Record of Decision for the Electrical Interconnection of the Kittitas Valley Wind Project

摘要

The Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) has decided to offer contract terms for interconnection of up to 108 megawatts (MW) of power to be generated by the proposed Kittitas Valley Wind Project (Wind Project) into the Federal Columbia River Transmission System (FCRTS). Sagebrush Power Partners, LLC (Sagebrush) has received authorization from the Washington Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) to construct and operate the proposed Wind Project in Kittitas County, Washington, and has requested interconnection to the FCRTS on BPAs Columbia-Covington 230-kV transmission line in the vicinity of Ellensburg, Washington. BPA will construct a new substation to accommodate this additional power into the FCRTS. BPAs decision to offer terms to interconnect the Wind Project is consistent with BPAs Business Plan Final Environmental Impact Statement (BP EIS) (DOE/EIS-0183, June 1995), the Business Plan Record of Decision (BP ROD, August 15, 1995), and the Supplement Analysis to the BP EIS (April 2007). This decision thus is tiered to the BP ROD.