California Valley Solar Ranch & Twisselman Conditional Use Permits (DRC2008-00097, DRC2009-00004)

The project involves the construction, operation, and maintenance of a 250-megawatt solar photovoltaic energy facility located on 4,691 acres on both sides of State Route 58 in San Luis Obispo County, California, within the Carrizo Plains region. The facility includes solar panel arrays, gathering power lines, a substation, access roads, support buildings, two evaporation ponds, and a three-mile generation tie-line connecting to the Morro Bay-Midway transmission line. The project has been authorized under an Incidental Take Permit issued by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which allows for the incidental take of threatened and endangered species including the San Joaquin kit fox, giant kangaroo rat, and San Joaquin antelope squirrel, as protected under the California Endangered Species Act. Major Amendment No. 10 to the permit provides updated specifications for covered activities, clarifies the roles and responsibilities of Designated Biologists and Monitors, and revises the timeline for completing all required mitigation measures. The project is subject to ongoing environmental monitoring and compliance with mitigation plans aimed at minimizing permanent and temporary impacts to critical habitat. Oversight is conducted jointly by the San Luis Obispo County Department of Planning and Building and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, with key point of contact information provided for both agencies. No federal procurement clauses, contract pricing, funding codes, delivery terms, or performance payment details are included in the documentation, as the materials exclusively pertain to state-level environmental permitting and regulatory compliance rather than traditional procurement or contracting mechanisms. The solicitation number referenced is tied directly to the permit and its amendments, not to a competitive acquisition process, and no bid submissions, evaluation factors, or contract types are defined within the provided records.