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The Draft Transmission Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was released on March 31, 2025. To review the document visit the Transmission PEIS webpage.
There will be two public comment meetings for the PEIS following the info meeting that was held on April 8th, 2025. The comment meetings will be on April 22nd and April 24th starting at 5pm PST. The April 8th meeting recording and information on how to join the comment meetings are on the PEIS webpage linked above. 

The Carriger Solar MDNS is available for comment April 7 through April 20 11:59 pm 

If you would like to submit a comment for either visit our comment database: https://comments.efsec.wa.gov/

Wautoma Solar Project

Assigned Site Specialist
Lance Caputo

Assigned CFE
Yuriy Korol
yuriy.korol@atg.wa.gov

Project Milestones

Recent Activity

01/14/2025 - Governor's Decision Press Release

01/13/2025 - Notice of Governor's Decision

01/09/2025 - Governor's final Decision Letter

01/09/2025 - Final SCA

12/27/2024 - Order 897 Denying Benton County Petition for Reconsideration

12/17/2024 - Innergex Response to Benton County Petition for Reconsideration

12/13/2024 - Benton County Petition for Reconsideration

11/22/2024 - Media Release

11/22/2024 - Wautoma Recommendation to the Governor - Cover Letter

11/22/2024 - Wautoma Recommendation to the Governor Report

Horse Heaven, High Top & Ostrea, and Wautoma Solar Site Tours

Please see the site tour information here. 

Application

The Wautoma application is available on the Wautoma Application page.

Wautoma Informational Meeting and Land Use Hearing

Video Recording of the August 8, 2022 Informational Meeting and Land Use Consistency Hearing

Wautoma Extension Request

The third Application Extension Request was approved by the Council at the June 20, 2024 EFSEC Council Meeting. 

Extension Request Meeting

Document Title Document Date
Extension Request Letter 06/01/2023
Extension Request Special Meeting Agenda 06/09/2023
Extension Request Special Meeting REVISED Notice 06/09/2023
Second Extension Request Letter 10/10/2023
Third Extension Request Letter 06/11/2024

Presentation

On May 17th 2022 at the regular EFSEC Council Meeting a representative from the Wautoma Project, Laura O'Neil provided a presentation to the Council on the proposed Wautoma project. A video of the Council meeting is available on our Council Meeting page.

Wautoma Presentation

Document Title Document Date
Wautoma Presentation 05/17/2022

CFE

Document Title Document Date
CFE Appointment letter - Megan Sallomi 07/15/2022

Orders - Wautoma

Document Title Document Date
886 - Wautoma Order Finding Project Inconsistent with Land Use Regulations 11/16/2022
Order 897 Denying Benton County Petition for Reconsideration 12/27/2024

General comments are comments received outside of a defined comment period on a specific topic or action.

Comments

Document Title Document Date
001 LCB Audubon Society 09/07/2022
002 LCB Audubon Society Cooment 11/20/2024

MDNS Comments

Document Title Document Date
001 - 009 Combined Comments 06/05/2024

Council Member Appointment

Document Title Document Date
Benton County Appoints Dave Sharp 07/14/2022
WSDOT appoints Paul Gonseth 08/16/2022

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