ALJ/DUG/sid Date of Issuance 8/22/2008

Decision 08-08-021 August 21, 2008

BEFORE THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA

Application of Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) (U 39 E) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity Authorizing Construction of the Shiloh II 230 kV Transmission Line Project.

Application 08-05-018 (Filed May 14, 2008)

DECISION GRANTING PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR TRANSMISSION RELATED FACILITIES TO INTERCONNECT WITH AND RECEIVE ELECTRICITY FROM SHILOH II WIND GENERATION PROJECT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Title Page

DECISION GRANTING PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR TRANSMISSION RELATED FACILITIES TO INTERCONNECT WITH AND RECEIVE ELECTRICITY FROM SHILOH II WIND GENERATION PROJECT 2

1. Summary 2

2. Background 2

3. Reconductoring and New Facilities 3

3.1. Description of the Reconductoring and New Facilities 6

4. Requirements for a Certificate 7

4.1. Environmental Review 7

4.1.1. The Wind Farm EIR 7

4.1.2. Environmental Impacts 8

4.1.3. Overriding Consideration 11

4.1.4. Advice Letter 2879-E 13

4.2. Need Determination 16

4.3. Regulatory Approvals 17

4.4. Conclusion 17

5. Categorization 18

6. Waiver of Comment Period 18

7. Assignment of Proceeding 18

Findings of Fact 18

Conclusions of Law 20

ORDER.. 22

DECISION GRANTING PACIFIC GAS AND ELECTRIC COMPANY
A CERTIFICATE OF PUBLIC CONVENIENCE AND NECESSITY FOR TRANSMISSION RELATED FACILITIES TO INTERCONNECT WITH AND RECEIVE ELECTRICITY FROM SHILOH II WIND GENERATION PROJECT

1. Summary

This decision grants the unprotested application of Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity (Certificate) pursuant to Pub. Util. Code § 1001 et seq. and Commission General Order (GO) 131-D. An enterprise (Shiloh Wind Partners LLC, subsequently referred to as Wind Farm Owners) is building a new wind farm, Shiloh II Wind Generation Project (Wind Farm), which is comprised of approximately 75 wind-powered generators that will produce approximately 150 megawatts of renewable energy annually. To interconnect with the Wind Farm and receive electricity generated by it, PG&E seeks authority to reconductor certain existing electric transmission lines and to construct specific new facilities (Reconductoring and New Facilities). The New Facilities will be adjacent to PG&E's existing transmission lines which will be reconductored to increase capacity. The Lead Agency for the environmental review of the Wind Farm was Solano County, which prepared a Final Environmental Impact Report (Final EIR). The Commission was a Responsible Agency.

This Certificate granted herein is for PG&E's specific Reconductoring and New Facilities as described in both Advice Letter 2879-E and the Final EIR for Wind Farm.

This proceeding is closed.