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Reservoir Site Selected
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Lake Elsinore Advanced Pumped Storage (LEAPS) project. The site selected for the project is Decker Canyon in Riverside County.
LEAPS Project Location (click to enlarge)
The site selected by FERC staff is shown in the adjacent map. The developers of the project had requested a site in Morrill Canyon, in Orange County. FERC staff favored the Decker Canyon location and have appear to have prevailed.
The full Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the project is available on the FERC website. The referenced Executive Summary provides a good overview of the project and deliberations that led to the final decision.
Proposed transmission line alignments are included in the
supplemental documents. Because of the existence of the San Mateo
Canyon Wilderness, these facilities are recommended to be routed well
east and south of Rancho Carrillo before turning toward the
coast.
The Orange County Register carried an article on the FERC decision today (2/2/07).