Dozens of speakers voiced concern about the impacts to wildlife, and state officials are concerned with the area's flammability. One of the facility's staging areas falls approximately 3,000 feet from a tier 2 high fire threat district.
LS Power initially asked PG&E if it could build its six-acre terminal facility on PG&E's existing Metcalf substation property - the same station where the project would connect to San Jose.
Chloe Lukins, an energy infrastructure program manager for the public advocate's office, stated, "We're concerned that we should be studying this to see if there is an issue or not."
Environmentalists argue this could increase the transmission line's cost - and the cost to ratepayers, which is also a concern for my agency.
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