Aspen’s San Francisco Office: Open For 20 Years!
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Aspen selected its office locations mainly to be closer to some of our key clients. After completing several major CEQA and joint CEQA/NEPA infrastructure documents for the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) from Aspen’s headquarters office in Agoura Hills, the company decided Aspen could better serve the CPUC from its own city: San Francisco. In 1999, Aspen opened its San Francisco (SF) office initially with only two staff members, then doubling the number of staff each year in the first few years. Since opening, the SF office has been in several different suites in the historic Russ Building in the heart of the Financial District. This central location allows Aspen’s Bay Area staff to commute by local transit or on foot!
Aspen’s SF office, supported by Aspen’s other offices, has assisted the CPUC in the preparation of some of its largest and most complex environmental documents and in conducting construction monitoring for these projects.
SF staff members have participated in many staff assessments for the California Energy Commission (CEC), evaluating the impacts of both gas-fired and solar-thermal power generation facilities. Aspen’s SF office also managed the EIR and EIS for the Bureau of Land Management and CEC for the 11-million-acre Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan.
Aspen has been a leading consultant in providing environmental services for renewable energy projects in California. For example, Aspen’s staff members pioneered the impact assessment of utility-scale solar photovoltaic plants, starting with the California Valley Solar Ranch EIR in San Luis Obispo County and continuing with EISs on BLM-administered public lands for the Desert Harvest and Palen Solar Projects. SF staff members have been successful in creating long-term relationships with a number of renewable energy companies and offering Aspen’s full range of services including feasibility studies, environmental surveys and documentation, permitting, and construction monitoring.