2. Proposed Project

By this application, Southern California Edison Company (SCE) seeks authority to build the Red Bluff Substation project, which includes, among other components, a proposed new 500/220 kilovolt (kV) substation, two new parallel 500 kV transmission lines of about 2500 to 3500 feet each to loop the existing Devers - Palo Verde 500 kV transmission line (DPV1) into the new substation, and two parallel 500 kV transmission lines of about 2500 to 3500 feet each to loop the proposed Devers-Colorado River 500 kV transmission line (DPV2) into the new substation. The project will enable the proposed Desert Sunlight Solar Farm, a 550 megawatt (MW) solar photovoltaic energy-generating project, to interconnect to the California Independent System Operator (CAISO)-controlled transmission grid.