California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 2 - State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 11 - Greenhouse Gases Emission Performance Standard › Article 1 - Provisions Applicable to Powerplants 10 MW and Larger › Section 2908 - Public Notice

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The Energy
				  Commission shall create, maintain, and make available on its website a master
				  contact list containing the names and e-mail addresses of all persons who have
				  requested to be notified when a POU issues a notice pursuant to subdivision
				  (b).
(b) Each local publicly owned
				  electric utility shall post notice in accordance with Government Code Section
				  54950 et
				  seq. whenever its governing body will deliberate in public on a covered
				  procurement or any investment of $2.5 million or more to meet environmental
				  regulatory requirements at a non-EPS compliant baseload facility.
(1) At the posting of the notice of a public
				  meeting to consider a covered procurement or any investment of $2.5 million or
				  more to meet environmental regulatory requirements at a non-EPS compliant
				  baseload facility, the local publicly owned electric utility shall notify the
				  Commission and all persons on the Commission's master contact list for
				  notification of POU investments of the date, time and location of the meeting
				  so the Commission may post the information on its website. This requirement is
				  satisfied if the local publicly owned electric utility provides the Commission
				  and all persons on the Commission's master contact list for notification of POU
				  investments with the uniform resource locator (URL) that links to this
				  information.
(2) Upon distribution
				  to its governing body of information related to a covered procurement's
				  compliance with the EPS or any investment of $2.5 million or more to meet
				  environmental regulatory requirements at a non-EPS compliant baseload facility,
				  for its consideration at a noticed public meeting, the local publicly owned
				  electric utility shall make such information available to the public, shall
				  provide an electronic copy to all persons on the Commission's master contact
				  list established pursuant to subdivision (a), and shall provide the Commission
				  with an electronic copy of the document for posting on the Commission's
				  website. This requirement is satisfied if the local publicly owned electric
				  utility provides the Commission and all persons on the Commission's master
				  contact list for notification of POU investments with the URL that links to the
				  documents or information regarding other manners of access to the
				  documents.
(3) For a covered
				  procurement involving a new or renewed contract with a term of five years or
				  more, the documentation made publicly available at the time of posting pursuant
				  to Subsections (1) and (2) shall include at a minimum:
(A) A description of the terms of the
				  contract and option(s) to extend the contract;
(B) A description and identification of the
				  powerplant(s) providing energy under the contract, including, but not limited
				  to, power generation equipment and fuel type;
(C) A description of the design or operation
				  of the powerplant(s) so as to indicate whether or not the powerplant(s)
				  operates to supply baseload generation;
(D) An explanation as to how the contract is
				  compliant with the EPS; and
(E)
				  Supporting documents or information that allow for assessment of compliance
				  with the standard, including, but not limited to, staff assessments and reports
				  to the local publicly owned electric utility's governing body, planned or
				  historical production and fuel use data, and applicable historical continuous
				  emissions monitoring data.
(4) For a covered procurement involving a new
				  ownership investment, the documentation made available at the time of posting
				  pursuant to Subsections (1) and (2) shall include at a minimum:
(A) For new construction or purchase of an
				  existing generating unit or powerplant, a description and identification of the
				  planned powerplant or the purchased asset specifying the power generating
				  equipment, power source, such as fuel type, wind, or biomass, all supplemental
				  fuel sources, and all available historical production and fuel use
				  data;
(B) For an incremental
				  investment that is a covered procurement as defined in Section
				  2901(d), a
				  description of the modifications to the unit(s) and their impact on generation
				  capacity, carbon dioxide emissions, and planned operation.
(C) For non-renewable resources, the heat
				  rate or carbon dioxide emissions profile of the powerplant and the source of
				  this information.