20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PERMIT SAN VICENTE PUMPED STORAGE PROJECT SUBMITTED BY: San Diego County Water Authority 4677 Overland Avenue San Diego, California 92123 October 2014 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INITIAL STATEMENT 1 EXHIBIT 1 – DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT 10 1.0 Introduction, Background, and Project Configuration 10 2.0 Reservoirs 11 3.0 Transmission Line and Interconnection 13 4.0 Project Capacity 13 5.0 Public Lands 14 6.0 Other Information 15 EXHIBIT 2 – STUDY PLAN 16 1.0 General Requirement 16 1.1 Project Studies 16 1.2 New Roads 22 2.0 New Dam Construction Work Plan 22 2.1 Field Studies Impacts 22 2.2 Proposed Schedule 22 2.3 New Dam Construction 24 3.0 Waiver 24 4.0 Statement of Costs and Financing 24 4.1 Estimated Costs 24 4.2 Financing 24 4.3 Proposed Market for Power Generation 24 EXHIBIT 3 – PROJECT MAPS/DRAWINGS 26 Figure 1 Location Map Figure 2 Regional Map of Water Authority Service Area Figure 3 Project Study Area Figure 4 FERC Project Boundary Area Figure 4a Upper Reservoir Alternatives Configuration Figure 5 San Vicente Dam & Reservoir Raise Plan Figure 6 Typical Site Profile Figure 7 SDG&E Sunrise Powerlink Figure 8 Land Ownership Map Figure 9 New Saddle Dams – Upper Reservoir Figure 10 Transmission Line and Interconnection Alignment ATTACHMENT 1 – Legal Authority of Applicant as a Municipality (County Water Authority Act) 2014 Page 1 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM INITIAL STATEMENT BEFORE THE FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION APPLICATION FOR PRELIMINARY PERMIT 1.0 The San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority) applies to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for a preliminary permit for the proposed San Vicente Pumped-Storage Project (Project), as described in the attached exhibits. This application is made in order that the applicant may secure and maintain priority of application for a license for the Project under Part I of the Federal Power Act while obtaining the data and performing the acts required to continue with project development work including completing a preliminary environmental site screening, resource agency and native American consultations, desktop geotechnical study, inlet/outlet location optimization study, reservoir water quality modeling, refinement of project configuration via additional engineering studies, and continued power market and financial analysis to support an application for a license. 2.0 Location of the proposed project is: State or Territory: State of California County: County of San Diego Township or Nearby Town: Alternative A: Poway, Alternatives B and D: Lakeside, Alternative C: Ramona Stream or Other Body of Water: San Vicente Reservoir 3.0 The exact name, business address and telephone number of the applicant is: San Diego County Water Authority 4677 Overland Avenue San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 522-6600 The exact name and business address of each person authorized to act as agent for the applicant and this application are: Mike Swiger Maureen Stapleton Partner General Manager Van Ness Feldman, LLP San Diego County Water Authority 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street NW 4677 Overland Avenue Seventh Floor. San Diego, CA 92123 Washington, DC 20007 (858) 522-6781 (202) 298-1891 4.0 The San Diego County Water Authority is a municipal entity under California's County Water Authority Act and is claiming preference under Section 7(a) of the 2014 Page 2 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM Federal Power Act. Copies of applicable State laws and other legal authority evidencing that the applicant is a municipality are provided in Attachment 1. 5.0 The proposed term of the requested permit is for a period of 36 months. 6.0 Name of Existing Dam: San Vicente Dam Owner: City of San Diego Address: 202 C Street San Diego, CA 92101-3861 IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CODE OF FEDERAL REGULATIONS (CFR), TITLE 18, PART 4, SECTION 4.32(a), THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION IS PROVIDED: 1.0 Identification of every person, citizen, association of citizens, domestic corporation, municipality, or state that has or intends to obtain and will maintain any proprietary right necessary to construct, operate, or maintain the Project includes: San Diego County Water Authority 4677 Overland Avenue San Diego, CA 92123 Maureen Stapleton, General Manager (858) 522-6781 City of San Diego, City Administration Building 202 C Street San Diego, CA 92101-3861 Kevin Faulconer, Mayor Elizabeth Maland, City Clerk (619) 236-6330 City of Poway 13325 Civic Center Drive, P.O. Box 789 Poway, CA 92074-0789 Dan Singer, City Manager (858) 668-4500 San Diego County Board of Supervisors County Administration Center 1600 Pacific Highway San Diego, CA 92101 Dianne Jacob, Supervisor (619) 531-5522 Barona Band of Mission Indians Tribal Council Barona Tribal Office 1095 Barona Road Lakeside, CA 92040 2014 Page 3 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM Clifford LaChappa, Tribal Chairman (619) 443-6612 Although all of the above have certain rights relating to the reservoirs associated with the Project, only the San Diego County Water Authority will have and maintain all the proprietary rights necessary to construct, operate, and maintain the Project itself. 2.0 Names and mailing addresses: 2.1 Counties in which any part of the Project, or any Federal facilities that would be used by the Project, would be located: County of San Diego, Department of Planning and Development Services Mark Wardlaw, Director 5201 Ruffin Road, Suite B San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 694-3810 2.2 Cities, town or similar local political subdivision within 15 miles of the Project and having a population of more than 5,000, or in which part of the Project, or any Federal facilities that would be used by the Project, would be located: Cities: City of El Cajon 200 East Main Street El Cajon, CA 92020 Douglas Williford, City Manager (619) 441-1716 City of Escondido 201 North Broadway Escondido, CA 92025 Clay Philips, City Manager (760) 839-4631 City of La Mesa 8130 Allison Avenue La Mesa, CA 91941 David Witt, City Manager (619) 463-6611 City of Lemon Grove 3232 Main Street Lemon Grove, CA 91945 Graham Mitchell, City Manager (619) 825-3800 2014 Page 4 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM City of Poway 13325 Civic Center Drive, P.O. Box 789 Poway, CA 92074-0789 Dan Singer, City Manager (858) 668-4500 City of San Diego City Administration Building 202 C Street San Diego, CA 92101-3861 Kevin Faulconer, Mayor Elizabeth Maland, City Clerk (619) 236-6330 City of Santee 10601 Magnolia Avenue Building #1 Santee, CA 92071 Pedro Orso-Delgado, Acting City Manager (619) 258-4100 Unincorporated Communities: Alpine – Alpine Community Planning Group P.O. Box 819 Alpine, CA 91903 (619) 445-2110 Eucalyptus Hills – Lakeside Community Planning Group P.O. Box 2040 Lakeside, CA 92040 (619) 561-5949 Flinn Springs – Lakeside Community Planning Group P.O. Box 2040 Lakeside, CA 92040 (619) 561-5949 Lakeside – Lakeside Community Planning Group P.O. Box 2040 Lakeside, CA 92040 (619) 561-5949 Ramona – Ramona Planning Group 15873 Highway 67 Ramona, CA 92065 (760) 803-2001 2014 Page 5 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM 2.3 Irrigation districts, drainage districts or similar purpose political subdivisions in which part of the Project, or any Federal facilities that would be used by the Project, would be located or that own, operate, maintain or use any Project facilities: City of San Diego City Administration Building 202 C Street San Diego, CA 92101-3861 Kevin Fauconer, Mayor Elizabeth Maland, City Clerk (619) 236-6330 Lakeside Water District 10375 Vine Street Lakeside, CA 92040 Brett Sanders, General Manager (619) 443-3805 Padre Dam Municipal Water District 9300 Fanita Parkway Santee, CA 92071 Allen Carlisle, General Manager (619) 448-3111 Ramona Municipal Water District 105 Earlham Street Ramona, CA 92065 David Barnum, General Manager (760) 789-1330 San Diego County Water Authority 4677 Overland Avenue San Diego, CA 92123 Maureen Stapleton, General Manager (858) 522-6781 2.4 State and Federal Agencies that may be interested in, or affected by, the application are: California Department of Fish & Wildlife South Coast Regional Office 3883 Ruffin Road Ed Pert, Regional Manager San Diego, CA 92123 (858) 467-4201 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, L.A. District Regulatory Division – Carlsbad Field Office 6010 Hidden Valley Road, Suite 105 2014 Page 6 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM Carlsbad, CA 92011 (760) 602-4829 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Southern California Field Office 600 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1460 Los Angeles, CA 90017 (213) 244-1800 U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Carlsbad Field Office 2177 Salk Avenue, Suite 250 Carlsbad, CA 92008 (760) 431-9440 U.S. Bureau of Land Management Palm Springs – South Coast Field Office 1201 Bird Center Drive Palm Springs, CA 92262 (760) 833-7100 2.5 Indian Tribes that may be affected by the Project are: Barona Band of Mission Indians 1095 Barona Road Lakeside, CA 92040 Clifford LaChappa, Tribal Chairman (619) 443-6612 2014 Page 7 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM Exhibits and Attachments EXHIBIT 1 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT EXHIBIT 2 STUDY PLAN EXHIBIT 3 PROJECT MAPS/DRAWINGS ATTACHMENT 1 – Legal Authority of Applicant as a Municipality (County Water Authority Act) 2014 Page 9 20141016-5175 FERC PDF (Unofficial) 10/16/2014 2:27:10 PM EXHIBIT 1 DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSED PROJECT 1.0 INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND, AND PROJECT CONFIGURATION Introduction The San Diego County Water Authority (Water Authority) is pursuing a hydroelectric license from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) for the proposed San Vicente Pumped Storage Project (Project).