This is the Preliminary Determination of Compliance (PDOC) for the Pico Power Plant (PPP), a nominal 122-MW, peak-firing capacity of 147 MW, natural-gas fired, combined-cycle on-demand power plant proposed by Silicon Valley Power (SVP), a public utility owned and operated by the City of Santa Clara in Santa Clara County, California. The power plant will be situated on a 2.86-acre site located west of the intersection of Lafayette Street and Duane Avenue and immediately north of SVP’s Kifer Receiving Station in the City of Santa Clara. The proposed power plant will be composed of two nominal 50-MW LM6000 PC Sprint combustion gas turbines, two heat recovery steam generators equipped with 136.9 MM BTU/hr duct burners and one nominal 47-MW steam turbine generator. The facility will also include a 3-cell cooling tower.