HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 7.3 TriVlyCapacity PG&E AGENDA STATEMENT
CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE:
CITY CLERK
February 20, 2001
SUBJECT:
Status report on City intervention in 2002 Tri-Valley
Capacity Increase Project, which may approve a permit
for PG&E to expand electricity transmission facilities in
the Dublin area.
(Report prepared by Hizabeth H. Silver, City Attorney)
ATTACHMENTS: 1.
RECOMMENDATION:
None.
No action required at this time.
FINANCIAL STATEMENT:
DESCRIPTION: At its meeting on January 16, 2001, the City Council received an update regarding
Pacific Gas & Electric' s application to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a
Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity that would allow it to construct new facilities for
electricity transmission in the Dublin area, also called the 2002 Tri-Valley Capacity Increase Project.
PG&E proposes to build a new substation north of the City, actually located just inside Conira Costa
County, which would receive power from a new Livermore substation to the east. On October 5, 1999, by
Resolution No. 184-99, the Council expressed its support for PG&E's proposal.
The Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Project, which the CPUC issued on December 26,
2000, proposed a new alignment of facilities that would approve construction of the 'Dublin Substation in
Area C of Dublin Ranch. At the January 16 meeting, the Council authorized staff to provide comments to
the CPUC expressing the City' s opposition to the DEIR's proposal to construct the Dublin Substation in
Area C of Dublin Ranch. At its February 5, 2001 meeting, the Council was informed that the City would
be filing a Petition to Intervene as a party in the matter and providing the CPUC with its objections to the
location of facilities proposed in the DEIR.
On February 8, 2001, the City Atiomey's Office filed the Petition to Intervene. The administrative law
judge (ALJ) handling the proceeding has not yet acted on that petition. On February 13, 2001, the City
Attorney' s Office filed Opening Testimony on the City' s behalf. The ALJ requested that the City file the
Testimony prior to a decision on the Petition to Intervene so that the other parties would have an
opportunity to review the Testimony prior to the beginning of hearings on February 20, 2001. If allowed
to intervene, the City will be represented at the hearings by Mayor Guy Houston, City Manager Rich
Ambrose, and/or Public Works Director Lee Thompson.
Recommendation: None. No action is required of the Council at this time. Staff will provide further
updates as this matter progresses.
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