Demonstrating Electric Vehicle Sub-Metering Solutions (DEVS)
Summary
SCH Number
2025090847
Public Agency
California Energy Commission
Document Title
Demonstrating Electric Vehicle Sub-Metering Solutions (DEVS)
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
9/18/2025
Document Description
The purpose of this Agreement is to fund the development and demonstration of flexible submetering solutions utilizing embedded submeters within Electric Vehicle Supply Equipment (EVSEs) and customer-owned external submeters, enabling vehicle-grid integration (VGI) benefits while reducing the costs associated with utility-grade meters. This project will assess the technical and economic feasibility of submetering for fleets, multi-unit dwellings, workplaces, and public charging, paving the way for broader adoption across California.
Contact Information
Name
Ran Laviv
Agency Name
California Energy Commission
Job Title
Commission Agreement Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Email
Name
Dahlia Garas
Agency Name
The Regents of the University of California, on behalf of its Davis campus
Job Title
Project Manager
Contact Types
Project Applicant / Parties Undertaking Project
Phone
Email
Location
Cities
Davis, Mountain View, Santa Barbara
Counties
Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Yolo
Regions
Citywide
Cross Streets
Multiple Locations
Other Location Info
105 E Anapamu St, Santa Barbara
1590 Tilia St, Davis
3106 Harold Frank Hall, UC Santa Barbara
2544 Leghorn St, Mountain View
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301 ; Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15306
Reasons for Exemption
Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, sec. 15301 provides that projects which consist of the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing public or private structures, facilities, mechanical equipment, or topographical features, and which involve negligible or no expansion of existing or former use at the time of the lead agency's determination, are categorically exempt from the provisions of California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).
The project will gather information from an existing site in Santa Barbara and the technology is unlikely to increase demand for the existing public chargers. There will be no, or minimal, alterations of the current charging hardware at the site. The alterations consist solely of a software solution which will not result in any impact on the land or result in digging, alteration, trenching or an impact of the surrounding environment. Subsequent to the implementation of the solution, the project will then primarily consist of basic data collection, research, and data analysis which do not result in a serious or major disturbance to an environmental resource. Therefore, the project is exempt under Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, sec. 15301.
Cal. Code Reg., tit 14 sec. 15306 provides that projects which consist 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 result in the creation of a software solution, implementing the software solution, and analyzing resulting data to model the effect of submetering of electric vehicles charging stations. There will not be a disturbance to an environmental resource. Therefore, the project is exempt under Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, sec. 15306.
The project does not involve impacts on any particularly sensitive environment; 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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