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File Number: ID# 19 -675
Agenda Date: 7/14/2020 Version: 1 Status: Approval Final
In Control: City Council / Successor Aqency
File Type: Council Business
Item
Agenda Number: 28)
Status of the Southern California Edison (SCE) Valley Ivyglen Project and Undergrounding
Receive a presentation from staff regarding the status of the Southern California Edison (SCE) Valley
Ivyglen Project and Undergrounding, provide comments, and give direction to staff.
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REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL
To: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
From: Grant Yates, City Manager
Prepared By: Grant Taylor, Community Development Director
Date: July 14, 2020
Subject: Status of the Southern California Edison (SCE) Valley Ivyglen Project and
Undergrounding
Recommendation
Receive a presentation from staff regarding the status of the Southern California Edison (SCE)
Valley Ivyglen Project and Undergrounding, provide comments, and give direction to staff.
Background
Southern California Edison (SCE) submitted two project applications to the California Public
Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the Valley Ivyglen (VIG) Transmission Line Project and the
Alberhill System Project. The CPUC approved the VIG Project and continued the Alberhill Project
with direction to provide additional studies and information.
The Valley Ivyglen project consists of approximately 27 miles of overhead transmission lines
including 115 -kv lines and fiber optic line including eleven miles of overhead lines within the City
of Lake Elsinore.
Analysis
SCE is moving forward with the VIG Project and is due to start construction activities July 8, 2020
on Central Avenue between Connard Avenue and Crompton Road that is an approximate 1 '/2
mile stretch (approximately half in the City limits and half in unincorporated Riverside County).
This area is set for undergrounding pursuant to mitigation measures set forth in the Environmental
Impact Report. Staff negotiated with SCE approximately 8/10 of a mile of undergrounding along
Pasadena Street and Third Street.
The VIG project is also starting at the Valley Substation in Menifee with construction anticipated
to reach Lake Elsinore the fourth quarter of 2020. In addition, staff is working with SCE Project
Managers (Wilson Construction) on landscaping improvements along Lake Street.
Staff will be making a PowerPoint presentation on the status of the SCE Valley Ivyglen Project,
undergrounding areas, and pertinent issues.
Fiscal Impact
Unknown at this time.