF file, 8 pages, 156 kb)