Base Exclusions (Solar)

<div style='text-align:Left;'><div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:12px;'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none !important; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>The base exclusions consist of two main </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>categories </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>of exclusion – the </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><a href='https://caenergy.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=a60743cfb11d4b418bc92645aea57bd1' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>protected area layer</a> and the </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'><a href='https://caenergy.maps.arcgis.com/home/item.html?id=fdeb9081fb4c4edaa743c2f62be82626' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>techno-economic exclusion layer</a>. Th</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>e base exclusions form</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> the fundamental exclusion set that the additional criteria of the </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>Core and SB 100 Terrestrial Climate Resilience Study screens </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>are added to</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>.</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>The merged footprints of these </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>primary </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>two layers are modified by the Bureau of L</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>and Management </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>Land Use Plan Amendment (LUPA) development focus areas </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>(DFAs) </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>and variance process lands, and the general public lands</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> in the DRECP</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>. These areas allow for renewable energy applications</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> and are </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>therefore exempt</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> (erased)</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>from the base exclusions layer</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>, even if </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>the protected area layer or techno-economic exclusion layer identified the area as an exclusion</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>. The DFAs </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>are partitioned by technology type so that only the DFAs </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>that allow solar energy </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>are applied in this </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>modification</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>. </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span></span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'><br /></span></p></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:12px;'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-variant-ligatures:none !important; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>The area of California remaining after removing the base exclusions is called the resource potential </span><span style='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;'>basema</span></span><span style='background-color:transparent; color:windowtext; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='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;'>p</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>. </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>It</span></span><span style='background-color:transparent; color:windowtext; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>form</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>s</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> the starting point (or base) used in renewable resource estimation an</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>d </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>define</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>s</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'> </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>where </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>environmental and land-use datasets </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>can be </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>applied </span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>in exploring implications</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px;'>.</span></span><span style='background-color:transparent; color:windowtext; margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'><br /></span></p></div><div style='margin:0px; padding:0px; clear:both; color:rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:&quot;Segoe UI&quot;, &quot;Segoe UI Web&quot;, Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size:12px;'><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; font-variant-ligatures:none !important;'>More information about this layer and its use in electric system planning is available in the <a href='https://www.energy.ca.gov/data-reports/california-energy-planning-library/land-use-screens' target='_blank' rel='nofollow ugc noopener noreferrer'>Land Use Screens Staff Report in the CEC Energy Planning Library</a>.</span><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'> </span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'><br /></span></p><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; color:windowtext; font-size:16px; background-color:transparent; padding:0px; font-kerning:none;'><span style='font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif; margin:0px; padding:0px;'><font size='4' style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; color:rgb(76, 76, 76);'><b>Change Log:</b> </font></span></p><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:16px; color:rgb(76, 76, 76);'><font size='3' style='font-family:inherit;'><b>Version 1.1 (January 22, 2024 10:49 AM) </b></font></div><p style='margin-top:0px; margin-bottom:0px; padding:0px; font-kerning:none; background-color:transparent; color:windowtext;'><span style='margin:0px; padding:0px; font-size:11pt; font-family:Calibri, Calibri_EmbeddedFont, Calibri_MSFontService, sans-serif;'></span></p><div style='font-family:&quot;Avenir Next&quot;, Avenir, &quot;Helvetica Neue&quot;, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size:15px; color:rgb(76, 76, 76);'><ul><li>Layer revised with latest protected area layer, which allows for gaps to remain when combining all components. </li></ul></div></div></div><div><p><span></span></p></div></div>