Electricity project aims to improve reliability, protect wildlife in South County

A state commission has voted to allow a major transmission project to share space at a substation near Morgan Hill rather than build on undeveloped land in Coyote Valley—a change officials say protects a critical wildlife corridor while adding enough power capacity to supply more than 600,000 homes across the South Bay.

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New South Bay power substation to be built at existing site

Environmental advocates are claiming victory in a two-year fight to keep an energy substation away from wildlife corridors in the stretches of open space south of San Jose known as Coyote Valley.

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San Jose Power Play Saves Coyote Valley As Grid Fix Moves Ahead

State regulators have blessed a major overhaul of San José’s electric backbone without tearing into one of South San José’s last big stretches of open land.

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San Jose open space to remain intact as power reliability plan gets approved

The Santa Clara Valley Open Space Authority, LS Power Grid California and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) announced the approval of a power plan that will unlock one gigawatt of electric capacity for the South Bay while protecting wildlife corridors in the state-sanctioned Coyote Valley Conservation Program Area.

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