Preparing a facility for hydrogen fuel cell electric buses

OCTA Facility Modifications for Hydrogen Fueling Station

Through our on-call contract, our team was tasked by Orange County Transit Authority (OCTA) to provide engineering support services for the utility modifications required for a new hydrogen fueling station at their Santa Ana Bus Base.

The scope of our work involves providing a new water line, communications line, and electrical service to the new fueling station. The team’s main challenge involves coordinating with Southern California Edison (SCE) to tap into the existing heavily burdened electrical service. The team is working very closely with SCE and OCTA’s facilities management and engineering staff to coordinate and minimize impacts to the existing facility. Led by Stantec, the design team studied multiple options for providing the utility connections for the new fueling station, reviewed them with OCTA and stakeholders, and coordinated with the fueling station design and construction team.

Ultimately, our team was able to provide the required utility connections while minimizing costs and impacts to the existing facility.