Vessel Charging Infrastructure at WETA Central Bay Operations & Maintenance Facility
Summary
SCH Number
2026041164
Public Agency
Water Emergency Transportation Authority
Document Title
Vessel Charging Infrastructure at WETA Central Bay Operations & Maintenance Facility
Document Type
NOE - Notice of Exemption
Received
Posted
4/24/2026
Document Description
Battery electric vessel technology is ready to be used to support existing ferry service in the San Francisco Bay Area. This project includes vessel charging infrastructure at WETA’s Central Bay Operations & Maintenance Facility to support the operation and maintenance associated with battery electric ferries. This provides the most effective path of delivering reliable, zero emission ferry transit to the SF Bay Area, and this does not change the existing use of the Central Bay Operations & Maintenance Facility. The project encompasses the construction and installation of shore power pedestals and ancillary electrical infrastructure upgrades to the existing berths at the facility. The vessel charging infrastructure will utilize existing spare electrical capacity p and existing structures with spare load capacity.
Contact Information
Name
Chad Mason
Agency Name
San Francisco Bay Area Water Emergency Transportation Authority
Job Title
Capital Planning Manager
Contact Types
Lead/Public Agency
Phone
Location
Cities
Alameda
Counties
Alameda
Regions
San Francisco Bay Area
Cross Streets
670 W. Hornet Avenue
Zip
94501
Notice of Exemption
Exempt Status
Statutory Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Statutory Exemption, PRC Section 21080.25
Reasons for Exemption
Under PRC Section 21080.25(b), projects that "construct or maintain infrastructure to charge or refuel zero-emission ferries" that are carried out by a public agency on property owned by the transit agency, within an existing public right-of-way, or on property owned by a public or private utility are statutorily exempt from CEQA requirements. The proposed Project improvements, which would be carried out
and/or funded by WETA on WETA property, and which also include associated utility infrastructure improvements that are consistent with a project "to construct or maintain infrastructure to charge or refuel zero-emission ferries" under PRC 21080.25(b). Therefore, the proposed Project satisfies the requirements of PRC Section 21080.25(b) and is statutorily exempt from CEQA.
Exempt Status
Categorical Exemption
Type, Section or Code
Categorical Exemption, Classes 1, 2 and 11. Section 15301, 15302 and 15311
Reasons for Exemption
The project is consistent with a Class 1 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guideline § 15301) because it modifies an existing facility with electrical charging infrastructure but involves negligible or no expansion of existing use. The project is consistent with a Class 2 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guideline § 15302) because it will reconstruct an existing facility. The new vessel charging infrastructure will be located on the same site as the existing facility and will have the same purpose and capacity as the structure replaced. The project is consistent with a Class 3 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guideline § 15303) because it involves constructing, installing, and converting a new small structure or facility to a new use with only minor modifications. The project is consistent with a Class 11 Categorical Exemption (CEQA Guideline § 15311) because it involves constructing or placing minor structures accessory to an existing ferry operations & maintenance facility. The project will not involve cumulative impacts and will have no reasonable possibility of a significant effect due to unusual circumstances or a uniquely sensitive environment.
County Clerk
Alameda
Attachments
Notice of Exemption
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