Smart, Hybrid, Grid-Connected Exterior Lighting Systems. (REVISED -SCH# 2021040784)
2 Documents in Project
Summary
SCH Number
2021040784
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Smart, Hybrid, Grid-Connected Exterior Lighting Systems. (REVISED -SCH# 2021040784)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/21/2023
Document Description
This project includes design, development, and demonstration of hybrid exterior luminaires across 8 low-income sites in California. The CEC previously approved the grant award and submitted a Notice of Exemption in April 2021. Subsequently, the project locations were refined, and these are listed above. The purpose of this amended NOE is to provide this additional information.
Beneficiaries will include the ratepayers of electric investor-owned utilities in California, along with the site hosts and EPRI.
Contact Information
Name
Adel Suleiman
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Sr. Electrical Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Alpine, Aptos, Eureka, Fremont, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga
Counties
Alameda, Humboldt, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Cruz
Regions
Citywide, Countywide, Northern California, Southern California
Other Information
8 Project Sites.
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301 ; Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15306
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, 15301 provides that projects consisting of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, involving negligible or no expansion of existing or former use. This project would replace existing exterior luminaires in low-income multifamily complex with a more energy efficient, hybrid luminaires. Specifically, this project will retrofit over 100 high intensity discharge luminaires with newly developed hybrid luminaire prototypes in 8 low-income/disadvantaged communities Therefore, the project falls within section 15301 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, 15306 consists of basic data collection, research, experimental management, and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. This project will involve the development and will evaluate a hybrid powered area luminaire that lowers the grid energy consumption of exterior lighting compared to existing grid-tied, non-dimmable, high intensity discharge lighting. Prototype designs will be lab tested in a controlled research laboratory. This project will then replace existing exterior luminaires in low-income multifamily complex with a more energy efficient, hybrid luminaires. This work will not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. For these reasons, the proposed project will have no significant effect on the environment and is categorically exempt under section 15306.
County Clerks
Alameda, Humboldt, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa Cruz
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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