California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 10 - Climate Change › Article 4 - Regulations to Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions › Subarticle 3.1 - Regulation for Reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear › Section 95354 - Inventory and Insulating Gas Procedures

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) GIE owners must establish and maintain a
						current and complete GIE inventory for each data year, which includes the
						following information for each GIE device that uses covered insulating gas:
(1) Equipment manufacturer name.
(2) Year equipment was manufactured.
(A) If the year the device was manufactured
						cannot be determined, report a best estimate of the year of manufacture and
						record how the estimated year was determined.
(3) Manufacturer serial number.
(A) For any GIE device whose serial number is
						unknown (e.g., the serial number does not exist, or is not visible), another
						unique identifier must be recorded as the manufacturer serial number. The GIE
						owner must retain documentation that allows for each GIE device to be readily
						identifiable.
(B) Whenever a GIE
						owner owns multiple GIE with identical serial numbers, unique identifiers must
						be recorded as the manufacturer serial number for each GIE device. The GIE
						owner must retain documentation that allows for each GIE device to be readily
						identifiable.
(4)
						Equipment type.
(5) Equipment
						voltage capacity (in kilovolts).
(6) The name and GWP of each covered
						insulating gas used.
(7) Whether
						the device is jointly owned with another GIE owner.
(A) For each GIE device that is jointly
						owned, specify each co-owners' name, ARB ID (if known), and equity
						share.
(B) Whenever a value to be
						calculated under this subarticle must be divided between multiple GIE owners
						(such as, but not limited to, a situation involving the splitting of a GIE
						owner pursuant to section
						95353(j)), or to
						determine each GIE owner's share of emissions or covered insulating gas at
						activation for a jointly owned GIE device, GIE owners must use the following
						formula to calculate their share of the value:
GIE Owner Share = (Total) * (Equity
						  Share)
Where:
"GIE Owner Share"
is the GIE owner's
						  reportable share of a GIE device's capacity or emissions;
"Total"
is the total value being
						  divided between GIE owners; and
"Equity Share"
is the GIE owner's
						  equity share of the GIE device, expressed as a decimal
						  value.
(8)
						Nameplate capacity (pounds), as specified by the GIE manufacturer or as
						determined pursuant to section
						95357.2.
(A) If using the nameplate capacity specified
						by the GIE manufacturer, the value must reflect the latest value specified by
						the manufacturer during the data year.
(B) For each GIE device whose nameplate
						capacity was adjusted during the data year, the GIE owner must also record:
1. The date the nameplate capacity adjustment
						process was completed, and
2. The
						pressure reading of the GIE device five minutes after the blank-off pressure
						was achieved pursuant to section
						95357.2(c)(5);
						the blank-off pressure for the GIE device; the blank-off pressure of the gas
						cart; and the units of pressure, which must be the same for all values recorded
						pursuant to this section.
(C) In the event that the device was removed
						from regular use during the data year, but never underwent a nameplate capacity
						adjustment due to compromised integrity as specified in section
						95357.2(b)(3),
						record the manufacturer serial number of the device.
(9) If the GIE device has been active GIE at
						some point during its ownership by the GIE owner but was not active GIE on
						December 31 of the data year, the last date when the GIE device was active
						GIE.
(10) Seal type (hermetic or
						non-hermetic).
(A) For non-hermetically
						sealed GIE:
1. The number of days in the data
						year that the device was active GIE;
2. For GIE acquired after December 31, 2021,
						record the amount of covered insulating gas in the device at the time the
						device was acquired (pounds), either per information provided by the
						manufacturer, or by transferring covered insulating gas from the GIE device to
						a gas container and measuring the amount of covered insulating gas transferred.
						The GIE owner is responsible for ensuring the gas is accounted for consistent
						with the methodologies specified in sections
						95354(b)(1),
						95354(b)(2),
						95354(d)(1), or
						95354(d)(2). If
						no covered insulating gas was in the device when it was acquired, record this
						value as zero;
3. For GIE acquired
						after December 31, 2021, if covered insulating gas is added to the GIE device
						subsequent to the acquisition of the device to make it active GIE for the first
						time, record the following:
a. The date(s)
						that covered insulating gas was added to the device, and
b. The total amount of covered insulating gas
						added to the device, calculated per section
						95354(b)(1) or
						95354(b)(2);
4. Whether the device was active GIE or not
						on January 1 of the data year (required beginning January 1, 2022);
5. Whether the device was active GIE or not
						on December 31 of the data year (required beginning January 1, 2022);
6. For GIE acquired after December 31, 2021
						and made active for the first time after December 31, 2021, covered insulating
						gas at activation shall be calculated as the sum of the values recorded in
						sections 95354(a)(10)(A)2.
						and 95354(a)(10)(A)3.b. (pounds). If no covered insulating gas was added to the
						GIE device per section
						95354(a)(10)(A)3.,
						covered insulating gas at activation shall be equal to the value recorded in
						section 95354(a)(10)(A)2.;
7. Any of the following changes in
						operational status that occured during the data year:
a. The GIE device became active for the first
						time or after it was previously considered removed from regular use pursuant to
						section 95354(c)(1);
b. The GIE device was transferred while in
						use to or from another entity pursuant to section
						95354(c)(2);
						and/or
c. The GIE device was
						removed from regular use pursuant to section
						95354(c)(1).
8. Whether the GIE device was included in the
						calculation of
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						capacity12/31/2024
(required for data year 2025
						only) or
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for data year i-1
						(required beginning January 1, 2026); and
9. For GIE removed from regular use during
						the data year and included in the calculation
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						capacity12/31/2024
(required for data year 2025
						only) or
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						capacity12/31/2024,y
for data year i-1
						(required beginning January 1, 2026), whether the GIE device was:
a. Not replaced, or
b. Replaced by a
						non-SF6 GIE device, or
c. Replaced by an SF6
						GIE device acquired pursuant to section
						95352(a)(1). If
						the GIE device was so replaced, provide the manufacturer serial number of the
						replacement SF6 GIE device, or
d. Replaced by an SF6
						GIE device not acquired pursuant to section
						95352(a)(1). If
						the GIE device was so replaced, provide the manufacturer serial number of the
						replacement SF6 GIE
						device.
(B) For
						hermetically sealed GIE, whether the device was connected through busbars or
						cables to an electrical power system or not (required beginning January 1,
						2022) on the following dates:
1. January 1 of
						the data year; and
2. December 31
						of the data year.
(11) For GIE acquired after December 31,
						2021:
(A) Date purchased and date
						acquired;
(B) Short-circuit current
						rating (kA); and
(C) Whether the
						device is or will be used above or below ground.
(12) For
						SF6-containing replacement parts installed during the
						data year on active SF6 GIE for which the phase-out date
						has already passed (required beginning January 1, 2025):
(A) Name or description of the replacement
						part;
(B)
						SF6 capacity of the replacement part (if available);
						and
(C) Manufacturer's serial
						number of the SF6 GIE device.
(13) For SF6 GIE
						acquired after the applicable phase-out date, indicate the following:
(A) If acquired pursuant to section
						95352(a)(1), the
						SF6 phase-out exemption request identification number,
						or that the device was acquired in response to a failure pursuant to section
						95357(i) or
						95357(j).
(B) If acquired pursuant to section
						95352(a)(2), the
						name and ARB ID (if known) of the previous GIE owner.
(C) If acquired pursuant to section
						95352(a)(4), the
						manufacturer serial number pursuant to section
						95354(a)(3) of
						the SF6 GIE device that was returned to the
						manufacturer.
(14)
						Whether the GIE device was no longer owned by the GIE owner on December 31 of
						the data year.