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Biennial Transmission Projects Report 2019-2020 HAYLEY WILLIAMSON STATE OF NEVADA Chair C.J. MANTHE Commissioner PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION STEVE SISOLAK TAMMY CORDOVA Governor Commissioner STEPHANIE MULLEN Executive Director February 9, 2021 Brenda Erdoes, Director Legislative Counsel Bureau Nevada Legislature Capitol Complex Carson City, Nevada 89710 Re: Report to Legislature on Transmission pursuant to NRS 704.754 Dear Ms. Erdoes: Pursuant to NRS 704.754, the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada ("Commission") is required on or before February 15 of each odd-numbered year to review, approve and submit to the Director of the Legislative Counsel Bureau for transmittal to the next regular session of the Nevada Legislature a written report compiling all information about any transmission plan proposed by, adopted by, or made known to the Commission since the last report. This Report is submitted in compliance with NRS 704.754. The Report compiles information on projects made known to the Commission through the Utility Environmental Protection Act ("UEPA") process and utility transmission plans filed with the Commission by regulated utilities over the last biennium. The Commission takes no position regarding whether the projects listed in the Report will be constructed. Please be advised that NRS 704.865(d) exempts from its requirements transmission projects involving utility facilities that will be wholly owned by cooperatives, nonprofit corporations, or associations on federal lands and are subject to the provisions of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321 §§ et seq. Consequently, the Commission has not been formally noticed of such projects, and they are not included with this Report. Finally, NRS 704.754 provides that the Commission submit all information about any transmission plan. The Commission respectfully submits that the transmission plans filed with the Commission discussed herein are voluminous, including detailed multi-volume engineering and environmental studies. Therefore, the Commission has not included all of the information submitted with transmission plans. However, this information is available within the respective dockets on the NORTHERN NEVADA OFFICE SOUTHERN NEVADA OFFICE 1150 East William Street 9075 West Diablo Drive, Suite 250 Carson City, Nevada 89701-3109 Las Vegas, Nevada 89148 (775)684-6101 • Fax (775) 684-6110 http://puc.nv.gov (702)486-7210 • Fax (702) 486-7206 Commission's website at www.puc.nv.gov. The Commission will gladly provide any assistance the Legislature requires to access this information should further detail be desired. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns regarding the Report. Sincere! Stephanie Mullen Executive Director Enc. The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada "Biennial Transmission Projects Report 2019-2020" (NRS 704.754) UEPA Application Projects Under the Utility Environmental Protection Act ("UEPA"), the Commission is able to assess the siting of utility facilities in Nevada, including electric transmission facilities. Nevada Revised Statute ("NRS") 704.860(2) (a) defines a transmission facility as a transmission line or substation in excess of 200 kilovolts ("kV"). This definition includes generation-tie ("gen-tie") lines that run from the generator to a utility's transmission grid. Gen-tie lines are not typically considered to be transmission facilities by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission ("FERC"), which is responsible for the regulatory oversight of transmission facilities. From January 1, 2019, to December 31, 2020, the Commission has been made aware of the following UEPA projects related to new transmission projects. The Commission does not know which of the projects listed in the UEPA applications will be permitted and constructed. PUCN Date Filed Description of the Application/Notice Docket No. 1 19-02010 2/15/2019 Notice by EDF Renewables Development, Inc., under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, of an application to a federal agency for approval to construct the Red House Solar project consisting of an up to 500 MW photovoltaic solar electric generating facility, a 345 kV generation-tie transmission line, and associated facilities to be located in Humboldt County, Nevada. 2 19-04011 4/08/2019 Amended Application of Copper Mountain Solar 5, LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, for a permit to construct the Copper Mountain Solar 5 Project consisting of a 250 MW alternating current solar photovoltaic electric generating facility, an optional energy storage system, a 230 kV generation-tie power line, and associated facilities to be located in Boulder City, Nevada. 3 19-04028 4/26/2019 Application of Harry Allen Solar Energy LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, for approval to construct a 230 kV transmission line, new 230 kV substation interconnection equipment at the existing Harry Allen Substation, and associated facilities to be located within the Dry Lake Solar Energy Zone approximately 15 miles northeast of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada. 4 19-07018 7/25/2019 Application of GridLiance West LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, for permits to construct the Trout Canyon Substation consisting of a new 230 kV substation, a 230 kV transmission line, and associated facilities to be located approximately 10 miles southeast of Pahrump in Clark County, Nevada. 5 19-10004 10/07/2019 Notice by Arrow Canyon Solar, LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, of an application to a federal agency for approval to construct a 200 MW photovoltaic solar energy generation facility, generation-tie transmission lines, and associated facilities to be located approximately 25 miles northeast of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada. 6 19-10027 10/31/2019 Application of 325MK 8me LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, for a permit to construct the Eagle Shadow Mountain Interconnection Facilities consisting of a 230 kV terminal addition and associated facilities within the Reid Gardner Substation located in Clark County, Nevada. 7 19-11014 11/14/2019 Notice by Hamel Renewables, LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, of an application to a federal agency for approval to construct the Rough Hat Nye County Solar Project consisting of an up to 500 MW photovoltaic solar energy generation facility, generation-tie transmission lines, and associated facilities to be located in Nye County, Nevada. 8 19-11015 11/14/2019 Notice by Hamel Renewables, LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, of an application to a federal agency for approval to construct the Rough Hat Clark County Solar Project consisting of an up to 400 MW photovoltaic solar energy generation facility, generation-tie transmission lines, and associated facilities to be located in Clark County, Nevada. 9 20-04011 4/08/2020 Application of Pershing Solar, LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, for permits to construct the Pershing Solar Project consisting of a 240 MW alternating current photovoltaic solar electric generating facility, a 180 MW battery energy storage system, transmission lines, a generator-tie line, and associated facilities to be located approximately 4 miles north of Lovelock in Pershing County, Nevada. 10 20-04017 4/13/2020 Notice by Solar Partners VII, LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, of an application to a federal agency for approval to construct an up to 850 MW photovoltaic solar energy generating facility, including an 850 MW battery energy storage system, and associated facilities to be located approximately 45 miles north of Las Vegas in Clark County, Nevada. 11 20-06037 6/26/2020 Notice by 326FW 8me LLC, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, of an application to a federal agency for approval to construct the Arida-Mohave Transmission Project consisting of a 500 kV transmission line associated with the Arida Solar Project, to be located near Laughlin in Clark County, Nevada. 12 20-07024 7/20/2020 Notice by Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy and Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, of an application to a federal agency for approval to construct the Greenlink North Transmission Line Project consisting of the expansion of the Robinson Summit substation, a new Lander substation, a new Fort Churchill-Robinson Summit 525 kV transmission line, and associated facilities to be located in White Pine, Eureka, Lander, Churchill, and Lyon Counties, Nevada. 13 20-07025 7/20/2020 Notice by Nevada Power Company d/b/a NV Energy and Sierra Pacific Power Company d/b/a NV Energy, under the provisions of the Utility Environmental Protection Act, of an application to a federal agency for approval to construct the Greenlink West Transmission Line Project consisting of the expansion of the Harry Allen switching station, expansion of the Northwest, Comstock Meadows, and Mira Loma substations, new Amargosa and Esmeralda collector substations, a new Fort Churchill substation, a new Fort Churchill-Northwest 525 kV transmission line, a new Harry Allen-Northwest 525 kV transmission line, a new Comstock Meadows-Fort Churchill 345 kV transmission line, a new Fort Churchill-Mira Loma 345/120 kV transmission line, and associated facilities to be located in Clark, Nye, Esmeralda, Mineral, Lyon, Storey and Washoe Counties,
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