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Project Description Griffith Energy Storage Project SUMMARY Griffith Energy Storage, LLC (Applicant), is proposing to construct and operate the 400-megawatt Griffith Energy Storage Project (Project)to provide reliable and flexible power to the local electrical system. The property which the Project would be built on consists of 106 acres (Property) of land in San Joaquin County. The Project would interconnect at the Tesla Substation immediately adjacent to the site in Alameda County via a 230-kilovolt interconnection generation tie (gen-tie) line. The energy storage facility is anticipated to house lithium-ion batteries totaling 400 megawatts of energy. Project construction would be in 2023 and 2024 and is anticipated to come online in 2024 or later. The Project would support the state policies necessary to meet the California renewable energy standards. California has proceeded to advance energy storage uses to support the grid, including the passage of Assembly Bill 2514, as well as the resulting California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision for energy procurement targets for each of the investor-owned utilities. The proposed Project would substantially increase local energy storage capacity and address the limitations of the electrical grid by the increasing demand for renewable energy. Layering energy storage systems into the energy grid improves grid reliability and make it more resilient to disturbances and peaks in energy demand. The Project and other energy storage systems are used to supply power during brief disturbances, reduce outages and associated impacts to the community, and substitute for certain large footprint transmission and disruption upgrades. PROJECT LOCATION The Property is approximately 0.9 mile southwest of Interstate 580 and approximately 5 miles southwest of the city of Tracy, adjacent to Pacific Gas and Electric's(PG&E) Tesla Substation, as shown on Figure 1. The Project site consists of portions of two parcels(Assessor Parcel Numbers 209-10-19 and 209-10-35). Project Setting The Project site is private land zoned as Agricultural General-160 and designated as General Agriculture, as shown on Figure 2. Division 14, Section 9-115.580 of the San Joaquin County Municipal Ordinance Code allows any major utilities on Agricultural General zoned land through a Site Approval application (San Joaquin County 2021). The entirety of the Project site is under Williamson Act Contract No. 770255. The site includes Grazing Land and Farmland of Local Importance, as classified by the California Department of Conservation, as shown on Figure 3. Surrounding Land Uses The Project is bounded to the north by grazing land, rural residences, the West Patterson Pass, and the Union Pacific Railroad. To the east lies grazing land and open space. Rural residences, grazing land, and open space bound the Project to the south. The Project is bounded by rural residences, grazing land, and the PG&E Tesla Substation to the west. PROJECT OBJECTIVES The Applicant has identified the following Project Objectives: 1. Construct and operate a 400-megawatt battery energy storage system in San Joaquin County with an interconnection at the Tesla Substation (located in Alameda County) in a cost-competitive manner. 2. Assist California utilities in meeting their obligations under California's Renewable Portfolio Standard Program and Senate Bill 100, which calls for 100 percent of all electricity sold in California to come from carbon-free resources by 2045, including 60 percent renewables by 2030. June 2022 1 Griffith Energy Storage, LLC