Use Case Analysis and Site Evaluation for Commercial Demonstration of A Long-Duration Energy Storage System
Summary
SCH Number
2023060628
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Use Case Analysis and Site Evaluation for Commercial Demonstration of A Long-Duration Energy Storage System
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
6/23/2023
Document Description
Assessment of a use case and market analytics and preparation for commercial deployment of a long-duration energy storage system. The beneficiaries of this project are California ratepayers who will benefit from increase of zero-carbon power and lower costs of energy storage.
Contact Information
Name
Yahui Yang
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Mechanical Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Berkeley
Counties
Alameda
Regions
Citywide, Countywide
Cross Streets
7th St. and Heinz Ave
Zip
94710
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15306
Reasons for Exemption
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 collect data and perform resource evaluation for a long-duration energy storage system via use case assessment and experimental tests in a laboratory setting. The activities do not result in any 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.This project does not involve impacts on any particularly sensitive environment; any cumulative impacts of successive projects of the same type in the same place that might be considered significant; does not involve unusual circumstances that might have a significant effect on the environment; will not result in damage to scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway; the project site is not included on any list compiled pursuant to Government Code section 65962.5, and the project will not cause a substantial adverse change in the significance of a historical resource.
Therefore, none of the exceptions to categorical exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project and this project will not have a significant effect on the environment.
County Clerk
Alameda
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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