Meeting Customer and Supply-Side Market Needs with Electrical and Thermal Storage, Solar, Energy Efficiency and Integrated Load Management System
Summary
SCH Number
2016058329
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Meeting Customer and Supply-Side Market Needs with Electrical and Thermal Storage, Solar, Energy Efficiency and Integrated Load Management System
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/26/2016
Document Description
The goals of this project are to identify, inform and develop strategies for overcoming technical, institutional, and regulatory barriers to expanding the use of DERs to provide optimal customer and system benefits, and to comprehensively address challenges for customers, aggregators, demand response providers, scheduling coordinators, and others to maximize DER supply-side market participation and value.
Project goals and objectives will be achieved through successful installation, integration, testing and analysis of electrical and thermal energy storage, energy efficiency, and solar PV systems located at SolarCity customer and Whole Foods Market commercial sites.
Contact Information
Name
David Hungerford
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Brea, Palm Desert
Counties
Orange, Riverside
Other Information
44459 Town Center Way
3301 E Imperial Highway
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
S:15306
Reasons for Exemption
The project includes installation of thermal energy storage tanks within the loading dock areas of each project location and plumbing and refrigeration improvements interior to the buildings. The tanks will either be mounted on a skid that is permanently installed with structurally-anchored snubbers that prevent its movement or a concrete slab. The modified operation of equipment will include changing the on/off cycle of the site's medium-temperature refrigeration compressors and condensers.
The improvements to existing facilities include minor alteration of existing structures, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, with negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency's CEQA determination.
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