Facility or project event · Environmental review notice issued · Official record
Environmental review notice issued on 5 August 2026: Goodman Energy Park (GEP) data center (Vernon, CA) — state energy commission notice of preparation dated 5 August 2026
California Energy Commission staff issued a Notice of Preparation of a Draft EIR on August 5, 2026 for GIC Vernon LLC's Vernon Backup Generating Facility (docket 25-SPPE-01), which the notice describes as part of the Goodman Energy Park Data Center in Vernon.
- Event date
- NOP header 'Date: August 5, 2026'; docket stamp 'Docketed Date: 8/5/2026'.
- Source dated
- NOP 'Date' field and CEC docketing cover sheet.
- Source accessed
- Retrieved by DataCenterData; not an event date.
- Added to Latest updates
- When this entry entered the updates log; not an event date.
- Event type
- Environmental review notice issued · Filings and reviews
- Evidence basis
- Official record · California Energy Commission staff
- Confidence
- HighLead agency's own dated notice; campus link is stated in the notice itself.
- State
- California
- Linked records
- Goodman Energy Park (GEP) data center
goodman-energy-park-data-center-vernon-ca - Linked claims
- None linked
What the source says
the California Energy Commission (CEC) staff has prepared a Notice of Preparation (NOP) to inform the Governor's Office of Land use and Climate Innovation (LCI) and each responsible and trustee agency that an Environmental Impact Report (EIR) will be prepared
Where: Page 1 of the NOP, first body paragraph; header fields Date, Project Applicant, NOP Review Period (August 5 – September 4, 2026)
Internet Archive copy (captured 21 September 2026)
What this does not establish
- Any approval, exemption or permit
- Construction start
- Operation or energization
- That 99 MW of backup generation equals IT load
Still unknown
- Draft EIR release date
- CEC decision on the SPPE
- City of Vernon land-use entitlements for the data-center buildings
- IT capacity, operator/tenant, building owner
Identifiers
Event ID 9ad4d5c77b5a7cd518f264d5707480991af682a17b4775e9d30205691a7051a5. The ID is derived from the event itself and never changes. A later correction would be published as a separate, linked entry.