Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) [ds488]

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Tags
renewable, CREZ, planning, energy, utilitiesCommunication, transmission lines, California


Summary

Intended to be used for general electrical transmission planning for renewable energy facilities to major existing tranmission lines/corridors. ***** This data was published in April 8, 2010 as part of the Renewable Energy Transmission Initiative (RETI), this data is no longer maintained. *****

Description

California Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) from the California Energy Commission.

Credits

California Energy Commission

Use limitations

Not for redistribution.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.

Extent

West -122.023807 East -113.863590
North 41.603990 South 32.514304

Scale Range
Maximum (zoomed in) 1:5,000
Minimum (zoomed out) 1:150,000,000

ArcGIS Metadata

Topics and Keywords

Themes or categories of the resource planningCadastre, utilitiesCommunication


* Content type Downloadable Data
Export to FGDC CSDGM XML format as Resource Description No

Place keywords California

Theme keywords renewable, CREZ, planning, energy, transmission lines, utilities, communication

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Citation

Title Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) [ds488]
Publication date 2010-04-0800:00:00


Presentation formats * digital map


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Citation Contacts

Responsible party
Organization's name California Energy Commission
Contact's role originator


Contact information


Responsible party
Individual's name Travis David
Organization's name California Energy Commission
Contact's position Research Data Specialist II
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information
Phone
Voice 916-651-0592

Address
Type
e-mail address travis.david@energy.ca.gov

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Resource Details

Dataset languages English(UNITED STATES)
Dataset character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Status completed
Spatial representation type * vector


Supplemental information
The following changes were made on December 12, 2009: * CUT Fairmont Wind: While Fairmont has strong technical potential for wind development, there is a lack of commercial interest in developing projects in the area. In order to align Black & Veatch and commercial interest for the area, Black & Veatch reassessed the CREZ. The reassessment focused on proximity of projects to the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, residential encroachment and land ownership parcelization. As a result of the reassessment, Black & Veatch decided to cut four projects, representing 668 MW. These projects are largely adjacent to the Poppy Reserve, but also include one project further south that would be difficult to develop due to parcelization and residential encroachment. In addition to the project cuts, associated gen-ties were removed and the CREZ boundaries reshaped. * CUT Tehachapi Wind: Two projects in the Tehachapi CREZ were very near the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve and were cut for many the same reasons as the projects in the Fairmont CREZ. These two projects represented 412 MW of wind capacity. In addition to the project cuts, associated gen-ties were removed and the CREZ boundaries reshaped. * CUT Palm Springs Wind: The Palm Springs CREZ includes a large amount of existing wind capacity, but over 700 MW of additional capacity was identified in RETI Phase 1. The wind industry has suggested that only 200-300 MW of additional wind are likely to be developed on the remaining land due to urban encroachment and significant siting constraints. These factors were not considered in RETI Phase 1. Four projects were cut from the Palm Springs CREZ as a result of further review. The projects were cut due to county setback requirements from two highways in the area, and agreements with two organizations in the area for a moratorium on wind development. As a result, the CREZ was cut from 769 MW to 332 MW. In addition to the project cuts, associated gen-ties were removed and the CREZ boundaries reshaped. * ADD new Westlands Solar CREZ: A new solar CREZ has been identified on the Westlands Water District property in the Central Valley. This CREZ is in a moderate solar area, but more importantly it consists of disturbed agricultural land and is adjacent to existing transmission. This CREZ will be up to 5000 MW. * ADD to Owens Valley Solar CREZ: Inyo County has requested consideration of additional lands for renewable energy development based on recently expressed commercial interest in the area. Black & Veatch had originally screened many solar sites in Inyo County due to lack of commercial interest and relatively poor economics compared to solar CREZ further south. Black & Veatch has added project some sites back to the analysis that were previously cut. The most economic projects adjacent to the existing CREZ (and existing transmission) were added. The additions increase the size of the Owens Valley CREZ from 1400 MW to 5000 MW. These new project sites are primarily located on or near Owens Dry Lake. Due to water diversions started decades ago, LADWP dried up the lake and is now responsible for extensive dust mitigation activities on the lake. LADWP has announced a 50 MW solar pilot project at the lake to test the ability of solar to control dust emissions.
* Processing environment Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.5.1.7333


Credits
California Energy Commission
ArcGIS item properties
* Name Competitive Renewable Energy Zones (CREZ) [ds488]
* Size 0.443
* Location Server=; :; Database=; User=; Version=
* Access protocol ArcSDE Connection

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Extents

Extent
Description
publication date
Temporal extent
Date and time 2010-04-0800:00:00

Extent
Geographic extent
Bounding rectangle
Extent type Extent used for searching
* West longitude -122.023807
* East longitude -113.863590
* North latitude 41.603990
* South latitude 32.514304
* Extent contains the resource Yes

Extent in the item's coordinate system
* West longitude -168963.816783
* East longitude 512955.875280
* South latitude -596056.902674
* North latitude 398516.766645
* Extent contains the resource Yes

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Resource Points of Contact

Point of contact
Organization's name California Energy Commission
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


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Resource Maintenance

Resource maintenance
Update frequency not planned


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Resource Constraints

Constraints
Limitations of use

Not for redistribution.

Disclaimer: The State makes no claims, promises, or guarantees about the accuracy, completeness, reliability, or adequacy of these data and expressly disclaims liability for errors and omissions in these data. No warranty of any kind, implied, expressed, or statutory, including but not limited to the warranties of non-infringement of third party rights, title, merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and freedom from computer virus, is given with respect to these data.


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Spatial Reference

ArcGIS coordinate system
* Type Projected
* Geographic coordinate reference GCS_WGS_1984
* Projection WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere
* Coordinate reference details
Projected coordinate system
Well-known identifier 102100
X origin -20037700
Y origin -30241100
XY scale 10000
Z origin 0
Z scale 1
M origin 0
M scale 1
XY tolerance 0.001
Z tolerance 0.001
M tolerance 0.001
High precision true
Latest well-known identifier 3857
Well-known text PROJCS["WGS_1984_Web_Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere",GEOGCS["GCS_WGS_1984",DATUM["D_WGS_1984",SPHEROID["WGS_1984",6378137.0,298.257223563]],PRIMEM["Greenwich",0.0],UNIT["Degree",0.0174532925199433]],PROJECTION["Mercator_Auxiliary_Sphere"],PARAMETER["False_Easting",0.0],PARAMETER["False_Northing",0.0],PARAMETER["Central_Meridian",0.0],PARAMETER["Standard_Parallel_1",0.0],PARAMETER["Auxiliary_Sphere_Type",0.0],UNIT["Meter",1.0],AUTHORITY["EPSG",3857]]

Reference system identifier
* Value 3857
* Codespace EPSG
* Version 8.8(9.3.1.2)


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Spatial Data Properties

Vector
* Level of topology for this dataset geometry only


Geometric objects
Feature class name DS0488_20200512
* Object type composite
* Object count 0

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ArcGIS Feature Class Properties
Feature class name DS0488_20200512
* Feature type Simple
* Geometry type Polygon
* Has topology FALSE
* Feature count 0
* Spatial index TRUE
* Linear referencing FALSE

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Data Quality

Lineage

Process step
When the process occurred 2009-03-2000:00:00
Description
Edited original metadata by adding ISO keywords. Reprojected data into California Teale Albers NAD83. Recalculated Acres field.


Process contact
Individual's name Greg Ewing
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Game
Contact's role processor


Contact information


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Process step
When the process occurred 2009-08-2400:00:00
Description
Downloaded the dataset from http://www.energy.ca.gov/reti/documents/index.html on 20090824. Edited original metadata by adding ISO keywords. Reprojected data into California Teale Albers NAD83. Recalculated Acres field.


Process contact
Individual's name Kristina White
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Game
Contact's role processor


Contact information


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Process step
When the process occurred 2010-01-2100:00:00
Description
Dataset processed using updates provided by Ryan Drobek - Project Coordinator, Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (ryan@ceert.org). The following updates were made on December 12, 2009: * CUT Fairmont Wind: While Fairmont has strong technical potential for wind development, there is a lack of commercial interest in developing projects in the area. In order to align Black & Veatch and commercial interest for the area, Black & Veatch reassessed the CREZ. The reassessment focused on proximity of projects to the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve, residential encroachment and land ownership parcelization. As a result of the reassessment, Black & Veatch decided to cut four projects, representing 668 MW. These projects are largely adjacent to the Poppy Reserve, but also include one project further south that would be difficult to develop due to parcelization and residential encroachment. In addition to the project cuts, associated gen-ties were removed and the CREZ boundaries reshaped. * CUT Tehachapi Wind: Two projects in the Tehachapi CREZ were very near the Antelope Valley Poppy Reserve and were cut for many the same reasons as the projects in the Fairmont CREZ. These two projects represented 412 MW of wind capacity. In addition to the project cuts, associated gen-ties were removed and the CREZ boundaries reshaped. * CUT Palm Springs Wind: The Palm Springs CREZ includes a large amount of existing wind capacity, but over 700 MW of additional capacity was identified in RETI Phase 1. The wind industry has suggested that only 200-300 MW of additional wind are likely to be developed on the remaining land due to urban encroachment and significant siting constraints. These factors were not considered in RETI Phase 1. Four projects were cut from the Palm Springs CREZ as a result of further review. The projects were cut due to county setback requirements from two highways in the area, and agreements with two organizations in the area for a moratorium on wind development. As a result, the CREZ was cut from 769 MW to 332 MW. In addition to the project cuts, associated gen-ties were removed and the CREZ boundaries reshaped. * ADD new Westlands Solar CREZ: A new solar CREZ has been identified on the Westlands Water District property in the Central Valley. This CREZ is in a moderate solar area, but more importantly it consists of disturbed agricultural land and is adjacent to existing transmission. This CREZ will be up to 5000 MW. * ADD to Owens Valley Solar CREZ: Inyo County has requested consideration of additional lands for renewable energy development based on recently expressed commercial interest in the area. Black & Veatch had originally screened many solar sites in Inyo County due to lack of commercial interest and relatively poor economics compared to solar CREZ further south. Black & Veatch has added project some sites back to the analysis that were previously cut. The most economic projects adjacent to the existing CREZ (and existing transmission) were added. The additions increase the size of the Owens Valley CREZ from 1400 MW to 5000 MW. These new project sites are primarily located on or near Owens Dry Lake. Due to water diversions started decades ago, LADWP dried up the lake and is now responsible for extensive dust mitigation activities on the lake. LADWP has announced a 50 MW solar pilot project at the lake to test the ability of solar to control dust emissions.


Process contact
Individual's name Kristina White
Organization's name California Department of Fish and Game
Contact's role processor


Contact information


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Process step
When the process occurred 2017-03-0700:00:00
Description
Restructured attribute table. California Department of Fish and Wildlife, BIOS.


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Geoprocessing history

Process
Date 2020-05-1308:50:34
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.5\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Data Management Tools.tbx\Project
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


Process
Date 2020-05-1308:53:08
Tool location c:\program files (x86)\arcgis\desktop10.5\ArcToolbox\Toolboxes\Conversion Tools.tbx\FeatureClassToFeatureClass
Command issued
Include in lineage when exporting metadata No


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Distribution

Distribution format
* Name SDE Feature Class


Transfer options
* Transfer size 0.443


Online source
Location https://www.wildlife.ca.gov/Data/BIOS
Function performed information

Online source
Location ftp://ftp.wildlife.ca.gov/BDB/GIS/BIOS/Public_Datasets/400_499/ds488.zip
Function performed download

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Fields

Details for object DS0488_20200512
* Type Feature Class
* Row count 0


Field OBJECTID_1
* Alias OBJECTID_1
* Data type OID
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* Scale 0
* Field description
Internal feature number.
* Description source
Esri
* Description of values
Sequential unique whole numbers that are automatically generated.


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Field BVUNIQUE_I
* Alias BVUNIQUE_I
* Data type String
* Width 15
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Unique identifier for CREZs.
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Field Shape
* Alias Shape
* Data type Geometry
* Width 4
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Feature geometry.
Description source
ESRI
Description of values
Coordinates defining the features.


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Field OBJECTID
* Alias OBJECTID
* Data type Integer
* Width 4
* Precision 10
* Scale 0


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Field WIND_MW
* Alias Wind_MW
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8
Field description
Megawatts generated from wind technologies.
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Field ACRES
* Alias Acres
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8
Field description
Acerage of CREZs.
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Field BIOMASS_MW
* Alias Biomass_MW
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8
Field description
Megawatts generated from biomass technologies.
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Field MW
* Alias MW
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8
Field description
Total megawatts generated.
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Field GEOTHERM_M
* Alias Geotherm_M
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8
Field description
Megawatts generated from geothermal technologies.
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Field SOLARTHEM_
* Alias SolarThem_
* Data type Double
* Width 8
* Precision 38
* Scale 8
Field description
Megawatts generated from solar thermal technologies.
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Field CREZ_NAME
* Alias CREZ_NAME
* Data type String
* Width 50
* Precision 0
* Scale 0
Field description
Competitive Renewable Energy Zone names.
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Field Shape.STArea()
* Alias Shape.STArea()
* Data type Double
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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Field Shape.STLength()
* Alias Shape.STLength()
* Data type Double
* Width 0
* Precision 0
* Scale 0


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Metadata Details

Metadata language English(UNITED STATES)
Metadata character set utf8 - 8 bit UCS Transfer Format


Scope of the data described by the metadata dataset
Scope name * dataset


* Last update 2020-05-13


ArcGIS metadata properties
Metadata format ArcGIS1.0
Metadata style FGDC CSDGM Metadata
Standard or profile used to edit metadata FGDC


Created in ArcGIS for the item 2020-05-1308:50:33
Last modified in ArcGIS for the item 2020-05-1308:53:06


Automatic updates
Have been performed Yes
Last update 2020-05-1308:53:06

Item location history
Item copied or moved 2020-05-1308:42:42
From P:\WorkArea\ds400-499\488-Renewable Energy - CREZones\v9\v9_final\ds488
To \\geodata.\\Pre_LYRMayor\Temp\ds488


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Metadata Contacts

Metadata contact
Organization's name California Energy Commission
Contact's role point of contact


Contact information


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Metadata Maintenance

Maintenance
Update frequency not planned


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