OC.01Pilot Initiative

Orange County Multifamily Electrification Readiness Pilot™

A regional pilot helping multifamily owners identify deployment-ready assets before infrastructure funding windows open — and before engineering, utility coordination, and permitting capital is committed.

Pilot Initiative MapSCE · APU · SDG&E
SCE · COREUTILITY OVERLAYNORANGE COUNTY · PILOT COHORT 01
Tier 1 · Deployable
3
Tier 2 · Moderate
4
Tier 3 · Blocked
3
Cohort
01
Founding pilot — by selection
Geography
Orange County, CA
Multi-utility footprint
Asset Class
Multifamily
50+ units, owner-controlled parking
Window
Q3 2025 — Q1 2026
Aligned to public funding cycles
Outcome
Deployability Roadmap
Per-asset Tier classification + sequencing
OC.02Assessment Methodology

A defensible, transparent readiness methodology.

M.01

Asset Intake

Owner-side portfolio context: utility, electrical posture, parking layout, incentive history.

M.02

Constraint Surfacing

Service capacity, transformer queue, AHJ throughput, vendor velocity.

M.03

Multi-factor Scoring

Weighted scoring across seven deployability dimensions, calibrated to OC realities.

M.04

Tier Classification

Tier 1 / 2 / 3 deployability ranking with blocker classification.

M.05

Sequencing Logic

Property-level deployment order tied to funding windows and AHJ velocity.

M.06

Roadmap Output

Executive report, deployment roadmap, next-step recommendations.

OC.03Pilot Timeline

A six-stage execution arc.

Wk 0
Selection
Cohort onboarding
Wk 1
Intake
Portfolio context
Wk 2
Scoring
Readiness model
Wk 3
Tiering
Deployability classification
Wk 4
Sequencing
Funding-window alignment
Wk 5
Roadmap
Executive deliverable
OC.04Why deployment readiness matters

Funding windows are short. Friction is structural.

CALeVIP, EPIC-3, IRA-stacked, and utility make-ready programs reward portfolios that arrive deployment-ready. Owners without that evidence wait — or write checks against assets that will never make it through utility review in time.

Utility Coordination Friction

Service upgrade timelines vary 60–240 days across OC territory.

Infrastructure Bottlenecks

Switchgear, conduit, trenching, and transformer queues dominate critical path.

Readiness Benchmarking

Owners need comparative evidence — not anecdotes — to commit capital.

Portfolio Prioritization

Boards need defensible Tier 1 / 2 / 3 frames, not single-asset proposals.

OC.05 · Ecosystem Coordination

One coordination surface — owners, utilities, AHJs, and capital.

Owners / Operators

Portfolio-level deployability evidence.

Utilities

Lower-friction interconnection signal.

AHJs

Predictable multifamily project pipeline.

Public-sector Capital

Defensible deployability filter for grant capital.