1. Planning and Development Commission
Duke Energy
Presentation to
Citrus County
Planning and Development Commission
Comprehensive Plan and Atlas Amendment
Duke Energy Powerline Substation
June 21, 2018
Citrus County, FL
Last Updated: 06/18/2018

2. Project Team
Continuing to ensure a resilient and secure electric grid in Citrus County and the region has required the engineering and due diligence of multiple disciplines. These include, but are not limited to:
Planning - Kyle Wilkes (Poulos & Bennett)
Transmission Substation Permitting – Sara Guntrum (Duke Energy FL)
Landscape Architecture – Katy Bojack (Schweizer Bojack LA, LLC)
Environmental Studies – Wayne Richardson (Duke Energy FL)
Site Plan Development – Rick Ortiz (Poulos & Bennett)
Substation Engineering / Civil Structural Discipline - Matthew Bush (Duke Energy FL)
Project Management – Mark Levesque & Derrick Bradstreet (Duke Energy FL & Burns & McDonnel)
Public Engagement – Gail Simpson (Gail Simpson & Associates)
Government and Community Relations Manager – Dorothy Pernu (Duke Energy FL)
These multiple disciplines are here today and ready to provide detailed information regarding development of the referenced parcel for the ultimate purpose of constructing an electrical substation referred to as Powerline Substation.

3. Construction Start Date: November 2019 In Service Date: May 2021
Project Description
The scope of the project is to construct a new 230/115-kV substation to replace the existing Crystal River East Substation. 
The project will be constructed on 160 acres of existing Duke Energy property, approximately 0.5 miles north of the existing Crystal River East Substation. 
The preliminary layout provides adequate space for expansion to meet the future needs for generation connections and load growth in this area.
As part of the construction, many of the existing 230-kV and 115-kV transmission lines that are within the transmission rights-of-way in close proximity to the property will be connected into the new substation.
At the conclusion of the construction the existing Crystal River East Substation will be decommissioned.
Construction Start Date: November 2019
In Service Date: May 2021

4. Project Need
The new Powerline Substation provides additional transformer capacity to the area, removes transmission limiting elements, and provides a means for building and connecting additional 230kV and 115kV lines into the grid .
During certain contingencies on the electric transmission grid (generator outages, transformer outages, etc.), the existing Duke Energy Crystal River East and Holder Substations will experience equipment overloads that could impact the safety, reliability and operational capability of the electric transmission grid. 
The construction of this project along with others in the Crystal River area will provide for the long-term safety and reliability of the electric transmission grid.
Construction is currently projecting construction to start in November of 2019, with the substation placed in service in May of 2021.

5. Duke Transmission System
To Bronson
The new Powerline Substation is approximately 0.5 miles north of the existing Crystal River East Substation.
Crystal River
Brookridge
Holder
CREast
Lecanto
Inglis
Citrus E
Citrus CC
Powerline Sub
Crystal River East
Lecanto
(CC – ‘Combined Cycle’ Plant)
CR-Citrus CC ~ 2.5 miles
Citrus CC-Holder ~ 15 miles
Citrus CC-Lecanto ~ 12 miles
Citrus CC-CR East ~ 4 miles
Lecanto-Brookridge ~ 22 miles
CR East-Brookridge ~ 30 miles
Cry Rv South
Transmission System in the Crystal River Area

6. Duke Parcel Data: Duke Energy 160 Acres
Project Plan
Townsend Family
Duke Parcel Data:
Duke Energy
160 Acres
160 Acres (approx.) and how it will fit Duke Energy’s Ultimate Substation plan

7. Parcels Around the 160 Acre Site
Townsend Family
Duke Parcel Data:
Duke Energy
160 Acres
160 Acres (approx.) and how it will fit Duke Energy’s ultimate substation plan

8. Citrus County Surrounding Land Use Data
Townsend Family
Duke Parcel Data:
Duke Energy
160 Acres
Citrus County’s Existing Land Use Atlas Map District

9. Citrus County Surrounding Land Use Area (cont.)
Townsend Family
Duke Parcel Data:
Duke Energy
160 Acres
Citrus County’s Existing Future Land Use District

10. Future Land Use Map Amendment Request
Amend the Future Land Use Map
From: Rural Residential District (RUR)
To: Transportation/Communication/Utilities District (TCU)
Request is Consistent with the Citrus County Comprehensive Plan
OBJ The County shall create a land use category entitled Transportation, Communications, and Utilities on the GFLUM and contain adequate acreage for utilities, as described in the Future Land Use Plan, necessary to support proposed development.
Policy The LDC shall establish design criteria which will protect residential areas from adverse impacts of adjacent land uses.
Policy Spatial separation or buffering shall be required for all substations or other similar utility facilities.
Townsend Family
Duke Parcel Data:
Duke Energy
160 Acres

11. Land Use Atlas Map Request
Amend the Land Use Atlas Map
From: Rural Residential District with a Planned Development Overlay (RUR/PDO) and Rural Residential District with mobile homes allowed (RURMH)
To: Transportation/Communication/Utilities District (TCU)
The request is consistent with the proposed TCU Future Land Use Designation and associated policies.
The request is consistent and compatible with surrounding Zoning Districts and the character of the surrounding area, including existing TCU land use and zoning to the south of the subject site.
The proposed zoning and use will comply with LDC requirements – including adequate buffering to be addressed at the site plan level – to ensure compatibility with existing residential uses.
Townsend Family
Duke Parcel Data:
Duke Energy
160 Acres

12. Environmental Background
Land Use Categories

13. Environmental Background (cont.)
Photo Location Map

14. Environmental Background (cont.)
Representative view of existing trees
& vegetation to be preserved to meet
Type C Buffer requirements along western property boundary.
Existing Tree Survey

15. Environmental Background (cont.)
Representative view of existing trees
& vegetation to be preserved along northeastern property boundary.
Existing Tree Survey

16. Environmental Background (cont.)
Representative view of existing trees
& vegetation to be preserved to meet
Type C Buffer along southeastern property boundary.
Existing Tree Survey

17. Suncoast Parkway (future expansion)
Duke 500/230 kV Corridor to Crystal River Plant
(Property is 4.5 mi East of Crystal River Plant)
Duke Property
New Sub?
North
Suncoast Parkway & Pond?
Proposed Plan for Suncoast Parkway
This will impact our site and require DEF to provide additional access to proposed site.

18. FGT Gas Pipeline-relocated already
Suncoast Parkway (future expansion)
Suncoast Parkway
& Pond
North
FGT Gas Pipeline-relocated already
Reroute the 115 kV lines to Inglis
Proposed Plan for Suncoast Parkway
This impact requires rerouting of transmission system.