Powering Yolo Forward: A Collaborative VPP Project for Demand Flexibility & Community Engagement
Summary
SCH Number
2025051090
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Powering Yolo Forward: A Collaborative VPP Project for Demand Flexibility & Community Engagement
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
5/23/2025
Document Description
The project will install and modify controls for heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems in existing
facilities to evaluate energy performance. The installed technologies aim to reduce the facilities peak energy use so
the beneficiaries of the work will be the utility ratepayers included in the demonstrations.
Contact Information
Name
Dustin Davis
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Electric Generation System Specialist I
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
Mande Caton
Agency Name
The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of the Davis Campus
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency / Project Applicant
Phone
Email
Location
Coordinates
Cities
Davis, West Sacramento, Woodland
Counties
Yolo
Regions
Northern California
Cross Streets
Hutchison Dr and Shields Ave
Zip
95616
Other Location Info
500 Jefferson Blvd West Sacramento 95605 Yolo
120 W Main St Woodland 95695 Yolo
25 N Cottonwood St Woodland 95695 Yolo
23 Russell Blvd Davis 95616 Yolo
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, Section 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public and 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 the California Environmental Quality
Act (CEQA). This project will consist of installing monitor devices, hardware, and/or software that will optimize the energy use related to heating, ventilation, and air conditioning. Therefore, the project will not have a significant
environmental impact and is exempt under Section 15301. Additionally, the project will not impact an environmental resource of hazardous or critical concern where designated, precisely mapped, and officially adopted pursuant to law by federal, state, or local agencies; does not involve 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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