Department of Energy April 25, 2005 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

DOE announces its decision to implement the Proposed Action alternative, identified as the preferred alternative, in the ``Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Imperial-Mexicali 230-kV Transmission Lines'' (DOE/EIS-0365). That alternative is to grant a Presidential permit to both Baja California Power, Inc. (BCP; hereinafter referred to as Intergen \2\) and Sempra Energy Resources (hereinafter referred to as Sempra \3\) for each to construct, operate, maintain, and connect a double-circuit, 230,000-volt (230-kV) electric transmission line that crosses the U.S.-Mexico border in the vicinity of Calexico, California, and connects to the associated natural gas- fired electric power plant located near Mexicali, Mexico. The permits will authorize the transmission lines to connect to the respective power plants as those plants are presently designed.