Fast Facts

• The Blythe Solar Power Project (BSPP), proposed by Solar Millennium, LLC, of Oakland, CA, will be located eight miles west of Blythe in Riverside County.

• The selected alternative, as analyzed in the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS), authorizes a 968-megawatt solar power project. 

• The BSPP will generate enough green energy to power 290,400 homes.

• The selected alternative's footprint covers about 7,025 acres of BLM public land.

• The BSPP will deliver power via a bundled double circuit 230-kilovolt transmission line to a new Colorado River substation to be owned and operated by Southern California Edison.

• The project is expected to generate 604 jobs during the construction phase and 221 jobs during the operations phase.

• Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar approved the BSPP on October 25, 2010.

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