Energy Division issued a Notice of Preparation of the EIR on May 6, 2015, the draft EIR was issued in April 2016, and the final EIR was issued in April 2017. A prehearing conference was conducted on June 5, 2017. Evidentiary hearing was held on October 17, 18, and 19, 2017. SCE, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), The Utility Reform Network (TURN), Forest Residents Opposing New Transmission Lines (FRONTLINES), the City of Lake Elsinore (City), the Nevada Hydro Company (Nevada Hydro), and, jointly, Castle & Cooke California, Inc. and Castle & Cooke Alberhill Ranch, LLC (Castle & Cooke) filed opening briefs on November 30, 2017, and briefs on January 4, 2018, upon which this matter was submitted. Scope of Issues The assigned Commissioner’s June 19, 2017, Scoping Memo identifies the following issues to be determined: What are the significant adverse environmental impacts of the proposed projects? This issue encompasses consideration of whether the project designs comport with Commission rules and regulations and other applicable standards governing safe and reliable operations. Are there potentially feasible mitigation measures or project alternatives that will avoid or lessen the significant adverse environmental impacts? This issue encompasses consideration of how to design the proposed projects in a manner that ensures their safe and reliable operation. As between the proposed projects and the project alternatives, which is environmentally superior? Was the EIR completed in compliance with CEQA, did the Commission review and consider the EIR prior to approving the project or a project alternative, and does the EIR reflect our independent judgment?
Energy Division issued a Notice of Preparation of the EIR on May 6, 2015, the draft EIR was issued in April 2016, and the final EIR was issued in April 2017. A prehearing conference was conducted on June 5, 2017. Evidentiary hearing was held on October 17, 18, and 19, 2017. SCE, the Office of Ratepayer Advocates (ORA), The Utility Reform Network (TURN), Forest Residents Opposing New Transmission Lines (FRONTLINES), the City of Lake Elsinore (City), the Nevada Hydro Company (Nevada Hydro), and, jointly, Castle & Cooke California, Inc. and Castle & Cooke Alberhill Ranch, LLC (Castle & Cooke) filed opening briefs on November 30, 2017, and briefs on January 4, 2018, upon which this matter was submitted. Scope of Issues The assigned Commissioner’s June 19, 2017, Scoping Memo identifies the following issues to be determined: What are the significant adverse environmental impacts of the proposed projects? This issue encompasses consideration of whether the project designs comport with Commission rules and regulations and other applicable standards governing safe and reliable operations. Are there potentially feasible mitigation measures or project alternatives that will avoid or lessen the significant adverse environmental impacts? This issue encompasses consideration of how to design the proposed projects in a manner that ensures their safe and reliable operation. As between the proposed projects and the project alternatives, which is environmentally superior? Was the EIR completed in compliance with CEQA, did the Commission review and consider the EIR prior to approving the project or a project alternative, and does the EIR reflect our independent judgment?
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