Townsite Solar Project Transmission Line, DOE/EA-1960 

Project Description​

WAPA must consider and respond to KOWEPO America LLC’s (KOAM) application to interconnect its proposed facility to one of the following substations Eldorado, Marketplace, McCullough Switching Station, or Mead. The interconnection agreement’s purpose is to ensure that the request will not degrade existing transmission reliability and service. WAPA must respond to KOAM’s interconnection request pursuant to its obligations under its Open Access Transmission Tariff and applicable provisions of the Federal Power Act.

BLM, Las Vegas Field Office is the lead federal agency, WAPA is a cooperating agency. The EA is tiered in part to the Eldorado Valley Transmission and Utility Corridor Programmatic Environmental Assessment (PEA) (BLM-NV-S010-2012-0024-EA).

Project Location

The project is situated approximately 4 miles southwest of the incorporated Boulder City in Clark County, Nevada. The solar energy-generating facility is proposed on 884 acres of land owned by the Boulder City and leased to KOAM. The transmission line would utilize designated BLM-managed utility corridors and cross WAPA withdrawn lands.

Current Status

The Final EA was published on June 28, 2013. The BLM and WAPA published Findings of No Significant Impact (FONSIs) in October 2013.

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