14. Assignment of Proceeding
Dian M. Grueneich is the assigned Commissioner and Regina M. DeAngelis is the assigned ALJ in this proceeding.
1. Construction of a Devers-Mirage 115 Kilovolt Subtransmission System Split Project will improve needed capacity and address reliability concerns.
2. No protests were filed to the Application.
3. The Draft EIR related to the Proposed Project conforms to the requirements of CEQA.
4. Project Alternatives 1, 2, 3, 5, 6 and 7 would each have significant unavoidable impacts.
5. Alternative 1 is the Environmentally Superior Alternative.
6. The Final EIR was completed in compliance with CEQA.
7. The Commission has reviewed and considered the information contained in the EIR.
8. The EIR reflects the Commission's independent judgment.
9. The need to improve reliability on existing infrastructure is an overriding consideration that supports our approval of Alternative 1, as referred to as the Proposed Project, despite its significant unavoidable impacts.
10. Alternative 1 includes no-cost and low-cost measures (within the meaning of D.93-11-013, and D.06-01-042) to reduce possible exposure to EMF.
11. SCE agrees to comply with the mitigation measures described in the Final EIR.
12. The Commission considered the EIR in deciding to approve the Proposed Project.
13. The Final EIR reflects the Commission's independent judgment.
1. SCE represents that it has complied with the notice requirements for PTCs described in GO 131-D, Sec. XI.
2. The Application is uncontested and evidentiary hearings are not necessary.
3. The Commission is the Lead Agency for compliance with the provisions of CEQA.
4. The Draft EIR analyzing the environmental impacts of the Proposed Project was processed in compliance with CEQA.
5. A Final EIR on the Proposed Project was processed and completed in compliance with the requirements of CEQA.
6. The Draft EIR and the Final EIR (which includes the Mitigation Monitoring, Reporting and Compliance Program and EMF Field Management Plan) should be adopted in their entirety.
7. SCE should be granted PTC for Alternative 1 of the proposed Devers-Mirage 115 Kilovolt Subtransmission System Split Project, with mitigation set forth in the Mitigation Monitoring, Reporting and Compliance Program.
8. SCE should obtain all necessary permits, easement rights or other legal authority for the project site prior to commencing construction.
9. Possible exposure to EMF has been reduced by the no-cost and low-cost measures SCE will include in the Proposed Project that are specified in Appendix B of the Draft EIR and pursuant to D.93-11-013, and D.06-01-042.
10. The requirement for a 30-day period for public review and comment should be waived, pursuant to Rule 14.6(c)(2).
11. This order should be effective immediately so that construction of the Proposed Project can begin.
12. Application 08-01-029 should be closed.
IT IS ORDERED that:
1. Southern California Edison Company is granted a Permit to Construct the Devers-Mirage 115 Kilovolt Subtransmission System Split Project, Alternative 1, in conformance with the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), including the Draft and the Final EIR Mitigation Monitoring, Reporting and Compliance Program (Appendix E), and the Electric and Magnetic Fields Field Management Plan.
2. The Mitigation Monitoring, Reporting and Compliance Program included as part of the Final Environmental Impact Report (Appendix E) is adopted.
3. The Final Environmental Impact Report is adopted pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code §§ 21000 et seq.
4. The comment period for today's decision is waived.
5. Southern California Edison Company's motion to move its Application and the Proponent's Environmental Assessment into the evidentiary record is granted and we also move into evidence the Draft Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and the Final EIR. These documents are Exhibits 1, 2, 3, and 4 respectively, (which includes the Draft Environmental Impact Report, Mitigation Monitoring, Reporting and Compliance Program, and the Electric and Magnetic Fields Field Management Plan).
6. Application 08-01-029 is closed.
This order is effective today.
Dated June 3, 2010, at San Francisco, California.
MICHAEL R. PEEVEY
President
DIAN M. GRUENEICH
JOHN A. BOHN
TIMOTHY ALAN SIMON
NANCY E. RYAN
Commissioners
