California Code of Regulations › Title 17 - Public Health › Division 3 - Air Resources › Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board › Subchapter 10 - Climate Change › Article 2 - Mandatory Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting › Subarticle 2 - Requirements for the Mandatory Reporting of Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Specific Types of Facilities, Suppliers, and Entities › Section 95112 - Electricity Generation and Cogeneration Units

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The operator of a facility who is required to report
						  under section
						  95101 of this article, and who is
						  not eligible for abbreviated reporting under section
						  95103(a), must
						  report as specified below and comply with Subparts C and D of 40 CFR Part 98
						  (§§
												98.30 to
						  98.48), as applicable, in
						  reporting emissions and other data from electricity generating and cogeneration
						  units to ARB, except as otherwise provided in this section. Notwithstanding the
						  above, the operator of a facility with total facility nameplate generating
						  capacity of less than 1 MW may elect to follow section
						  95115 in reporting electricity
						  generating units as general combustion sources, in lieu of the requirements of
						  section 95112. If engineering estimation
						  is used to report disposition of generated energy or energy flow data that are
						  not used directly to determine emissions, facility operators must demonstrate
						  accuracy of the chosen engineering estimation method.
(a)
Information About the Electricity
						Generating Facility
. Notwithstanding any limitations in 40 CFR Parts
						75 or 98, the operator of an electricity generating facility is required to
						include in the emissions data report the information listed in this paragraph,
						unless otherwise specified in paragraphs (e) and (g) of this section for
						geothermal facilities and facilities with renewable energy generation.
						Reporting of information specified in section
						95112(a)(4)-(6)
						is optional for facilities that do not provide or sell any generated energy
						outside of the facility boundary. However, facility operators that are applying
						for or receiving the legacy contract transition assistance under the
						cap-and-trade regulation, or that are applying for or receiving the limited
						exemption for emissions from the production of qualified thermal output under
						the cap-and-trade regulation, must report the information in sections
						95112(a)(4)-(6),
						even if they do not provide or sell any generated energy outside of the
						facility boundary.
(1) If applicable, facility
						identification numbers assigned by the California Energy Commission, U.S.
						Energy Information Administration, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's PURPA
						Qualifying Facility program, and California Independent System
						Operator;
(2) Total facility
						nameplate generating capacity in megawatts (MW);
(3) Indicate whether the facility is a
						stand-alone electricity generating facility, an independently operated
						cogeneration/bigeneration facility co-located with the thermal host, an
						independently operated and sited cogeneration/bigeneration facility, or an
						industrial/institutional/commercial facility with electricity generation
						capacity, as applicable. Also indicate whether the facility is a grid-dedicated
						facility, a facility that does not provide any generated energy outside of the
						facility boundary, as applicable.
(4) The disposition of generated electricity
						in MWh, reported at the facility-level, including for each of the following
						disposition categories, if applicable:
(A)
Generated Electricity For Grid.
Generated electricity provided
						or sold to a retail provider or electricity marketer who distributes the
						electricity over the electric power grid for wholesale or retail customers of
						the grid. The operator must report the name of the retail provider or
						electricity marketer;
(B)
Generated Electricity For Other Users.
Generated electricity
						provided or sold directly to particular end-users (as defined in section
						95102). A reportable end-user
						includes any entity, under the same or different operational control, that is
						not a part of the facility. Report each end-user's facility name, NAICS code,
						and ARB ID if applicable;
1. In addition to
						reporting the overall amount of electricity provided or sold directly to end
						users, separately quantify and report the subset of generated electricity used
						to produce cooling energy (e.g., chilled water) to end-users outside of the
						facility boundary.
(C)
Generated Electricity For On-Site Industrial Applications Not Related
						to Electricity Generation.
If the facility includes industrial
						processes or operations that are neither in support of or a part of the power
						generation system, report the total amount of generated electricity used by
						those on-site industrial processes or operations.
1. In addition to reporting the overall
						amount of electricity used for on-site industrial applications not related to
						electricity generation, also separately quantify and report the subset of
						generated electricity that is used to produce cooling energy used on-site that
						is neither in support of nor a part of the power generation system.
If the facility includes equipment that utilizes
						  generated electricity to produce cooling (e.g., absorption chiller) for the
						  sole purpose of maintaining temperature in the electricity generation or
						  cogeneration system, account for such electricity as a part of the difference
						  between gross generation and net generation (parasitic load) pursuant to
						  section 95112(b)(2).
If a facility includes more than one electricity
						  generating unit or cogeneration system, and each unit/system or each group of
						  units generate electricity for different particular end-users or retail
						  providers or electricity marketers, the operator must separately report the
						  disposition of generated electricity by unit/system or by group of units. For
						  the purpose of separate reporting of disposition, the operator may group
						  similar units together if the generated electricity from the group of units is
						  provided to the same destination.
(5) The operator of a cogeneration or
						bigeneration unit must report the disposition of the thermal energy (MMBtu)
						generated by the cogeneration unit or bigeneration unit ("generated thermal
						energy"), reported at the facility-level, including for each of the following
						disposition categories, if applicable:
(A)
Generated Thermal Energy For Other Users.
Thermal energy
						provided or sold to particular end-users (as defined in section
						95102). A reportable end-user
						includes any entity, under the same or different operational control, that is
						not a part of the facility. Report each end-user's facility name, NAICS code,
						ARB ID if applicable, and the types of thermal energy product provided. Exclude
						from this quantity the amount of thermal energy that is vented, radiated,
						wasted, or discharged before the energy is provided to the end-user.
1. In addition to reporting the overall
						amount of generated thermal energy for other users, separately quantify and
						report the subset of generated thermal energy that is used to produce cooling
						energy (e.g., chilled water) or distilled water for a particular end-user
						outside of the facility boundary.
(B)
Parasitic Steam Use.
Thermal energy used for supporting power production that has been included in
						the quantity reported under paragraph 95112(b)(3) but that is not accounted for
						in the quantities reported under paragraphs 95112(a)(5)(A) and (C). This
						thermal energy quantity must not include steam directly used for power
						production, such as the steam used to drive a steam turbine generator to
						generate electricity. Activities for supporting power generation may include
						steam used for power augmentation, NOx control, sent to a deaerator, or sent to
						a cooling tower.
(C)
Generated Thermal Energy For On-Site Industrial Applications Not
						Related to Electricity Generation.
If the facility includes other
						industrial processes or operations that are neither in support of or a part of
						the electricity generation or cogeneration system, report the total amount of
						generated thermal energy that is used by those on-site industrial processes or
						operations and heating or cooling applications. Exclude from this quantity the
						amount of thermal energy that is vented, radiated, wasted, or discharged before
						it is utilized at industrial processes or operations. This quantity does not
						include the amount of thermal energy generated by equipment that is not an
						integral part of the cogeneration unit.
1. In
						addition to reporting the overall amount of electricity used for on-site
						industrial applications not related to electricity generation, also separately
						quantify and report the subset of generated electricity that is used on-site to
						produce cooling energy or distilled water that is neither in support of nor a
						part of the power generation system.
If the facility includes equipment that utilizes
						  generated thermal energy to produce cooling (e.g., absorption chiller) for the
						  sole purpose of maintaining temperature in the electricity generation or
						  cogeneration system, follow section
						  95112(a)(5)(B) in
						  reporting such use of generated thermal energy.
If a facility includes more than one cogeneration or
						  bigeneration unit/system, and each unit/system or each group of units generate
						  thermal energy for different particular end-users or on-site industrial
						  processes or operations, the operator must report the disposition of generated
						  thermal energy by unit/system or by group of units with the same
						  dispositions.
For the purpose of separate reporting of disposition,
						  the operator may group similar units together if the generated thermal energy
						  from the group of units is provided to the same
						  destination.
(6) For the first year of reporting,
						operators of cogeneration or bigeneration units must submit a simplified block
						diagram depicting the following, as applicable: individual equipment included
						in the generation system (e.g. turbine, engine, boiler, heat recovery steam
						generator); direction of flows of energy specified in paragraphs (a)(4)-(5),
						(b)(2)-(4) and (b)(7)-(8) of this section, with the forms of energy carrier
						(e.g. steam, water, fuel) labeled; and relative locations of fuel meters and
						other fuel quantity measurements. If the cogeneration or bigeneration system is
						modified after the initial submission of the diagram, the operator must
						resubmit an updated diagram to ARB.