Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine - Scaling up to Enhance Digital Platform, Accelerate Production of Data Products, & Expand User Base
Summary
SCH Number
2024031160
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine - Scaling up to Enhance Digital Platform, Accelerate Production of Data Products, & Expand User Base
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
3/29/2024
Document Description
The purpose of this Agreement is to build on prior Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) achievements to cost-effectively advance the co-production of new guidance, user capacity, and functions of the Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine with the goal of overcoming inter-disciplinary knowledge and capacity gaps between climate science, information technology, and electricity sector practitioners. This will allow for Investor-Owned Utility (IOU)s, electricity sector stakeholders, government decision makers, and researchers to utilize actionable, curated climate data tailored for resilience planning.
This Agreement will result in the ratepayer benefit of a more reliable and safer electricity grid. The Analytics Engine is a mature, applied research project which has already delivered clear ratepayer benefits, such as providing cutting edge data analytics and scientific expertise to technical staff responsible for planning for a future grid, thus supporting efforts to increase the safety of the electric system. This project will further these benefits.
This Agreement will lead to technological advancement and breakthroughs to overcome barriers to the achievement of the State of California’s statutory energy goals by further developing the Cal-Adapt: Analytics Engine to bridge the gap between compelling visuals and scientifically informed, actionable information by providing granular data, scientific guidance and digital innovation that allows for meaningful progress in energy system application of climate data.
Contact Information
Name
Emily Field
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Mechanical Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Location
Cities
Sacramento
Counties
Sacramento
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
57th st and 14th Ave
Zip
95820
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, sec. 15061(b)(3) the "common sense exemption", provides that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA. Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, sec. 15306 the "information collection exemption" provides that projects which consist of basic data collection, research and resource evaluation activities which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA.
This Agreement is exempt under both the common sense and information collection exemptions because project activities are limited to the development of a data platform that provides access to climate projection data and analytics associated with specific use-cases that support electricity sector adaptation and resilience planning. The project will not involve any construction or installation activities or any other activities that may result in a significant effect on the environment.
Further, the project will not result in any cumulative impact to the environment that is significant, does not involve any unusual circumstances, will not result in damage to any scenic resources within a highway officially designated as a state scenic highway, none of the installation sites are 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 exemptions listed in CEQA Guidelines section 15300.2 apply to this project.
The activity is covered by the general rule that CEQA applies only to projects which have the potential for causing a significant effect on the environment. Where it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment, the activity is not subject to CEQA.
County Clerk
Sacramento
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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