REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
DATE: 09/20/2023
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM: City Manager's Office
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CITY OF NORCO'S REQUEST FOR THE CITY OF CORONA TO SUPPORT THE UNDERGROUNDING OF THE RIVERSIDE TRANSMISSION RELIABILITY PROJECT (RTRP)
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
This staff report asks the City Council provide feedback and direction regarding the City of Norco's request to provide a letter of support to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for the undergrounding of transmission lines within the City of Riverside's Transmission Reliability Project (RTRP).
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Recommended action
That the City Council provide direction to staff regarding the City of Norco's request to provide a letter of support to the CPUC in support of fully undergrounding the Riverside Transmission Reliability Project (RTRP).
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BACKGROUND & HISTORY:
Currently, all of Riverside Public Utilities' imported energy comes through a single power connection from Southern California Edison's (SCE) Vista Substation, located in the City of Grand Terrace. The RTRP will provide the City of Riverside with a??second power connection to California's electric grid. The City of Riverside is working with its partner, Southern California Edison, to establish the second power connection to the statewide power grid to meet the needs of?additional power capacity?and to serve existing and projected electrical demand in the city and surrounding areas. The goal of this project is to ensure the community will have reliable energy should there be any type of natural disaster, accident, or any other unanticipated event.
The CPUC has been planning the implementation of the RTRP project for the past two decades and officially approved the project in 2020. Preparation for the project and the construction of 230kV underground transmission lines started in early 2022. The installation of overhead transmission lines started in early 2023. RTRP ...
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