Innovative School Bus Charging for Resilient Communities
Summary
SCH Number
2021060417
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Innovative School Bus Charging for Resilient Communities
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/18/2021
Document Description
The goal of this project is to design and build a scalable DC-coupled EV charging system that is capable of powering five school buses during normal operation, and a resilience hub during an outage. The recipient will verify and demonstrate reduced CO2 emissions, 10-20 year life-cycle cost savings, improved reliability compared to the standard diesel bus or grid-tied charging solutions, better understand the opportunities and barriers to wider deployment of charging depots with solar and storage, and study how the system can ultimately relax the strain of EV charging on the existing utility infrastructure.
Contact Information
Name
Liet Le
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
San Jose
Counties
Santa Clara
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
400 Tully Rd
Zip
95111
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15303
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15303 provides an exemption for projects consisting of the construction and location of limited numbers of new, small facilities or structures; installation of small new equipment and facilities in small structures; and the conversion of existing small structures from one use to another where only minor modifications are made in the exterior of the structure.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15306
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sect. 15306 provides an exemption for projects consisting 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.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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