Welcome to the online home of public information and involvement for the Energía Sierra Juárez Transmission Line EIS. The purpose of this website is to provide up-to-date EIS-related information to the public and other interested parties.
Energia Sierra Juarez U.S. Transmission, LLC (ESJ-U.S.), a subsidiary of Sempra Generation, has applied to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect a 1.7-mile transmission line (0.65 miles in the U.S.) across the international border between the U.S. and Mexico, near the town of Jacumba, California. A DOE Presidential permit is required before anyone can construct, operate, maintain, and connect an electric transmission line across the U.S. border. DOE must decide whether to issue a Presidential permit for the project.
DOE has determined an EIS to be the proper NEPA compliance document for this project. The EIS (available on this web site) addresses potential environmental impacts in the United States associated with the proposed Energía Sierra Juárez transmission line between the U.S. and Mexico.
Although NEPA does not require an analysis of environmental impacts that occur within Mexico, the EIS evaluates all relevant environmental impacts within the U.S. related to or caused by project-related activities in Mexico.
Project News
The following news items are listed from most recent to oldest.
NEW November 2011: More than fifty letters have been received since the DEIS was released last fall. They're available for download via the Document Library.
July 2011: A 114-page document, "Applicant's response to DOE questions (with regard to the EIS)" is available now from the Document Library, under the heading "Initial Presidential Permit Application, and Addenda."
December 2010: Public hearing transcripts released and posted for download via the Document Library.
September 2010: Draft EIS released and posted for download via the Document Library.
November 2009-February 2010: Supplemental agency/stakeholder correspondence posted to the Document Library.
October 2009: We added a Tribal Consultation section, and posted a record of consultation efforts at the Document Library.
September 2009: The Scoping Report was finalized and released to the public. The report is available for download at the Document Library.
August 2009: Sempra submitted an addendum to the Presidential Permit Application to clarify several questions that have arisen as part of the ongoing DOE review of the project. The addendum can be downloaded from the Document Library.
May 2009: A compilation of Public Scoping Comments was posted in the Document Library.