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 95354.1 - Calculating Annual Emissions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a)
Annual Emissions by Covered
						Insulating Gas.
For each covered insulating gas
j
emitted during data year
i
, GIE owners must use the following
						equation to calculate and report their annual emissions (pounds):
Annual Emissionsj,i =
						  (Decrease in covered insulating gas j inventory) + (Acquisitions of covered
						  insulating gas j) - (Disbursements of covered insulating gas j) - (Net increase
						  in total capacity of active GIE owned and filled with covered insulating gas
						  j).
Where all of the following values are measured in
						  pounds of gas for data year
i
:
Decrease in covered insulating gas j
						  inventory
= (covered insulating gas
j
stored in gas
						  containers and gas carts included in the gas container inventory, but not GIE,
						  at the beginning of data year
i
) - (covered insulating gas
j
stored in gas containers and gas carts included in the gas
						  container inventory, but not GIE, at the end of the data year);
Acquisitions of covered insulating gas
						  j
= (covered insulating gas
j
obtained in bulk during
						  the data year (e.g., in gas containers or gas carts) from chemical producers,
						  distributors, or other entities) + (covered insulating gas
j
inside GIE when acquired by the GIE owner, for any GIE that became active GIE
						  for the first time during the data year) + (covered insulating gas
j
at activation for active GIE transferred while in use from
						  another entity during the data year pursuant to section
						  95354(c)(2)) +
						  (covered insulating gas
j
returned to site during the data
						  year (e.g., in gas containers or gas carts) after off-site recycling);
Disbursements of covered insulating gas
						  j
= (covered insulating gas
j
at activation for
						  active GIE transferred while in use to another entity during the data year
						  pursuant to section
						  95354(c)(2)) +
						  (covered insulating gas
j
returned to suppliers (e.g., in gas
						  containers or gas carts) during the data year) + (covered insulating gas
j
sent off site for recycling in gas containers or gas carts
						  during the data year) + (covered insulating gas
j
sent to
						  destruction facilities in gas containers or gas carts during the data year) +
						  (covered insulating gas
j
sent to other entities); and
Net increase in total capacity of active GIE
						  owned and filled with covered insulating gas j
= (covered insulating
						  gas
j
at activation for GIE whose status changed to active GIE
						  for the first time during the data year or after being considered removed from
						  regular use during the data year pursuant to section
						  95354(c)(1)) -
						  (covered insulating gas
j
at activation for GIE removed from
						  regular use during the data year pursuant to section
						  95354(c)(1)) -
						  (covered insulating gas
j
at activation for active GIE
						  transferred while in use to another entity during the data year pursuant to
						  section 95354(c)(2)) +
						  (covered insulating gas
j
at activation for active GIE
						  transferred while in use from another entity during the data year pursuant to
						  section 95354(c)(2)).
When accounting for emissions associated with GIE that
						  are jointly owned by multiple GIE owners, each joint GIE owner must apply its
						  equity share of the relevant GIE when calculating annual emissions, pursuant to
						  section 95354(a)(7)(B).
(b)
CO2e
						emissions.
GIE owners must use the following equation to calculate
						their covered insulating gas emissions (MTCO2e) for data
						year
i
:
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Where:
"CO2e
						  emissionsi"
is the GIE owner's total covered
						  insulating gas emissions (MTCO2e) in data year
i
;
"n"
is the number of covered
						  insulating gases
j
;
"GWPj"
is the
						  global warming potential of covered insulating gas
j
;
"Emissionsj,i"
is the annual emissions (pounds) of covered insulating gas
j
in data year
i
; and
"
2204.62" is the number of pounds in a
						  metric ton.
(c)
CO2e Emissions Excluding Emergency
						Events.
GIE owners must use the following equation to calculate their
						covered insulating gas emissions in MTCO2e excluding
						emergency events approved by CARB pursuant to section
						95357.1:
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Where:
"CO2e emissions
						  excluding E.E.i"
is the GIE owner's total
						  covered insulating gas emissions (MTCO2e) in data year
i
, excluding emissions from emergency events for which the
						  Executive Officer approved an exemption (also in MTCO2e)
						  for data year
i
;
"n"
is the number of covered
						  insulating gases
j
;
"GWPj"
is the
						  global warming potential of covered insulating gas
j
released
						  during one or more emergency events;
" E.E.
Emissionsj,i"
is the annual emissions of gas
j
(pounds) from all emergency event exemptions approved by the
						  Executive Officer during data year
i
; and
"
2204.62" is the number of pounds in a
						  metric ton.
(d) For data
						year 2021, GIE owners must calculate the values required by section
						95354.1(a)-(c)
						for SF6 only.
(e) For data year 2022 and all subsequent
						data years, GIE owners must calculate the values required by section
						95354.1(a)-(c)
						for each covered insulating gas in their GIE, gas containers, and/or gas carts
						during the data year.
1. New
						  section filed 12-30-2021; operative 1-1-2022 pursuant to Government Code
						  section
						  11343.4(b)(3)
						  (Register 2021, No. 53). (Filing deadline specified in Government Code section
						  11349.3(a)
						  extended 60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order N-40-20 and an additional
						  60 calendar days pursuant to Executive Order
						  N-71-20.)
Note: Authority cited: Sections
							 38510,
							 38560,
							 38580,
							 39600
							 and
							 39601,
							 Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections
							 38560,
							 39600
							 and
							 39601,
							 Health and Safety Code.