10. Assignment of Proceeding

Dian M. Grueneich is the assigned Commissioner and Hallie Yacknin is the assigned ALJ in this proceeding.

Findings of Fact

1. The proposed project would have significant and unavoidable impacts on land use, visual resources, mineral resources, and air quality.

2. Alternative 1, in which the proposed project would not be constructed, would avoid all significant impacts but would not achieve project objectives.

3. Alternative 2, the Middle Corridor alternative, would have similar air quality impacts as the proposed project, fewer impacts to land use and visual resources than the proposed project, and would avoid impacts to mineral resources. However, Alternative 2 would not serve the project objective of being able to be used for connections to potential future electrical facilities in the Valley South System.

4. Alternative 3, the Central Region Route Segment alternative, would have similar impacts to air quality and mineral resources as the proposed project, and fewer impacts to land use and visual resources than the proposed project.

5. Alternative 4, the Fogarty Substation alternative, would result in similar impacts to air quality, land use, mineral resources and visual resources as the proposed project.

6. Alternative 5, the Warm Springs-Pacific Clay alternative, would have similar impacts to land use and air quality as the proposed project, fewer impacts to visual resources than would occur with the proposed project, and would avoid impacts to mineral resources.

7. Alternative 6, the Eastern Region Route Segment alternative, would avoid impacts to mineral resources, but it would have greater impacts to air quality, land use, and visual resources than the proposed project.

8. Alternative 5, the Warm Springs-Pacific Clay alternative, is the environmentally superior alternative.

9. The EIR was completed in compliance with CEQA.

10. The Commission has reviewed and considered the information contained in the EIR.

11. The EIR reflects the Commission's independent judgment.

12. Alternative 5 is feasible.

13. The need to increase the operating capacity of the facilities serving the Lake Elsinore Electrical Needs Area and provide greater reliability in the event of an outage on the single line that currently serves the Ivyglen Substation are overriding considerations that support our approval of Alternative 5, despite each and every significant unavoidable impact.

14. Alternative 5 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.

Conclusions of Law

1. SCE should be granted a permit to construct Alternative 5, the Warm Springs-Pacific Clay alternative, of the Fogarty Substation and Valley-Ivyglen Subtransmission Line Project, with mitigation identified in the Mitigation and Monitoring Plan set forth in Attachment A to this order.

2. The EIR has been completed in compliance with CEQA and should be certified.

3. This proceeding should be closed.

4. This order should be effective immediately.

ORDER

IT IS ORDERED that:

1. Southern California Edison Company is granted a permit to construct the Valley-Ivyglen 115 kilovolt Subtransmission Line Project and Fogarty Substation Project Alternative 5, the Warm Springs-Pacific Clay alternative, in conformance with the Mitigation and Monitoring Plan which is attached as Attachment A to this decision.

2. The final Environmental Impact Report (which incorporates the draft Environmental Impact Report) is adopted pursuant to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act.

3. The Mitigation and Monitoring Plan, which is attached to this decision as Attachment A, is adopted.

4. Consolidated Applications (A.) 07-01-031 and A.07-04-028 are closed.

This order is effective today.

Dated August 12, 2010, at San Francisco, California.

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