Enabling California's Resilient Tribal Communities with Mobile Renewable Power
Summary
SCH Number
2021090064
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Enabling California's Resilient Tribal Communities with Mobile Renewable Power
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/3/2021
Document Description
This project will deploy fully operable, grid-independent, rapidly deployable, modular scalable generation systems to enable California's tribal communities to provide both critical electric resources when the grid is down.
Contact Information
Name
Jackson Thach
Agency Name
Energy Commission
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Blue Lake, Pauma Valley, San Jacinto
Counties
Humboldt, Riverside, San Diego
Regions
Statewide
Cross Streets
695 Rancheria Rd., 22003 Highway 76, 23131 Soboba Rd
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301 ; Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15303
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing at the time of the lead agency’s determination, are categorically
exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project involves the development and demonstrating of a mobile renewable generation for backup power at existing facilities. Therefore, the project falls within section 15301 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
• Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15303 provides that projects which consist of 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, are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project involves the development and demonstrating of a mobile renewable generation for backup power at three different communities. The products being deployed and demonstrated are fully self-contained, mobile and independently operable with no physical moderations or changes to the ground or environment in any way. The units do not contain any fuels, liquids or other
contaminants that can leak or cause any effect on the environment, and any modifications to building structures to facilitate the battery systems would be limited to the addition of transfer switches and load panels affixed to the side of a residence or community building. Therefore, the project falls within section 15303 and will not have a significant effect on the environment.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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