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 95111 - Data Requirements and Calculation Methods for Electric Power Entities

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The electric power entity who is required to report
						  under section
						  95101 of this article must comply
						  with the following requirements.
(a)
General Requirements and Content for GHG Emissions Data Reports for
						Electricity Importers and Exporters
.
(1)
Greenhouse Gas
						Emissions
. The electric power entity must report GHG emissions
						separately for each category of delivered electricity required, in metric tons
						of CO2 equivalent (MT of CO2e),
						according to the calculation methods in section
						95111(b).
(2)
Delivered Electricity.
The electric power entity must report imported, exported, and wheeled
						electricity in MWh disaggregated by first point of receipt (POR) or final point
						of delivery, as applicable, and must also separately report imported and
						exported electricity from unspecified sources and from each specified source.
						Substitute electricity defined pursuant to section
						95102(a) must be
						separately reported for each specified source, as applicable. First points of
						receipt and final points of delivery (POD) must be reported using the
						standardized code used in NERC e-Tags, as well as the full name of the
						POR/POD.
(3)
Imported
						Electricity from Unspecified Sources
. When reporting imported
						electricity from unspecified sources, the electric power entity must report for
						each first point of receipt the following information:
(A) Whether the first point of receipt is
						located in a linked jurisdiction published on the ARB website;
(B) The amount of electricity from
						unspecified sources as measured at the first point of delivery in California;
						and
(C) GHG emissions, including
						those associated with transmission losses, as required in section
						95111(b).
(4)
Imported Electricity from
						Specified Facilities or Units.
The electric power entity must report
						all direct delivery of electricity as from a specified source for facilities or
						units in which they are a generation providing entity (GPE) or have a written
						power contract to procure electricity. A GPE must report imported electricity
						as from a specified source when the importer is a GPE of that facility. When
						reporting imported electricity from specified facilities or units, the electric
						power entity must disaggregate electricity deliveries and associated GHG
						emissions by facility or unit and by first point of receipt, as applicable. The
						reporting entity must also report total GHG emissions and MWh from specified
						sources and the sum of emissions from specified sources explicitly listed as
						not covered pursuant to section
						95852.2 of the cap-and-trade
						regulation. Seller Warranty: The sale or resale of specified source electricity
						is permitted among entities on the e-tag market path insofar as each sale or
						resale is for specified source electricity in which sellers have purchased and
						sold specified source electricity, such that each seller warrants the sale of
						specified source electricity from the source through the market path.
(A) Claims of specified sources of imported
						electricity, defined pursuant to section
						95102(a), are
						calculated pursuant to section
						95111(b), must
						meet the requirements in section
						95111(g), and
						must include the following information:
1.
Measured at Busbar.
The amount of imported electricity from
						specified facilities or units as measured at the busbar; and
2.
Not Measured at Busbar.
If the amount of imported electricity deliveries from specified facilities or
						units as measured at the busbar is not provided, report the amount of imported
						electricity as measured at the first point of delivery in California, including
						estimated transmission losses as required in section
						95111(b), and the
						reason why measurement at the busbar is not
						known.
(5)
Imported Electricity Supplied by Asset-Controlling Suppliers
.
						The reporting entity must separately report imported electricity supplied by
						asset-controlling suppliers recognized by ARB. The reporting entity must:
(A) Report the asset-controlling supplier
						standardized purchasing-selling entity (PSE) acronym or code, full name, and
						the ARB identification number;
(B)
						Report asset-controlling supplier power that was not acquired as specified
						power, as unspecified power;
(C)
						Report delivered electricity from asset-controlling suppliers as measured at
						the first point of delivery in the state of California; and,
(D) Report GHG emissions calculated pursuant
						to section
						95111(b),
						including transmission losses.
(E)
Tagging ACS Power
. To claim power from an asset-controlling
						supplier, the asset-controlling supplier must be identified on the physical
						path of the NERC e-Tag as the PSE at the first point of receipt, or in the case
						of asset controlling suppliers that are exclusive marketers, as the PSE
						immediately following the associated generation owner.
(6)
Exported Electricity
.
						The electric power entity must report exported electricity in MWh and
						associated GHG emissions in MT of CO2e for unspecified
						sources disaggregated by each final point of delivery outside the State of
						California, and for each specified source disaggregated by each final point of
						delivery outside the State of California, as well as the following information:
(A) Exported electricity as measured at the
						last point of delivery located in the State of California, if known. If
						unknown, report as measured at the final point of delivery outside
						California.
(B) Do not report
						estimated transmission losses.
(C)
						Report whether the final point of delivery is located in a linked jurisdiction
						published on the ARB website.
(D)
						Report GHG emissions calculated pursuant to section
						95111(b).
(7)
Exchange Agreements
. The
						electric power entity must report delivered electricity under power exchange
						agreements consistent with imported and exported electricity requirements of
						this section. Electricity delivered into the state of California under exchange
						agreements must be reported as imported electricity and electricity delivered
						out of California under exchange agreements must be reported as exported
						electricity.
(8)
Electricity Wheeled Through California.
The electric power
						entity who is the PSE on the last physical path segment that crosses the border
						of the State of California on the NERC e-tag must separately report electricity
						wheeled through California, aggregated by first point of receipt, and must
						exclude wheeled power transactions from reported imports and exports. When
						reporting electricity wheeled through California, the electric power entity
						must include the quantities of electricity wheeled through California as
						measured at the first point of delivery inside the State of California. Only an
						electric power entity, as defined in section
						95102(a), must
						report wheeled electricity through California.
(9)
Verification
						Documentation
. The electric power entity must retain for purposes of
						verification NERC e-Tags, written power contracts, settlements data, and all
						other information required to confirm reported electricity procurements and
						deliveries pursuant to the recordkeeping requirements of section
						95105.
(10)
Electricity Generating Units and
						Cogeneration Units in California
. Electric power entities that also
						operate electricity generating units or cogeneration units located inside the
						state of California that meet the applicability requirements of this article
						must report GHG emissions to ARB under section
						95112.
(11)
Electricity Generating Units and
						Cogeneration Units Outside California
. Operators and owners of
						electricity generating units and cogeneration units located outside the state
						of California who elect to report to ARB under section
						95112 must fully comply with the
						reporting and verification requirements of this article.
(12)
Electrical Distribution Utility
						Sales into CAISO.
All electrical distribution utilities (EDU) except
						IOUs must report the annual MWh of all electricity sold into the CAISO markets
						for which an EDU or generator receiving EDU-allocated allowances has a
						compliance obligation under the Cap-and-Trade Regulation. This reporting
						requirement also applies to CAISO sales from a generator to whose compliance
						account the reporting EDU directed ARB to deposit allocated allowances pursuant
						to section
						95892(b)(2)(A) of
						the cap-and-trade regulation; in this case, the reporting requirement is on the
						EDU that directed ARB to deposit allocated allowances.
(A) EDUs must report MWh by source of
						generation (if known), of the electricity sold into the CAISO markets and for
						which the EDU or generator receiving EDU-allocated allowances has a compliance
						obligation, and the emission factor (if known) for each source of generation,
						as follows:
1. For emissions associated with
						CAISO sales from a specified source located outside of California, the
						reporting EDU must use the emissions factors calculated by ARB pursuant to
						section 95111(b)(2).
2. For known in-State resources that are the
						source of CAISO sales:
i. If the EDU is the
						GPE, or has verifiable information related to the annual emissions and
						electricity production associated of the in-State resource, the EDU must
						calculate an emission factor for the resource. This calculation is subject to
						verifier review.
ii. If the EDU
						does not know the emissions and electricity production associated with the
						in-State resource, the EDU must use the default emission factor for unspecified
						electricity set forth in section
						95111(b)(1).
3. For sales into CAISO for which the source
						of generation is unknown or unspecified, the reporting EDU must use the default
						emission factor for unspecified electricity set forth in section
						95111(b)(1).
(B) This requirement does not apply to EDUs
						that have had all of their directly allocated allowances allocated for the data
						year placed in their limited use holding account pursuant to section
						95892(b)(2) of
						the Cap-and-Trade Regulation. Verifiers must contact the Air Resources Board
						directly to confirm that a specific EDU is not subject to this
						requirement.
(C) Excess electricity
						for non-native load. An EDU must report whether any electricity from any
						resource in its portfolio, for which an EDU has a compliance obligation, was
						sold into CAISO markets to ultimately serve any non-native load, in accordance
						with CAISO Fifth Replacement Tariff section
						11.29(a)(iii)
						dated May 1, 2014. Excess electricity that does not serve an EDU's native load,
						and meets the other requirements in this section, is reportable as CAISO sales,
						even if the generation resource causing the excess electricity is funded by
						municipal tax-exempt debt.
(D)
						Netting of electricity across intervals is prohibited in the calculation of
						reportable CAISO sales. Excess electricity sold into the CAISO markets in any
						interval cannot be netted against the electricity purchased from the CAISO
						markets in a different interval.
(E) The data sources and procedures used to
						report CAISO sales and emission factors must be specified in the GHG inventory
						plan documentation required by section
						95105(d).