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02.01.02.0020 - NV Energy Resilience Corridor Project-State and Privat...
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Overview

Basics

Basics
This project focuses on fuels work on non-federal lands with the goal of creating resilient corridors along NV Energy’s electrical lines on all lands. This project also includes electrical system upgrades across all lands, including federal, in the Tahoe Basin. Together, the fuel management work and electrical infrastructure upgrades minimize wildfire risk as called for in NV Energy’s Natural Disaster Prevention Plan (NDPP). This project is linked to EIP Project # 02.01.02.0016 which focuses on fuels management along NV Energy’s electrical lines on federal lands managed by the US Forest Service-Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

Implementation
2022
2022
2032
$11,000,000
Nanette Hansel (nanette.hansel@ascentenvironmental.com)
03/07/2023
01/26/2024
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Location Information Location Notes
NV Energy transmission and distribution lines

Organizations

Organizations
Nevada Energy (NV Energy) Kevin Lawson - Nevada Energy (NV Energy)

EIP Details

EIP Basics

EIP Basics
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02 - Forest Health
02.01 - Community Wildfire Protection Program
Implement Defensible Space on Public and Private Parcels and Utility Corridors
02.01.02.0020 - NV Energy Resilience Corridor Project-State and Private

This project is on the EIP 5-year list.

Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures

Expected Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment None acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: Nevada Division of State Lands], [Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning], [Treatment Zone: Threat Zone] 2000 acres
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment [Initial or Maintenance Treatment: Initial], [Property Ownership: Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.)], [Treatment Type: Mechanical Thinning], [Treatment Zone: Threat Zone] 2000 acres

Reported Performance Measures

Reported Performance Measures
Acres of Forest Fuels Reduction Treatment
2022 2023 Total Units
Initial or Maintenance Treatment Property Ownership Treatment Type Treatment Zone
Initial Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) Mechanical Thinning Threat Zone 140 108 248 acres
Initial Local public lands (fire districts, counties, GIDs, PUDs, etc.) Prescribed Burning Threat Zone 24 24 acres
Initial Nevada Division of State Lands Mechanical Thinning Threat Zone 140 108 248 acres
Initial Nevada Division of State Lands Prescribed Burning Threat Zone 24 24 acres
Total 280 264 544 acres

Funding

Expected Funding

Expected Funding
$11,000,000
$0
$11,000,000

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Reported Expenditures

Reported Expenditures
Total 2023 2022
Nevada Energy $600,000 $300,000 $300,000
Grand Total $600,000 $300,000 $300,000

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Notes

Notes
01/26/2024 9:09 AM Beth Vollmer The split is not likely exactly 50/50, but wanted to reflect that some work was on state lands and some on private. reporting for specific land ownership will be dialed in future years.
01/24/2024 10:47 PM Nanette Hansel In 2023, the following NDDP system hardening actions were taken that do not have specified performance measures:

- 249 single pole replacements
- 72 tree attachment removals
- 1.3 miles of copper wire was removed and rebuilt with covered conductor (with this rebuild 37 poles were removed and replaced)
- Through the partnership with Glenbrook Underground about 0.3 mile of overhead wire was undergrounded. This was not along a scenic travel route so not identified as a separate performance measure.
04/03/2023 11:49 AM Nanette Hansel In 2022, the following additional NDPP actions were taken that do not have specified performance measures:

- 264 pole replacements
- 2.8 miles of copper wire removed
- Six tree attachments were removed
- Perimeter hardening was completed around the Kingsbury substation
03/05/2023 10:36 PM Nanette Hansel The resilience corridors project is designed to treat the areas adjacent to the powerline in three zones as follows:

• Zone 1 (up to 15 feet on each side of the power line for 60 kV lines, and up to 21 feet for 120 kV lines): Remove all vegetation, including all trees, within the specified distance (15 or 21 feet) from power poles and create a noncontiguous fuel pattern consistent with the International Wildland Urban Interface Code and NV Energy’s NDPP.

• Zone 2 (between 15 and 175 feet on each side of the power line for 60 kV lines, and between 21 and 75 feet for 120 kV lines): Remove trees with structural defects that have the potential to strike utility infrastructure, reduce fuels, and thin to desired conditions.

• Zone 3 (between 175 and approximately 1,000 feet on each side of the power line): Reduce fuel loads and thin the forest to desired conditions.

Treatments will be accomplished using hand crews and mechanical equipment. Acreages and costs provided are estimates at this time.

NDPP infrastructure improvements are intended to ruggedize the system and include replacing copper wire, replacing poles and fuses, and undergrounding overhead distribution lines. System hardening activities include installing non-expulsion fuses, replacing wood poles with ductile iron poles, installing fire retardant pole wrap on wood poles, and other proactive devices.