Grid Supportive Bidirectional V2X Residential EV VPP
Summary
SCH Number
2025020885
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Grid Supportive Bidirectional V2X Residential EV VPP
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
2/25/2025
Document Description
This project will develop a bidirectional electric vehicle (EV) charger that will be interoperable with multiple EV models and an aggregator platform to enable backup power and grid-supportive load shifting at residential homes. The project involves a multi-stage pilot demonstration including 1) installation of bidirectional chargers at a multi-family home in Santa Monica and 2) demonstration of a target of 100 residential bidirectional chargers across CA, with a target of at least 30% of the participating customers will be in low-income and disadvantaged communities.
Contact Information
Name
Antonio Gomez
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Mechanical Engineer
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Name
Frances Bel
Agency Name
Bidirectional Energy
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant
Phone
Location
Counties
Alameda, Alpine, Amador, Butte, Calaveras, Colusa, Contra Costa, Del Norte, El Dorado, Fresno, Glenn, Humboldt, Imperial, Inyo, Kern, Kings, Lake, Lassen, Los Angeles, Madera, Marin, Mariposa, Mendocino, Merced, Modoc, Mono, Monterey, Napa, Nevada, Orange, Placer, Plumas, Riverside, Sacramento, San Benito, San Bernardino, San Diego, San Francisco, San Joaquin, San Luis Obispo, San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus, Sutter, Tehama, Trinity, Tulare, Tuolumne, Ventura, Yolo, Yuba
Regions
Countywide
Cross Streets
Multiple Locations
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, sec. 15301 provides that projects that consist 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, are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. The locations affected by the proposed project are at existing facilities, which have already been graded, disturbed, paved, and have structures constructed. Installation and deployment of the bidirectional EVSE system will require limited alteration activities such as installation of electric vehicle supply equipment at residential sites. The project activities involve negligible or no expansion of existing or former use and will not have a significant effect on the environment and thus fits within section 15301.
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.
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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