This Localized Health Impacts Report describes the potential health impacts to communities from projects seeking California Energy Commission (CEC) funding under Grant Solicitation GFO-22-609. This grant initiative seeks to accelerate the development and deployment of easy-to-use charging products that help customers manage electric vehicle charging and respond to dynamic grid signals. Under California Code of Regulations Title 13, Section 2343, this report is available for public comment for 30 days before projects can be approved at a publicly noticed business meeting.
CEC staff has proposed 10 projects for grant funding awards under Solicitation GFO-22-609. In addition to deploying charging management software solutions, some of these projects will install electric vehicle supply equipment or charging infrastructure at multiple locations. If site locations for hardware charger installation were unavailable at the time of the application, metropolitan or county-level demographic data was used for environmental justice indication analysis. Based on known project location information provided by the awardees, 14 of the 23 communities where these projects are located are considered high-risk communities. Staff does not anticipate a net increase in the pollution burden for the communities where these projects are located.
