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ENERGY FACILITY SITING COUNCILOF THESTATE OF OREGONSite Certificate for theBoardman Solar Energy FacilityISSUE DATEFebruary 23, 2018
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Table of Contents1.0Introduction and Site Certification . 12.0Facility Location and Site Boundary . 33.0Facility Description . 43.1Energy Facility. 43.2Related or Supporting Facilities . 44.0Site Certificate Conditions . 74.1Condition Format . 74.2General Conditions (GEN): Design, Construction and Operations. 84.3Pre-Construction (PRE) Conditions . 134.4Construction (CON) Conditions . 234.5Pre-Operational (PRO) Conditions . 284.6Operational (OPR) Conditions. 294.7Retirement Conditions (RET) . 335.0Successors and Assigns . 346.0Severability and Construction . 347.0Execution . 34Boardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018i
BOARDMAN SOLAR ENERGY FACILITY SITE CERTIFICATEAttachmentsAttachment AFacility Layout MapAcronyms and AbbreviationsASCApplication for Site CertificateCouncilOregon Energy Facility SitingDepartmentOregon Department of EnergyDOGAMIOregon Department of Geology and Mineral IndustriesGSUGenerator Step-upHMPHabitat Mitigation PlanNPDESNational Pollutant Discharge Elimination SystemO&MOperations and MaintenanceOAROregon Administrative RuleODFWOregon Department of Fish and WildlifeORSOregon Revised StatutePOIPoint of InterconnectionBoardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018ii
1.0Introduction and Site CertificationThis site certificate is a binding agreement between the State of Oregon (State), acting throughthe Energy Facility Siting Council (Council), and Boardman Solar Energy LLC (certificate holder),which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invenergy Solar Development LLC. Invenergy SolarDevelopment LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Invenergy LLC (parent company). Asauthorized under Oregon Revised Statute (ORS) Chapter 469, the Council issues this site certificateauthorizing the certificate holder to construct, operate and retire the Boardman Solar EnergyFacility (facility) at the below described site within Morrow and Gilliam counties, subject to theconditions set forth herein.Both the State and certificate holder must abide by local ordinances, state law and the rules of theCouncil in effect on the date this site certificate is executed. However, upon a clear showing of asignificant threat to public health, safety, or the environment that requires application of lateradopted laws or rules, the Council may require compliance with such later-adopted laws or rules(ORS 469.401(2)).The findings of fact, reasoning and conclusions of law underlying the terms and conditions of thissite certificate are set forth in the following documents, incorporated herein by this reference: (a)the Final Order on the Application for Site Certificate for the Boardman Solar Energy Facility issued onFebruary 23, 2018 (hereafter, Final Order on the Application). Any ambiguity will be clarified byreference to the following, in order of priority: (1) the Final Order on the Application, and (2) therecord of the proceedings that led to the Final Order on the Application. This site certificate bindsthe State and all counties, cities and political subdivisions in Oregon as to the approval of the siteand the construction, operation, and retirement of the facility as to matters that are addressed inand governed by this site certificate (ORS 469.401(3)). This site certificate does not address, and isnot binding with respect to, matters that are not included in and governed by this site certificate,and such matters include, but are not limited to: employee health and safety; building codecompliance; wage and hour or other labor regulations; local government fees and charges; otherdesign or operational issues that do not relate to siting the facility (ORS 469.401(4)); and permitsissued under statutes and rules for which the decision on compliance has been delegated by thefederal government to a state agency other than the Council (ORS 469.503(3)).Each affected state agency, county, city, and political subdivision in Oregon with authority to issue apermit, license, or other approval addressed in or governed by this site certificate, shall uponsubmission of the proper application and payment of the proper fees, but without hearings or otherproceedings, issue such permit, license or other approval subject only to conditions set forth in thissite certificate. In addition, each state agency or local government agency that issues a permit,license or other approval for this facility shall continue to exercise enforcement authority over suchpermit, license or other approval (ORS 469.401(3)). For those permits, licenses, or other approvalsaddressed in and governed by this site certificate, the certificate holder shall comply with applicablestate and federal laws adopted in the future to the extent that such compliance is required underthe respective state agency statutes and rules (ORS 469.401(2)).The certificate holder must construct, operate and retire the facility in accordance with allapplicable rules as provided for in Oregon Administrative Rule (OAR) Chapter 345, Division 26. Afterissuance of this site certificate, the Council shall have continuing authority over the site and mayBoardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018Page 1
inspect, or direct the Oregon Department of Energy (Department) to inspect, or request anotherstate agency or local government to inspect, the site at any time in order to ensure that the facilityis being operated consistently with the terms and conditions of this site certificate (ORS 469.430).The obligation of the certificate holder to report information to the Department or the Councilunder the conditions listed in this site certificate is subject to the provisions of ORS 192.502 et seq.and ORS 469.560. To the extent permitted by law, the Department and the Council will not publiclydisclose information that may be exempt from public disclosure if the certificate holder has clearlylabeled such information and stated the basis for the exemption at the time of submitting theinformation to the Department or the Council. If the Council or the Department receives a requestfor the disclosure of the information, the Council or the Department, as appropriate, will make areasonable attempt to notify the certificate holder and will refer the matter to the Attorney Generalfor a determination of whether the exemption is applicable, pursuant to ORS 192.450.The Council recognizes that many specific tasks related to the design, construction, operation andretirement of the facility will be undertaken by the certificate holder’s agents or contractors.Nevertheless, the certificate holder is responsible for ensuring compliance with all provisions of thesite certificate.The duration of this site certificate shall be the life of the facility, subject to termination pursuant toOAR 345-027-0013 or the rules in effect on the date that termination is sought, or revocation underORS 469.440 and OAR 345-029-0100 or the statutes and rules in effect on the date that revocationis ordered. The Council shall not change the conditions of this site certificate except as provided forin OAR Chapter 345, Division 27.The definitions in ORS 469.300 and OAR 345-001-0010 apply to the terms used in this sitecertificate, except where otherwise stated, or where the context clearly indicates otherwise.Boardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018Page 2
2.0Facility Location and Site BoundaryThe energy facility and its related and supporting facilities will be located within Morrow and Gilliamcounties. The site boundary, as defined in OAR 345-001-0010, encompasses approximately 798 acresof private land and includes the perimeter of the energy facility site, its related and supportingfacilities, all temporary laydown and staging areas and the transmission line corridor proposed by thecertificate holder, as approved by the Council. A map of the approved facility site boundary isincluded as Attachment A to this site certificate.The facility components include the solar module blocks; underground electrical collection system;substation, control house and generator step-up transformer; 115-kV transmission line, private serviceroad, and point of interconnection (POI); operations and maintenance (O&M) building; private accessroad, service roads, gates, and security fence; and additional temporary construction areas.All facility components (with the exception of the transmission line, transmission line service road, andPOI) will be located in Morrow County, Oregon, in the following sections according to the Public LandSurvey System: Township 4 North, Range 23E, Sections 20, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31An overhead 115-kV transmission line will connect the facility substation to the POI with the existingelectrical grid. The approved transmission line is 2.1 miles long. The transmission line, transmission lineservice road, and POI will be located in Gilliam County, Oregon, in the following sections according tothe Public Land Survey System: Township 4 North, Range 22E, Sections 25, 36 Township 3 North, Range 22E, Sections 1, 12The transmission line will run parallel to and immediately west of an existing Portland General Electrictransmission line.Boardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018Page 3
3.0Facility Description3.1Energy FacilityThe energy facility includes a solar photovoltaic power generation facility and related and supportingfacilities. The facility will be comprised of 30 module blocks. Each module block will consist of multiplecomponents including; the solar modules themselves, trackers, racks, posts, cabling, inverters, andtransformers. The area under and around each solar module installation will have a gravel or other noncombustible base.3.2Related or Supporting FacilitiesThe facility includes the following related or supporting facilities:1 Underground Electrical Collection SystemSubstation, Control House and Generator Step-up Transformer115 kV Transmission Line (approximately 2.1 miles long) and Private Service RoadPoint of InterconnectionO&M BuildingPrivate Access RoadService Roads, Gates and Security FenceAdditional Temporary Construction AreasElectrical Collection SystemThe electrical collection system will be installed underground, buried at a minimum of three feet belowground, and connect the electrical output of the facility to the facility substation. Undergroundalternating current (AC) electrical cables will be arranged in several branch circuits, each consisting ofthree 34.5 kV single conductor cables with jackets, and connect the solar module blocks at each inverterand transformer to a switch in the substation. Cable lengths will vary given how far the module blocksare from the facility substation.Substation, Control House and Generator Step-up TransformerThe facility substation and control house will be located in the southwest corner of the site boundary,within the perimeter fence of the energy facility, on an approximately 0.60-acre area. The substationyard will have a gate opening to provide access to the 115 kV transmission line.The facility substation will include: generator step-up (GSU) transformer, protective relay and meteringequipment, utility and customer revenue metering, and a station service transformer which will providepower to the substation and control house. The substation will include three open-air isolation switchesto connect the collection cables to the main 34.5 kV bus, a 34.5 kV main bus open-air isolation switch,the 34.5 to 115 kV GSU, and a 115 kV circuit breaker. The control house will be a custom-designed,weatherproof structure, equipped with a heating, ventilation, and air conditioning system, and will be1BSEAPPDoc71. The description of the related and supporting facilities included here is based on the informationin ASC Exhibits B, C, M, and K. 2017-09-01.Boardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018Page 4
used to store fire and safety equipment such as smoke detectors, fire extinguishers, and an eyewashstation.The GSU transformer will be located within the facility substation, require 10,000 gallons of transformeroil for operation, and increase the output voltage from the module blocks (34.5 kV) to the voltage of the115 kV transmission line.Transmission Line and Private Service RoadThe 115 kV transmission line will initiate in the southwest corner of the site boundary at the facilitysubstation and extend approximately 2.1 miles south to the POI to interconnect the energy facility tothe grid. The 115 kV transmission line will be supported by approximately 27 steel monopoles rangingfrom 70 to 135 feet in height, spaced approximately 400 feet apart.A permanent 2.1-mile long, 10-foot wide unimproved private service road will be constructed within theexisting 100-foot wide transmission line easement to provide access from the energy facility to the 115kV transmission line during construction and operation.2Point of InterconnectionThe POI will consist of a line tap where the 115 kV transmission line will intersect with the existingBonneville Power Administration Boardman-Alkali 115 kV transmission line. The line tap will includethree 115 kV disconnect switches on poles in approximately 10,000 square feet of unfenced land, justnorth of the Boardman-Alkali line.Operations and Maintenance BuildingThe O&M building will be located in the southeastern side of the site boundary and will be within a10,000 square foot area just inside the main access gate. The O&M building will consist of a single story,approximately 3,000 square foot structure, which will include an office space, a high bay warehousearea, storage, bathroom, and a breakroom. Water will be supplied by an on-site well (providing no morethan 5,000 gallons per day), or from aboveground water tanks if the water supply is brought in fromoffsite. The bathroom, kitchen and utility sink will drain into an on-site septic system. An equipmentstorage area and a gravel parking lot (providing parking for employees, visitors, and emergencyresponse vehicles) will be located adjacent to the building.Private Access RoadPrivate access roads will include approximately 1,500 feet of upgraded or newly constructed road toprovide access to the facility. Approximately 600 feet of an existing 8-foot-wide dirt road, extending offof existing Threemile Canyon Road, will be upgraded and approximately 900 feet, extending from theupgraded dirt road section to the facility main access gate, will be newly constructed.Service Roads, Gates and Security FenceThe service roads will generally be 20 feet wide, with an internal turning radius of 28 feet and less than2BSEAPPDoc71. ASC Exhibit K, p. K-31. 2017-09-01.Boardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018Page 5
10 percent grade. The service roads will be located throughout areas within the site boundary to providevehicle and equipment access during construction and operation. A perimeter service road will beconstructed around the perimeter of the facility and will be 50-feet wide.The perimeter service road will be bordered by a 7-foot high chain-link security fence. There will be twolocked security entrance gates in the fence – one where the access road meets the energy facility in thesoutheast corner, and one where the 115 kV transmission line meets the substation in the southwestcorner.Additional Temporary Construction YardsAdditional temporary construction yards will be located south of the O&M building and along theaccess road, within an approximately 10-acre main area. The temporary construction yards will begraded with a gravel surface, with temporary fencing. The temporary construction yards will be used tostore supplies and equipment.There will be a 10,000 square foot temporary staging area for the facility substation and a 10,000square foot temporary staging area for the POI line tap.Boardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018Page 6
4.0Site Certificate Conditions4.1Condition FormatThe conditions in Sections 4.2 through 4.7 of this Site Certificate are organized and coded to indicate thephase of implementation, the standard the condition is required to satisfy, and an identification number(1, 2, 3, etc.)3. The table below presents a “key” for phase of implementation:KeyType of Conditions/Phase of ImplementationGENGeneral Conditions: Design, Construction and OperationPREPre-Construction ConditionsCONConstruction ConditionsPROPre-Operational ConditionsOPROperational ConditionsRETRetirement ConditionsSome conditions are coded for more than one phase of implementation.The standards are presented using an acronym; for example, the General Standard of Review isrepresented in the condition numbering as “GS”; the Soil Protection standard is represented in thecondition numbering as “SP” and so forth.For example, the coding of Condition GEN-GS-01 represents that the condition is a general condition(GEN) to be implemented during design, construction and operation of the facility, is required to satisfythe Council’s General Standard of Review, and is condition number 1.3The identification number is not representative of an order that conditions must be implemented; it is intendedonly to represent a numerical value for identifying the condition.Boardman Solar Energy FacilitySite Certificate – February 23, 2018Page 7
4.2General Conditions (GEN): Design, Construction and OperationsConditionNumberGeneral (GEN) ConditionsSTANDARD: GENERAL STANDARD OF REVIEW (GS) [OAR 345-022-0000]GEN-GS-01The certificate holder shall begin and complete construction of the facility by the datesspecified in the site certificate.a) Facility construction shall commence within three years after the site certificate isexecuted by the Council Chair. Within 7 days of construction commencement, thecertificate holder shall provide the Department written verification that it has metthe construction commencement deadline. In reporting the beginning ofconstruction, the certificate holder shall describe all work on the site performedbefore construction, including work performed before the Council issued the sitecertificate, and shall state the cost of that work. For the purpose o
POI Point of Interconnection . Page 1 Boardman Solar Energy Facility Site Certificate – February 23, 2018 1.0 Introduction and Site Certification . Site Certificate – February 23, 2018 3.0 Facility Description 3.1 Energy Facility The energy facility includes a solar photovoltaic power generation facility and related and supporting
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