IV. Grading

In its application, SDG&E requested permission to allow Whispering Hills to perform grading on the property, pending Commission approval of the sale of the property. (See, Application, pp. 2, 6.) Specifically, SDG&E asks for permission to allow Whispering Hills to grade: "[O]n that portion of SDG&E's property from which the Power Lines have been removed and relocated, pending Commission approval of the Application." (Id., p. 2.) According to SDG&E, allowing Whispering Hills to grade the property will save time and money on the project, and because the transmission lines have already been temporarily relocated, the grading will not adversely affect SDG&E's ability to provide safe and reliable service. (Id., pp. DAW-3 and 4.)

We grant SDG&E's request that it be authorized to allow Whispering Hills to perform grading on the specified portion of SDG&E's property. This is consistent with our previous approval of SDG&E's advice letter 1566-E, which requested approval for the temporary and permanent relocation of the electric transmission lines, including their undergrounding. No permanent non-utility structures, however, may be constructed on the property at issue unless and until this application is granted authorizing the sale of the property.