3. The Proposed Project
SCE states that general forecast planning indicates that if a 1 in 10-year heat storm had occurred in 2008, the projected peak electric demand would have exceeded operating limits at Hanford Substation. SCE states that it installed a transformer bank at the Hanford Substation as a contingency measure, but in order to meet the forecasted electrical demands in the City of Hanford and the surrounding areas of unincorporated Kings County, and to ensure that safe and reliable service is available to serve customer electrical demand in those areas, the Mascot Substation is necessary.
When completed, the Proposed Project will ensure that safe and reliable electric service is provided to meet customer electrical demand during normal conditions as well as periods of extreme heat.
The Proposed Project includes the following:
1. Construction of a new 66/12 kV distribution substation on an approximately 5-acre site located at the southwest corner of the intersection of 7 1/2 Avenue and Grangeville Boulevard in unincorporated Kings County;
2. Construction of three new 66 kV subtransmission line segments to serve the new Mascot Substation;
3. Construction of four new 12 kV distribution circuits; and
4. Construction of facilities to connect the new substation to SCE's existing telecommunication system, including overhead telecommunication lines and underground duct banks.
The estimated cost of the project is $33 million.3 The construction period is scheduled to begin in July 2011 and completed by May 2012.
3 Application at II-2.
