NextGen Project

**NextGen Project Timetable**
Date	Activity	Process
	Gather and analyze preliminary data	Siting
	Opportunity and constraints analysis	Siting
	Preliminary alternative site and corridor identification	Siting
	Basin applies to Western for interconnection	Siting
	Western determines level of NEPA documentation	NEPA
July 2007	Notice of Intent published in Federal Register	NEPA
July/August 2007	Public scoping period	NEPA - Public Involvement
	Review scoping comments	NEPA
	Prepare and distribute draft EIS	NEPA
Fall 2008	Period for public comment on draft EIS	NEPA - Public Involvement
	Review public comments	NEPA
	Prepare and distribute final EIS	NEPA
Spring 2009	Public notified of final EIS	NEPA - Public Involvement
	Prepare Record of Decision	NEPA
Summer 2009	Decision announced to public	NEPA - Public Involvement
Mid-2010	Construction of generation facility begins	Construction
Mid-2014	Commercial operation of generation facility	Construction/Operation