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3 Alternatives the Three-Terrace Southeast Corner Alternative is anticipated to have similar impacts to agriculture due to the cancellation of the property's Williamson Act contract. The Three-Terrace Southeast Corner Alternative would meet the Project Objectives to provide 400 MW of energy storage in San Joaquin County in a cost-effective manner (Project Objective 1). It would be feasible and may reduce impacts to aesthetics and noise; however, it would result in greater impacts to air quality, cultural resources, hydrology and water quality, and tribal cultural resources, such that it would not be the most efficient and environmentally beneficial use of the site's limited agricultural capacity (Project Objective 4). The gen-tie line to the Tesla Substation would also be approximately 800 feet longer, such that the alternative would not achieve Project Objective 5 to minimize gen-tie length. Additional analysis of the alternatives is included in Chapter 5. 3.4.3 Northern Site Alternative The Northern Site Alternative would relocate the Project to the parcel north of the Project site and north of West Patterson Pass Road, which consists of a parcel approximately 142 acres in size, shown in Figure 3-2. The Northern Site Alternative is mapped as Grazing Land and Farmland of Local Importance by the California Department of Conservation (DOC; DOC 2023). It is designated as Agriculture (A/G) in the San Joaquin County General Plan and the parcel is zoned AG-160. The Northern Site Alternative parcel is an agricultural preserve with a Williamson Act contract. The Northeast Site Alternative site size is approximately 36 acres larger than the Project site; however, it is anticipated that the same amount of acreage would be used for battery storage facilities as the Project to achieve 400 MW of energy storage. An ephemeral drainage bisects the site (USGS 2023), on which facilities would not be built to avoid impacts to biological resources. Compared to the Project, the Northern Site Alternative is anticipated to have similar impacts to agriculture due to the cancellation of the Williamson Act contract. It would have increased impacts to aesthetics, biological, cultural, hydrology and water quality, and tribal cultural resources due to the site's greater distance from the point of change of ownership identified by Pacific Gas and Electric at the southwest corner of the Tesla Substation and the associated additional ground disturbance and Project footprint associated with a longer gen-tie line. The Northern Site Alternative would meet the Project Objectives to provide 400 MW of energy storage in San Joaquin County in a cost-effective manner (Project Objective 1). It is unknown if the landowner would be amenable to the Project, such that it may not be commercially financeable and it would result in greater impacts to aesthetics, biological, cultural, hydrology and water quality, and tribal cultural resources, such that it would not be the most efficient and environmentally beneficial use of the site's limited agricultural capacity (Project Objective 4). The gen-tie line to the Tesla Substation would also be approximately 3,000 feet longer and would require crossing West Patterson Pass Road, such that the alternative would not achieve Project Objective 5 to minimize gen-tie line length. Additional analysis of the alternatives is included in Chapter 5. Griffith Energy Storage Project 3-5 Tetra Tech/SCH 2022120675 Draft Environmental Impact Report August 2023