California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 2 - State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 5 - Power Plant Site Certification › Article 4 - Additional Provisions Applicable to Geothermal Notices and Applications › A - General Provisions › Section 1804 - Special Geothermal Definitions

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
In addition to the definitions contained in Section
						1201 and unless otherwise
						indicated, the following definitions shall apply to this article.
(a) "Commercial quantities of a geothermal
					 resource" means enough geothermal steam or hot water resources from a
					 sufficient number of wells to support a reasonable conclusion that a proposed
					 power plant will be able to achieve the applicant's estimated gross capacity
					 over the life of the project.
(b)
					 "Full-field environmental impact report" means an environmental impact report
					 which considers in detail the impacts of the development of a geothermal field,
					 as defined by the resource developer, including but not limited to the
					 construction of well pads, the drilling and operation of geothermal wells, and
					 the construction and operation of geothermal resource conveyance lines, and
					 which generally considers the construction, operation, and maintenance of one
					 or more geothermal power plants within such geothermal field.
(c) "Geothermal field" means the geographic
					 area containing the wells that supply steam and/or hot water to one or more
					 geothermal power plants proposed in a notice or application.
(d) "Geothermal power plant" means any
					 thermal power plant, as defined under Section
					 25120
					 of the Public Resources Code, which uses geothermal resources as the principal
					 energy source for the generation of electrical power.
(e) "Twelve month process" means the
					 consideration, and the granting or denial of the certification, within 12
					 months from the filing of an application for a geothermal plant for which no
					 notice is required pursuant to Public Resources Code Section
					 25540.2(a).
(f) "KGRA" means Known Geothermal Resource
					 Area as defined by the United States Geological Survey.
(g) "Plant maturation period" means the
					 initial break-in period for a geothermal power plant which includes the period
					 from commencement of operation to the time required to achieve the anticipated
					 capacity factor.
(h)
					 "Reconnaissance survey" means a survey as defined by the Federal Power
					 Commission in
Archaeological and Historical Investigation for Energy
					 Facilities: A State of the Art
, 1977.
(i) "Resource conveyance line" means the
					 pipelines that transport the steam and/or hot water from the well to the
					 geothermal power plant or from the power plant to a holding pond for
					 reinjection.
(j) "Thermal spring"
					 means any natural or artificial spring outlet whose average temperature is at
					 least 15° F above the mean annual temperature of the air at the same
					 locality.
1.
						Amendment filed 1-11-83; designated effective 2-1-83 pursuant to Government
						Code section
						11346.2(d)
						(Register 83, No. 3).
2. Amendment filed 8-10-93; operative 9-9-93
						(Register 93, No. 33).
3. Amendment of first paragraph filed
						12-21-2015; operative 1-1-2016 pursuant to Government Code section
						11343.4(b)(3)
						(Register 2015, No. 52).
Note: Authority cited: Sections
						  25218(e)
						  and
						  25541.5,
						  Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections
						  25540-
						  25540.4,
						  Public Resources Code.