Under Review/Operating. On January 2, 2018, the Department received the preliminary Request for Amendment (RFA) #4 to the Eugene to Medford Transmission Line Site Certificate (provided in link below). On February 20th the Department notified the certificate holder that the preliminary RFA is incomplete. The Department requires additional information from the certificate holder before it can find the RFA complete. In the meantime, the Department is drafting the portions of the Draft Proposed Order where sufficient information is available related to a given EFSC standard. Following the Department’s completeness determination, a complete version of the RFA will be posted to the website. A public comment period will be initiated following the issuance of the Department's Draft Proposed Order (date TBD).
The preliminary RFA requests
Council approval for the following primary components: expansion of the site
boundary from approximately 23,975 to 24,463 acres; decommissioning of an
existing 115 kV transmission line; construction and operation of a new
17.6-mile 230 kV transmission line to be double circuited with the existing 115
kV transmission line; a new 500/230 kV substation (Sams Valley substation); upgrading
of the existing Grants Pass substation to accommodate the termination of the
new proposed 230 kV transmission line; reconductoring a 4.9-mile segment of
existing 230 kV transmission line; and, temporary substantial modification of existing
access roads.
The components included in preliminary RFA would
be located within Jackson and Josephine counties, and the City of Rogue River. Map