STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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Southern California Edison - Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project

(Application A.13-10-021, filed October 28, 2013)

Welcome to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) website for the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) review of proposed construction of Southern California Edison's (SCE) Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project. An application for the project was submitted to the CPUC on October 28, 2013, and includes the Proponents Environmental Assessment (PEA) prepared pursuant to Rule 2.4 of the CPUC's Rules of Practice and Procedure. This site provides access to public documents and information relevant to the CEQA review process.

On August 18, 2016, the California Public Utilities Commission granted SCE a permit to construct the Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project. Read the full decision here. As a result of this decision, this proceeding is now closed.

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Background

In 2005, SCE initiated the Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project to address forecasted overloads on a section of the existing line and to enhance reliability and operational flexibility. The project is located in Ventura County generally between State Route 118 (Los Angeles Avenue) to the north, Highway 101 to the south, and west of State Route 23, in the City of Moorpark, City of Thousand Oaks, and in portions of unincorporated Ventura County between the two cities. The subtransmission line would extend between SCE's Moorpark Substation and Newbury Substation within a portion of SCE's existing Moorpark-Ormond Beach 220 kV Transmission Line right-of-way (ROW) and within a portion of SCE's existing Moorpark-Newbury-Pharmacy 66 kV Subtransmission Line ROW.

In February 2009, the CPUC issued Executive Director's Action Resolution E-4225, finding that SCE's Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project qualified for an exemption and did not have to go through a CEQA review. Construction of the project began in 2010. However, in April 2010, several individuals filed an Application for a Rehearing and in November 2011, all construction activity was halted due to issuance of CPUC Decision 11-11-019. This decision ordered SCE to cease construction activity, provide certain specified information, and to file a Permit to Construct application in order to proceed with completing construction of the project. In response to Decision 11-11-019, SCE submitted a Permit to Construct and PEA to proceed with completion of the project. SCE anticipates that future proposed construction activities of the project would take approximately 10 months to complete upon CPUC approval.

Environmental Review

The CPUC has prepared an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) to evaluate SCE's proposal to complete the project, as well as to evaluate a range of alternatives to the project. The table below lists the anticipated dates for milestones that are/will be associated with the review of the project.

* Date is approximate and subject to change.

Public Scoping & Notice of Preparation of an Environmental Impact Report

On March 26, 2014, the CPUC published a Notice of Preparation (NOP) of an EIR for the Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project (A.13-10-021). A Notice of Completion (NOC) of the NOP was submitted to the State Clearinghouse on the same date. In order for the public and regulatory agencies to have an opportunity to submit comments on the scope of the EIR, an educational workshop and scoping meeting was held at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday April 10, 2014 at Santa Rosa Technology Magnet School, located at 13282 Santa Rosa Road in Camarillo. The slides presented at the workshop can be viewed here.

The public scoping period ended at 5:00 p.m. on April 25, 2014. A summary of the scoping process and comments received during the scoping period is included in the Scoping Report and associated appendices, which are available from the links below:

• Scoping Report
• Appendix A - NOP
• Appendix B - Newspaper Notice
• Appendix C - Meeting Sign In Sheet
• Appendix D - Scoping Meeting Presentation
• Appendix E - Meeting Notes
• Appendix F - Speaker Cards
• Appendix G - Written Comments (11.3mb)

Environmental Impact Report

Final EIR

The Final EIR (FEIR) was published on October 30, 2015. Copies of the FEIR are available for public review at the Grant R. Brimhall Library, Moorpark City Library, Newbury Library (at the addresses listed below), or by clicking on the links below:

• To view the FEIR, click here. [pdf 10.2mb]
• To view the FEIR Appendices, click here.
• To view the FEIR Errata issued on April 21, 2016, click here.

Public Comment on the DEIR

On June 11, 2015 the CPUC published a Notice of Availability (NOA) of a Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project (A.13-10-021). A Notice of Completion (NOC) of the DEIR was submitted to the State Clearinghouse on the same date.

To view the complete DEIR, click here.

The DEIR was available for review and comment during a 45-day public comment period (June 11, 2015 through July 27, 2015).

Public Meeting

The CPUC held a public comment meeting to receive oral and written comments from interested parties. The public meeting was held on Wednesday, June 24, 2015, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at the Palm Garden Hotel, 495 Ventu Park Road, Thousand Oaks, CA 93120.

Availability of DEIR

Hard copies of the DEIR and the FEIR are available for public review at the Grant R. Brimhall Library, Moorpark City Library, and Newbury Park Branch Library located at:

DEIR comments were accepted by e-mail or mail with postmark through July 27, 2015.

Other Documents Available for Review

The SCE Application for the Permit to Construct (PTC) and PEA for the Moorpark-Newbury 66 kV Subtransmission Line Project may be viewed here:

The SCE Application for the PTC can be found here: SCE PTC Application
The Appendices (A-G) to SCE Application for the PTC can be found here: SCE PTC Application (96.8mb)
The PEA can be found here: PEA (80.4mb)
CPUC Decision 11-11-019 can be found here: Decision 11-11-019

Data Requests

The CPUC submits Data Requests to SCE when it needs specific information to support CEQA document preparation. Three data requests have been submitted. Below are links to these data requests and the responses SCE has provided to date.

Data Request Letter No. 1 (February 3, 2014)
     SCE Responses (February 14, 2014) (3.33mb)

Data Request Letter No. 2 (August 12, 2014)
     SCE Responses (August 28, 2014)
     SCE Supplemental Responses (October 7, 2014) (6.36mb)

Data Request Letter No. 3 (October 8, 2014)
     SCE Responses to Questions 1-6 (November 26, 2014)
     SCE Responses to Questions 7-9 (January 16, 2015)

Data Request Letter No. 4 (February 24, 2015)
     SCE Responses to Questions 1-4 (February 24, 2015)

Data Request Letter No. 5 (March 20, 2015)
     SCE Responses (March 26, 2015)

Data Request Letter No. 6 (May 5, 2015)
     Please note a portion of the response information for Data Request No. 6 was identified by SCE as "CONFIDENTIAL - Contains Critical Electrical Infrastructure Information." This confidential information is not provided on this website. However, the non-confidential information is provided here in this response letter: SCE Responses (May 14, 2015)

Data Request Letter No. 7 (September 1, 2015)
     Please note a portion of the response information for Data Request No. 7 was identified by SCE as "CONFIDENTIAL - Contains Critical Electrical Infrastructure Information." Specifically the confidential items are attachments to items number 1 and 2, and the entire response to item number 4. This confidential information is not provided on this website. However, the non-confidential information is provided here in this response letter: SCE Responses (September 9, 2015)

For Additional Information

The CPUC, through its Environmental Review Team, is managing the environmental review of the project. To request additional information or to be added to the mailing list, please contact us by email or phone, as follows:

Project email:
Project phone: (707) 795-0926

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