SHASTA COUNTY, Calif. — Plans for the Millville Plains Energy Project are moving forward as the proposal for a solar photovoltaic and battery energy storage facility has been preapproved. The project is set to be constructed on approximately 1,000 acres of privately owned land in unincorporated Shasta County. It will include 154 megawatts of solar energy and 120 megawatts of lithium iron phosphate, with the system housed in about six 40-foot-long electrical containers.
Tara Petti, with the Planning Division of Shasta County Resource Management, said, “The next steps we would compile any and all information we’ve received from internal agencies and trustee and responsible agencies and write the applicant of the preapplication a letter informing them of what we know would be required if they were to apply for in this case it would be a permit.”
Petti explained that the next steps involve analyzing the project to determine if there is sufficient information to write an environmental analysis and to assess consistency with the zoning and general plan. The county will then decide if the project in the pre-application stage meets the necessary standards, with the final decision resting with the County Board of Supervisors.