OE Issues Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Energia Sierra Juarez (ESJ) U.S. Transmission Line Project

The following press release was published by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Electricity on Sept. 26, 2018. It is reproduced in full below.

On Sept. 26, 2018, the Office of Electricity issued the (DOE/EIS-0414-S1). DOE prepared this Supplemental EIS in response to an Aug. 29, 2017 Order by the Southern District of California (“the Court"). In its Order, the Court did not vacate the Presidential permit (PP-334) DOE issued in August 2012 for the U.S. ESJ border crossing pending DOE’s completion of this Supplemental EIS. The ESJ U.S. transmission line, and an associated transmission line and wind farm in Mexico (constructed by an ESJ affiliate) were completed and operational by June 2015. The U.S. ESJ transmission line continues to operate, transmitting electricity generated at the Mexican Wind Farm to the electric grid in California. The Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the Energia Sierra Juarez (ESJ) U.S. Transmission Line Project (DOE/EIS-0414-S1) is available.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Energy, Office of Electricity