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Welcome to the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)
website for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of
Pacific Gas and Electric's (PG&E) proposed Delta DPA
Capacity Increase Substation Project (Delta Substation). An application for
this project was submitted to the CPUC on August
12, 2005 (A.05-08-022).
This site provides access to public documents and information relevant to
the CEQA review process.
Background
PG&E has filed an application with the CPUC
to build a new three-bank 230/21 kV distribution substation on a 5.1-acre
site in the City of Antioch. In addition, the Proposed Project would
include a new transmission tower in an existing transmission right of way
and a new paved access road from the intersection of Heidorn
Ranch Road and Sand Creek Road to the proposed substation site. The
temporary access road would require a temporary steel deck-plate bridge
over Sand Creek. PG&E's project objective is to improve reliability and
meet projected electrical load requirements in the Delta Distribution
Planning Area (DPA), which includes the rapidly
growing southern and eastern portion of Antioch, the cities of Brentwood
and Oakley, and much of the remainder of unincorporated eastern Contra
Costa County.
Proponent's Environmental
Assessment (PEA)
PG&E filed a PEA with the Application in August 2005. This document
provided a starting point for the environmental review process conducted by
the CPUC.
Environmental Review
Process
The CPUC on September 22, 2006, released a
Notice of Intent to Adopt a Mitigated Negative Declaration for the Delta
Substation Project showing that the Proposed Project, as mitigated, would
not have any significant effects on the environment. Public comments on the
Mitigated Negative Declaration must be received no later than
October 23, 2006.
An electronic version of the Mitigated Negative Declaration will be
available on this website soon.
The environmental document may also be reviewed at the Antioch Library (501
W. 18th Street, Antioch), the Brentwood Library (751 Third Street, Brentwood),
and the CPUC (505 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco).
The CPUC will issue a Decision on the Proposed
Project as part of the proceeding on A.05-08-022,
which will be announced and published concurrent with a scheduled CPUC Meeting.
For Additional Information
Requests for additional information should be sent to:
Junaid Rahman, CPUC Project Manager
c/o Aspen Environmental Group
235 Montgomery Street, Suite 935
San Francisco, CA 94104-3002
E-mail: deltasub@aspeneg.com
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