SRP Price Road Corridor

Power Lines Update 

 

On Feb. 27, 2015, SRP formally filed its application for Arizona Corporation Commission approval of its high voltage Price Road Corridor 230 kV power line.

 

A state Line Siting Committee will hear testimony on the power line and its 130-foot high poles on Monday, March 30, 2015, and Tuesday, March 31, 2015, in the San Marcos Hotel ballroom located in downtown Chandler.

 

These hearings are open to the public and concerned residents are encouraged to attend. Two sessions are scheduled on March 30th the first beginning at 1:00 pm,  and an evening session (reserved for public comment) beginning at 6:00 pm.   The March 31st  session begins at 9:00 am.  Additional hearing days will be scheduled if needed.

  

The three Sun Lakes Homeowners Associations have an attorney, Patrick Black, who is well versed in power line-siting matters and Corporation Commission procedures.  Through him, we have the right to present witnesses and evidence, and cross-examine witnesses from other organizations.

 

SRP's application designates Gila River Indian Community (GRIC) as the preferred route.   All parts of the power line on GRIC land come under scrutiny of GRIC and the Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs.  The Corporation Commission has no jurisdiction over lines on GRIC land, including the section of Old Price Road coming very close to homes on Oakwood's western boundary.  Neither Hunt Highway nor Germann Road is mentioned in the SRP application. Those routes will not be considered, and no testimony will be taken related to them.

 

The attachment shows two maps. The top one shows the only issues the Line Siting Committee will consider: 1. a small section of line on Intel property, falling within Intel's so-called buffer with Oakwood and 2. how the power line will come from the existing Schrader substation to GRIC land.SRP's preferred route is along railroad tracks set back from Arizona Avenue.This route would provide a buffer between the power line and homes along Palo Verde's Arizona Avenue border.  

 

The bottom map is of the power line's route through GRIC territory.  It shows the line running along a canal about three-quarters of a mile below Hunt Highway.  Note that the proposed line runs up I-10, thereby avoiding the western edge of Sun Lakes Country Club. However, it runs back along Riggs Road and follows Old Price Road (on GRIC land) until it reaches Intel property.

The three HOAs, through our attorney, are working to mitigate as much as possible the impact of this power line on Sun Lakes residents.   

 

If you want to voice a concern about any portion of the route, you have two options.  You may attend one of the March 30th or March 31st sessions, or you may write to the Arizona Corporation Commission directly. 

 

If you attend one of the San Marcos Hotel sessions, you will be given two minutes to present your concerns. Obviously this is not much time, so have your concerns written out and be concise, thus getting to the heart of the issue. Please be polite and respectful in this quasi-judicial setting.

 

If you write to the Commission, refer to Docket No. L-00000B-15-0059-00170 (Price Road Corridor 230 kV line). It is Case No. 170.  Send your comments to Arizona Corporation Commission, Consumer Services Division, 1200 W. Washington, Phoenix, AZ 85007 before March 30, 2015.

 

Once the Line Siting Committee concludes its hearings, it will make a recommendation to the Corporation Commission.  The Commission will meet later this year to take additional comments and make a final decision.  We will have another opportunity at that point to make our concerns known.

 

Additional information concerning the Price Road Corridor project is available on SRP's

website www.SRPNet.com.

 

Sun Lakes Homeowners Associations

SRP Legal Fund Steering Committee

 

John Porter

President, IronOaks Board of Directors   

 

 

 

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