Washington Administrative Code › Title 173 - Ecology, Department of (See also Titles 197, 317, 372, and 508) › Chapter 173-407 - GREENHOUSE GAS MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS AND EMISSIONS PERFORMANCE STANDARD FOR POWER PLANTS › Part I - CARBON DIOXIDE MITIGATION REQUIREMENTS › Section 173-407-020 - Definitions to Part I

Current through Register Vol. 24-14, July 15, 2024
The definitions in this section are only applicable to Part
				  I.
"Annual CO2 emission rate" means the
				  maximum potential annual CO2 emission rate.
"Applicant" has the meaning provided in RCW 80.50.-020 and
				  includes an applicant for a permit for a fossil-fueled thermal electric
				  generation facility subject to
				  RCW
				     70.94.152 and
				  80.70.020(1)(b)
				  or (d).
"Carbon credit" means a verified reduction in carbon dioxide
				  or carbon dioxide equivalents that is registered with a state, national, or
				  international trading authority or exchange that has been recognized by
				  EFSEC.
"Carbon dioxide equivalents" means a metric measure used to
				  compare the emissions from various greenhouse gases based upon their global
				  warming potential.
"CO2" means carbon dioxide.
"Cogeneration credit" means the carbon dioxide emissions that
				  EFSEC or the permitting authority, as appropriate, estimates a standalone
				  industrial and commercial facility would produce on an annual basis that is
				  equivalent in operating characteristics and output to the industrial or
				  commercial heating or cooling process component of the cogeneration
				  plant.
"Cogeneration plant" means a fossil-fueled thermal power
				  plant in which the heat or steam is also used for industrial or commercial
				  heating or cooling purposes and that meets federal energy regulatory commission
				  standards for qualifying facilities under the Public Utility Regulatory
				  Policies Act of 1978.
"Commercial operation" means the date that the first
				  electricity produced by a facility is delivered for commercial sale to the
				  power grid.
"Ecology" means the department of ecology.
"EFSEC" means the energy facility site evaluation
				  council.
"Fossil fuel" means natural gas, petroleum, coal, or any form
				  of solid, liquid, or gaseous fuel derived from such material to produce heat
				  for the generation of electricity.
"Independent qualified organization" is an organization
				  identified by EFSEC as meeting the requirements of
				  RCW
				     80.70.050.
"Mitigation plan" means a proposal that includes the process
				  or means to achieve carbon dioxide mitigation through use of mitigation
				  projects or carbon credits.
"Mitigation project" means one or more of the
				  following:
(a) Projects or actions implemented by the certificate holder
				  or order of approval holder, directly or through its agent, or by an
				  independent qualified organization to mitigate the emission of carbon dioxide
				  produced by the fossil-fueled thermal electric generation facility. This term
				  includes, but is not limited to:
(i) The use of energy efficiency measures;
(ii) Clean and efficient transportation measures;
(iii) Qualified alternative energy resources;
(iv) Demand side management of electricity consumption;
				  and
(v) Carbon sequestration programs.
(b) Direct application of combined heat and power
				  (cogeneration);
(c)Verified carbon credits traded on a recognized trading
				  authority or exchange; or
(d) Enforceable and permanent reductions in carbon dioxide or
				  carbon dioxide equivalents through process change, equipment shutdown, or other
				  activities under the control of the facility and approved as part of a carbon
				  dioxide mitigation plan.
"Modification" means the definition in WAC
				  173-400-030.
"MWe" means megawatts of electricity.
"Order of approval" means an order issued under
				  RCW
				     70.94.152 with respect to a fossil-fueled
				  thermal electric generation facility subject to WAC
				  173-407-030.
"Permanent" means that emission reductions used to offset
				  emission increases are assured for the life of the corresponding increase,
				  whether unlimited or limited in duration.
"Permitting authority" means ecology or the local air
				  pollution control authority with jurisdiction over the source.
"Qualified alternative energy resource" has the same meaning
				  as in
				  RCW
				     19.29A.090.
"Station generating capability" means the maximum load a
				  generator can sustain over a given period of time without exceeding design
				  limits, and measured using maximum continuous electric generation capacity,
				  less net auxiliary load, at average ambient temperature and barometric
				  pressure.
"Total carbon dioxide emissions" means:
(a)For a fossil-fueled thermal electric generation facility
				  described in WAC
				  173-407-030(1),
				  the amount of carbon dioxide emitted over a thirty-year period based on:
(i) The manufacturer's or designer's guaranteed total net
				  station generating capability;
(ii) New equipment heat rate; and
(iii) An assumed sixty percent capacity factor for facilities
				  under EFSEC's jurisdiction or sixty percent of the operational limitations on
				  facilities subject to an order of approval, taking into account any enforceable
				  limitations on operational hours or fuel types and use.
(b)For a fossil-fueled thermal electric generation facility
				  described in WAC
				  173-407-030(2),
				  the amount of carbon dioxide emitted over a thirty-year period based on:
(i) The proposed increase in the amount of electrical output
				  of the facility that exceeds the station generation capability of the facility
				  prior to the facility applying for certification or an order of
				  approval;
(ii) New equipment heat rate; and
(iii) An assumed sixty percent capacity factor for facilities
				  under EFSEC's jurisdiction or sixty percent of the operational limitations on
				  facilities subject to an order of approval, taking into account any enforceable
				  limitations on operational hours or fuel types and use.
Statutory Authority: Chapter 80.80 RCW. 08-14-011 (Order
					 07-11), § 173-407-020, filed 6/19/08, effective 7/20/08. Statutory
					 Authority:
					 RCW
					    70.94.892 and chapter 80.70 RCW. 05-01-237
					 (Order 03-09), § 173-407-020, filed 12/22/04, effective
					 1/22/05.