Parcelization (File Geodatabase)

<h4 style='font-weight:400; margin:0.375rem 0px 0.75rem; font-size:1.414rem; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif;'>Description</h4><div style='padding-bottom:0.375rem; max-width:100%; display:inherit; font-family:&quot;Avenir Next W01&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next W00&quot;, &quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, sans-serif; font-size:16px;'><div style='font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:12px;'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; background-image:url(&quot;data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw==&quot;); border-bottom:1px solid transparent;'>This dataset is available for download from: </span></span><a href='https://caenergy.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=99dd4edeb6fb47d99b80023b96c9ec87' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Parcelization (File Geodatabase)</a></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; background-image:url(&quot;data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw==&quot;); border-bottom:1px solid transparent;'><br /></span></span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; background-image:url(&quot;data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw==&quot;); border-bottom:1px solid transparent;'>Parcelization</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>, a measure of size and density of parcels</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> in a localized area</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>,</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> is a development feasibility factor that is</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> used in evaluating substations’ </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>ability to support new</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> utility-scale </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>resources in long-term energy planning.</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>A s</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>tatewide </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>dataset of parcel boundaries </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; background-image:url(&quot;data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw==&quot;); border-bottom:1px solid transparent;'>are</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> used to develop this index</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>. The </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>parcel</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>s</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>are converted </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>into </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>a 90-meter raster, </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>containing</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> values</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> of a unique identifier reflective of</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> Parcel APN</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>. </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>A</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> focal statistics tool is used to count the number of unique parcels within a </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; background-image:url(&quot;data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAPEDAABVzDNVzDNV/wAAACH5BAUAAAMALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIInC2QchYKQgEAOw==&quot;); border-bottom:1px solid transparent;'>0.5 mile</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> radius of each </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>parcel. This output </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>is provided here </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>and is an intermediate output to the final </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px; background-repeat:repeat-x; background-position:left bottom; background-image:url(&quot;data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhBQAEAJECAP////8AAAAAAAAAACH5BAEAAAIALAAAAAAFAAQAAAIIlGAXCCHrTCgAOw==&quot;); border-bottom:1px solid transparent;'>parcelization</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> map</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>. </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>Users who wish to use this </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>information</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> to produce the final map should overlay parcel </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>boundary </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>data</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> and extract the mean </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>raster value within each parcel</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>.</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span></span><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt;'><br /></span></p></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:12px;'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>The map is limited to the area considered with </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>solar </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>technical resource potential </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>after a minimum</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> set of</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> land-</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>use screen</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>s (referred to as the Base Exclusions)</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> has</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> been applied.</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span></span><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt;'><br /></span></p></div><div style='font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size:12px;'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>More information on the methods developing this dataset as well as the </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>main use of this dataset in state electric system planning processes can be found </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>in a recent </span></span><a href='https://www.energy.ca.gov/publications/2023/calculating-parcelization-electric-system-planning' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size:11pt; text-decoration-line:underline; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>CEC staff report</span></span></a><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'> and </span><a href='https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/industries-and-topics/electrical-energy/electric-power-procurement/long-term-procurement-planning/2022-irp-cycle-events-and-materials/assumptions-for-the-2024-2025-tpp' style='color:rgb(0, 97, 155); text-decoration-line:none; font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; color:rgb(5, 99, 193); font-size:11pt; text-decoration-line:underline; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>workshops supporting the resource-to-busbar </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>mapping methodology</span></span></a><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'> for the </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>2024-2025 </span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>Transmission Planning Process</span><span style='font-family:inherit; margin:0px; padding:0px;'>. </span></span></p></div></div>