Low-Cost Interoperable AC Bidirectional Charging Solution
Summary
SCH Number
2025090799
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Low-Cost Interoperable AC Bidirectional Charging Solution
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/18/2025
Document Description
The purpose of this Agreement is to fund the development of an alternating current (AC) bidirectional charging system and islanding device that significantly reduces the cost of vehicle-to-everything (V2X) participation and provides access to a broad swath of electric vehicle (EV) owners through use of common industry standards. This technology will enable EV customers to discharge power from their EV to provide zero-emission home backup and support vehicle-grid integration use cases such as peak load reduction.
Contact Information
Name
Antonio Gomez
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Commission Agreement Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Address
Phone
Name
Gene Sirovskiy
Agency Name
Rivian Automotive LLC
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Torrance
Counties
Los Angeles
Regions
Southern California
Cross Streets
California Street
Zip
90503
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. The development and demonstration of the Rivian EVSE and Islanding Device will take place in Rivian's existing research facilities and will not require any material changes to their site. 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 sites are 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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