Distribution Switch Reliability & Automation Upgrades

2025100883

California Energy Commission

NOE - Notice of Exemption

10/20/2025

10/20/2025

Alana Webre

California Energy Commission

Energy Analyst

Lead/Public Agency

715 P Street
Sacramento, CA 95814

(916) 232-8173

Alana.Webre@Energy.ca.gov

Vinh Tran

Anaheim Public Utilities Department

Electrical Capital Project Manager

Project Applicant

201 S. Anaheim Blvd., Suite 701
Anaheim, CA 92805

(714) 765-4273

VTran@anaheim.net

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Categorical Exemption

Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15301

facilities where the new structure is to be located on the same site for no substantial expansion of purpose and capacity are categorically exempt from CEQA. The project will replace up to 40 units of existing electrical switches with modern equivalent equipment at the same locations as the original switches, and integrate them with automation technology. There will be no activities that cause environmental disturbance during the installation of the switch replacements. For these reasons, the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and falls under the categorical exemption listed in 14 C.C.R. § 15302. Additionally, Cal Code Regs title 14, Section 15301 provides that the operation, repair, maintenance, permitting, leasing, licensing, or minor alteration of existing structures, facilities, mechanical equipment or topographical features involving negligible or no expansion of use beyond that existing are categorically exempt from the provisions of CEQA. This project will involve minor alteration of existing facilities by installing new switches and automation technology in place of outdated equipment to reduce outage frequency and duration, but involves no expansion of use. The project will not have a significant impact on local air quality, noise, or traffic. For these reasons, the project will not have a significant effect on the environment and falls under the categorical exemption listed in 14 C.C.R. §15301.

Categorical Exemption

Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, § 15302

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.