Essential Power Support for the Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center using Long Duration Batteries within a Renewable Energy Microgrid
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020090310
- Public Agency
- City of Ontario
- Document Title
- Essential Power Support for the Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center using Long Duration Batteries within a Renewable Energy Microgrid
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 9/16/2020
- Present Land Use
- Commercial
- Document Description
- Charge Bliss proposes an 8 MWh long-term flow battery plus 2.2 MW photovoltaic array microgrid for the Kaiser Permanente Ontario Medical Center in a combined disadvantaged and low-income community.
- Contact Information
-
Joseph Sit
California Energy Commission
Lead/Public Agency
1500 5th street
sacramento, CA 95814
Phone : (916) 327-1315
joseph.sit@energy.ca.gov -
Charge Bliss, Inc
Project Applicant
Location
- Cities
- Ontario
- Counties
- San Bernardino
- Cross Streets
- 2295 S Vineyard Ave
- Zip
- 91761
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, § 15301; Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, § 15311
- Reasons for Exemption
- The rooftop solar PV systems will not require any of the permits listed in Public Resources Code section 21080.35(d). The carport solar PV systems will be installed over parking lots that have existed for more than 2 years and will not require the removal of any trees. No additional site modifications besides the concrete pads will be needed to accommodate the flow batteries. The project will not generate noise in excess of permitted levels, will not generate odors, will not affect any historic resources, and will not involve any hazardous or toxic materials. The project, when considered as a whole, will not result in a cumulative impact that is significant on the environment. Further, none of the exceptions to exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- CEQA-EPC-20-002 Charge Bliss Signed FINAL 091620 PDF 60 K
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