This project completed a plan consolidation effort that began in 2016 for the California Desert Conservation Area (CDCA) Plan. The consolidation included all amendments to the CDCA Plan of 1980 as Amended (sans project-specific amendments) through the Haiwee Geothermal Leasing Area amendment of 2020.

Aspen prepared an Environmental Impact Report and Environmental Impact Statement (EIR/EIS) on behalf of the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) for the SCE West of Devers (WOD) Upgrade Project.

Aspen supported the Gaskell West Solar Project by providing compliance inspection services for biological, cultural, and paleontological resources.

In September 2010, Aspen was awarded a contract to provide on-call National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other Environmental Services for Western Area Power Administration (WAPA), Sierra Nevada Region (SNR).

Strauss Wind, LLC, an affiliate of BayWa r.e. Wind, LLC, proposes to construct and operate a 102 megawatt (MW) wind energy project, the Strauss Wind Energy Project (SWEP), south of the City of Lompoc. The Project site is the location of the previously proposed Lompoc Wind Energy Project (LWEP, 06CUP-00000-00009), which was approved by the County in 2009, but never constructed.

Under contract with the County of San Luis Obispo, Planning and Building Department (County), Aspen is assisting the County with application review, environmental review, and support with multi-agency coordination for the decommissioning of the Diablo Canyon Power Plant (DCPP), a nuclear energy power plant off the coast of San Luis Obispo County.

Aspen conducted the permitting for the 30-MW wind repower project on BLM land in the San Gorgonio Pass Wind Resource Area of Riverside County, including USFWS Biological Opinion, CDFW Incidental Take Permit (ITP) and Streambed Alteration Agreement, RWQCB Waste Discharge Requirements, and Army Corps determination of no jurisdiction.

Aspen is part of a two-firm team developing the first ever Integrated Resource Plan for the public utility district in Truckee, California. Aspen is providing overall leadership, support to resource contract negotiations, and developing the forecast of district electricity consumption.

Aspen provided technical support to the California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Energy Research and Development Division’s (ERDD) Electrical Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program.

On behalf of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Hollister Field Office (HFO), Aspen prepared a resource management plan (RMP) Amendment and associated EIS to guide management of oil and gas resources on BLM-administered mineral estate within the HFO.

Aspen is the prime contractor for this contract and is responsible for the daily management of this multi-year, multi-task, statewide contract, managing multiple Work Authorizations and 50 subcontractors.

The Devers–Palo Verde No. 2 Transmission Line Project is a 230-mile, 500-kilivolt (kV) electric transmission line routed between Devers Substation in California and Harquahala Generating Substation in Arizona, as well as 41.6 miles of new 500-kV transmission line routed between the Devers Substation and the Valley Substation in the Romoland area of Riverside County.

Under Contract to the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Aspen prepared an Initial Study and Mitigated Negative Declaration (IS/MND) for Southern California Edison’s (SCE) proposed Downs Substation Expansion Project.

Aspen managed the preparation of an EIR/EIS for the highly controversial 150-mile high-voltage Sunrise Powerlink Transmission Project, under the direction of the BLM (El Centro Field Office) and CPUC.