Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) GIE owners must establish and maintain a
current and complete GIE inventory for each data year, which includes the
following information for each GIE device that uses covered insulating gas:
(1) Equipment manufacturer name.
(2) Year equipment was manufactured.
(A) If the year the device was manufactured
cannot be determined, report a best estimate of the year of manufacture and
record how the estimated year was determined.
(3) Manufacturer serial number.
(A) For any GIE device whose serial number is
unknown (e.g., the serial number does not exist, or is not visible), another
unique identifier must be recorded as the manufacturer serial number. The GIE
owner must retain documentation that allows for each GIE device to be readily
identifiable.
(B) Whenever a GIE
owner owns multiple GIE with identical serial numbers, unique identifiers must
be recorded as the manufacturer serial number for each GIE device. The GIE
owner must retain documentation that allows for each GIE device to be readily
identifiable.
(4)
Equipment type.
(5) Equipment
voltage capacity (in kilovolts).
(6) The name and GWP of each covered
insulating gas used.
(7) Whether
the device is jointly owned with another GIE owner.
(A) For each GIE device that is jointly
owned, specify each co-owners' name, ARB ID (if known), and equity
share.
(B) Whenever a value to be
calculated under this subarticle must be divided between multiple GIE owners
(such as, but not limited to, a situation involving the splitting of a GIE
owner pursuant to section
95353(j)), or to
determine each GIE owner's share of emissions or covered insulating gas at
activation for a jointly owned GIE device, GIE owners must use the following
formula to calculate their share of the value:
GIE Owner Share = (Total) * (Equity
Share)
Where:
"GIE Owner Share" is the GIE owner's
reportable share of a GIE device's capacity or emissions;
"Total" is the total value being
divided between GIE owners; and
"Equity Share" is the GIE owner's
equity share of the GIE device, expressed as a decimal
value.
(8)
Nameplate capacity (pounds), as specified by the GIE manufacturer or as
determined pursuant to section
95357.2.
(A) If using the nameplate capacity specified
by the GIE manufacturer, the value must reflect the latest value specified by
the manufacturer during the data year.
(B) For each GIE device whose nameplate
capacity was adjusted during the data year, the GIE owner must also record:
1. The date the nameplate capacity adjustment
process was completed, and
2. The
pressure reading of the GIE device five minutes after the blank-off pressure
was achieved pursuant to section
95357.2(c)(5);
the blank-off pressure for the GIE device; the blank-off pressure of the gas
cart; and the units of pressure, which must be the same for all values recorded
pursuant to this section.
(C) In the event that the device was removed
from regular use during the data year, but never underwent a nameplate capacity
adjustment due to compromised integrity as specified in section
95357.2(b)(3),
record the manufacturer serial number of the device.
(9) If the GIE device has been active GIE at
some point during its ownership by the GIE owner but was not active GIE on
December 31 of the data year, the last date when the GIE device was active
GIE.
(10) Seal type (hermetic or
non-hermetic).
(A) For non-hermetically
sealed GIE:
1. The number of days in the data
year that the device was active GIE;
2. For GIE acquired after December 31, 2021,
record the amount of covered insulating gas in the device at the time the
device was acquired (pounds), either per information provided by the
manufacturer, or by transferring covered insulating gas from the GIE device to
a gas container and measuring the amount of covered insulating gas transferred.
The GIE owner is responsible for ensuring the gas is accounted for consistent
with the methodologies specified in sections
95354(b)(1),
95354(b)(2),
95354(d)(1), or
95354(d)(2). If
no covered insulating gas was in the device when it was acquired, record this
value as zero;
3. For GIE acquired
after December 31, 2021, if covered insulating gas is added to the GIE device
subsequent to the acquisition of the device to make it active GIE for the first
time, record the following:
a. The date(s)
that covered insulating gas was added to the device, and
b. The total amount of covered insulating gas
added to the device, calculated per section
95354(b)(1) or
95354(b)(2);
4. Whether the device was active GIE or not
on January 1 of the data year (required beginning January 1, 2022);
5. Whether the device was active GIE or not
on December 31 of the data year (required beginning January 1, 2022);
6. For GIE acquired after December 31, 2021
and made active for the first time after December 31, 2021, covered insulating
gas at activation shall be calculated as the sum of the values recorded in
sections 95354(a)(10)(A)2.
and 95354(a)(10)(A)3.b. (pounds). If no covered insulating gas was added to the
GIE device per section
95354(a)(10)(A)3.,
covered insulating gas at activation shall be equal to the value recorded in
section 95354(a)(10)(A)2.;
7. Any of the following changes in
operational status that occured during the data year:
a. The GIE device became active for the first
time or after it was previously considered removed from regular use pursuant to
section 95354(c)(1);
b. The GIE device was transferred while in
use to or from another entity pursuant to section
95354(c)(2);
and/or
c. The GIE device was
removed from regular use pursuant to section
95354(c)(1).
8. Whether the GIE device was included in the
calculation of BL CO2e
capacity12/31/2024 (required for data year 2025
only) or BL CO2e
capacity12/31/2024,y for data year i-1
(required beginning January 1, 2026); and
9. For GIE removed from regular use during
the data year and included in the calculation
of BL
CO2
e
capacity12/31/2024 (required for data year 2025
only) or
BL CO2
e
capacity12/31/2024,y for data year i-1
(required beginning January 1, 2026), whether the GIE device was:
a. Not replaced, or
b. Replaced by a
non-SF6 GIE device, or
c. Replaced by an SF6
GIE device acquired pursuant to section
95352(a)(1). If
the GIE device was so replaced, provide the manufacturer serial number of the
replacement SF6 GIE device, or
d. Replaced by an SF6
GIE device not acquired pursuant to section
95352(a)(1). If
the GIE device was so replaced, provide the manufacturer serial number of the
replacement SF6 GIE
device.
(B) For
hermetically sealed GIE, whether the device was connected through busbars or
cables to an electrical power system or not (required beginning January 1,
2022) on the following dates:
1. January 1 of
the data year; and
2. December 31
of the data year.
(11) For GIE acquired after December 31,
2021:
(A) Date purchased and date
acquired;
(B) Short-circuit current
rating (kA); and
(C) Whether the
device is or will be used above or below ground.
(12) For
SF6-containing replacement parts installed during the
data year on active SF6 GIE for which the phase-out date
has already passed (required beginning January 1, 2025):
(A) Name or description of the replacement
part;
(B)
SF6 capacity of the replacement part (if available);
and
(C) Manufacturer's serial
number of the SF6 GIE device.
(13) For SF6 GIE
acquired after the applicable phase-out date, indicate the following:
(A) If acquired pursuant to section
95352(a)(1), the
SF6 phase-out exemption request identification number,
or that the device was acquired in response to a failure pursuant to section
95357(i) or
95357(j).
(B) If acquired pursuant to section
95352(a)(2), the
name and ARB ID (if known) of the previous GIE owner.
(C) If acquired pursuant to section
95352(a)(4), the
manufacturer serial number pursuant to section
95354(a)(3) of
the SF6 GIE device that was returned to the
manufacturer.
(14)
Whether the GIE device was no longer owned by the GIE owner on December 31 of
the data year.
(b)
Beginning January 1, 2022, for any GIE device that has never been in the GIE
owner's inventory as active GIE or that was accounted for in section
95354(c)(1) in a
prior data year, and to which covered insulating gas must be added for it to
become active GIE, GIE owners shall not add covered insulating gas to a GIE
device prior to the data year in which it first becomes active GIE or becomes
active GIE after being accounted for in section
95354(c)(1). The
amount of covered insulating gas transferred to the GIE device (pounds) must be
determined using either of the following methodologies and recorded.
(1) Weigh the gas container being used to
fill the device prior to, and after, the addition of the covered insulating gas
to the GIE device following the requirements of section
95354(e), and
subtract the second value (after-transfer gas container weight) from the first
value (prior-to-transfer gas container weight).
(2) Connect a mass flow meter between the GIE
device and a gas cart. Transfer gas to the GIE to reach the
temperature-compensated design operating pressure per manufacturer
specifications. Close the connection to the GIE from the mass flow meter hose
and ensure that the gas trapped in the filling hose returns through the mass
flow meter. Calculate the amount of gas transferred from the mass reading on
the mass flow meter.
(c)
Beginning January 1, 2022, any GIE device that has been active GIE at some
point during ownership by the GIE owner:
(1)
Shall be considered "removed from regular use" in section
95354.1(a) when
covered insulating gas has been extracted pursuant to section
95354(d) after
any of the following circumstances:
(A) When
the GIE device has not been active GIE for five consecutive years;
(B) When the GIE device is taken out of
active service for the purpose of removing the device from a GIE owner's
inventory (e.g., to be disposed of, sold, transferred to a new GIE owner);
or
(C) When the GIE device has been
inactive GIE for less than five consecutive years and is being removed from the
GIE owner's inventory (e.g., to be disposed of, sold, transferred to a new GIE
owner).
(2) Shall be
considered "transferred while in use" in section
95354.1(a) when
the GIE device is removed from a GIE owner's inventory without being taken out
of active service (e.g., transferred to a new GIE owner while remaining in
place and continuing operation).
(d) Within one year of a GIE device meeting
any of the specifications in sections
95354(c)(1)(A)
through 95354(c)(1)(C),
covered insulating gas must be removed and accounted for. The amount of covered
insulating gas transferred out of the GIE device (pounds) must be recorded by
the GIE owner or by the manufacturer, contractor, or vendor that recovers the
gas. The GIE owner is responsible for ensuring the gas is accounted for
consistent with the methodologies specified in section
95354(d)(1) or
(2).
(1)
Weigh the gas container being used to receive the covered insulating gas from
the device prior to, and after, recovery of the covered insulating gas from the
GIE device following the requirements of section
95354(e), and
subtract the first value (prior-to-transfer gas container weight) from the
second value (after-transfer gas container weight).
(2) Use a mass flow meter as described in
section 95354(b)(2).
(e) Whenever a gas container or gas cart is
required to be weighed, weigh the gas container or gas cart on a scale that is
certified by the manufacturer to be accurate to within one percent of the true
weight.
(f) The following accuracy
requirements apply to equipment used to determine values required to be
recorded under this subarticle:
(1)
Flow meters must be certified by the manufacturer to be
accurate to within one percent of the largest value that the flow meter can,
according to the manufacturer's specifications, accurately record.
(2)
Pressure gauges must be
certified by the manufacturer to be accurate within 0.5% of the largest value
that the gauge can, according to the manufacturer's specifications, accurately
record.
(3)
Temperature
gauges must be certified by the manufacturer to be accurate within +/-
1.0o F.
(4)
Gas carts used to
perform nameplate capacity adjustments must be capable of recovering gas from
the GIE device to the maximum achievable blank-off pressure specified by the
GIE manufacturer.
(g) GIE
owners must weigh covered gas containers at the points in time set forth in
sections 95354(g)(1)(A)-(B)
and 95354(g)(2). Each
time a container is weighed, record the date, the amount of covered insulating
gas in the container (pounds), and the reason why the container was weighed
(end of calendar year weighing, added to inventory, removed from inventory).
(1) For each covered gas container owned by
or stored on the property of the GIE owner, all of which make up the GIE
owner's gas container inventory, weigh the gas container at the following
times:
(A) The end of the calendar year. To
determine this value, containers must be weighed on or between December 1 of
the data year and January 15 of the next data year. The container may only be
weighed in January of the next data year if it was not used between December 31
of the data year and the date the container is weighed.
(B) Whenever the covered gas container is
added to, or removed from, the GIE owner's gas container
inventory.
(2) For
covered gas containers that are neither owned by nor stored on the property of
the GIE owner, weigh the gas container both immediately before and immediately
after use at any of the GIE owner's facilities for the purpose of adding or
removing insulating gas to or from GIE, a gas cart, or another container
following the requirements of section
95354(e).
(3) To determine the amount of covered
insulating gas in the gas container, weigh the gas container (along with its
contents), and subtract the tare weight of the container.
(h) GIE owners must establish and maintain a
current and complete inventory of all covered gas containers and gas carts that
contain covered insulating gas. The inventory must include the following
information for each covered gas container and gas cart:
(1) For gas containers, whether it is
required to be weighed pursuant to section
95354(g)(1) or
95354(g)(2), and
for gas carts, whether the amount of gas within the cart is determined pursuant
to section
95354(j)(2)-(3)
or 95354(j)(4).
(2) A unique identification number.
(3) The name and GWP of each covered
insulating gas used.
(4) For gas
containers, information required to be recorded pursuant to section
95354(g), and for
gas carts, information required to be recorded pursuant to section
95354(j).
(5) The amount of covered insulating gas in
the container or gas cart (pounds) at the beginning of the data year. This
value must be identical to the value reported for the end of the prior data
year pursuant to section
95354(g)(1)(A) or
95354(j)(2).
(i)
Transfers of covered insulating
gas. Each time covered insulating gas is transferred into or out of a
GIE device, GIE owners must record:
(1) The
manufacturer serial number pursuant to section
95354(a)(3);
(2) The gas container's unique identification
number;
(3) Whether the covered
insulating gas was transferred into or out of the GIE device;
(4) The date of the transfer; and
(5) The type of covered insulating
gas.
(j)
Gas
Carts. GIE owners must do the following for all gas carts owned by or
stored on the property of the GIE owner that contain covered insulating gas:
(1) By January 1, 2022, the GIE owner must
determine whether they will account for covered insulating gas in each gas cart
using the "container method" following the requirements of section
95354(j)(2)(A),
the "scale method" following the requirements of section
95354(j)(2)(B),
or the "mass flow meter method" following the requirements of section
95354(j)(2)(C)
and must, for each gas cart, use the method selected for all subsequent
measurements of the amount of covered insulating gas in that gas cart pursuant
to section
95354(j)(2)-(3).
Whenever a GIE owner acquires a gas cart after December 31, 2021, they must
select the methodology they will use at the time the gas cart is
acquired.
(2) For each gas cart
owned by or stored on the property of the GIE owner on December 31 of the data
year, the amount of covered insulating gas within the gas cart at the end of
the calendar year must be determined during the timeframe established in
section 95354(g)(1)(A)
using the methodology selected pursuant to section
95354(j)(1):
(A)
Container method.
Transfer insulating gas from the gas cart to a covered gas container(s) until
the gas cart reaches the pressure specified by the GIE owner in section
95354(j)(2)(D).
Weigh the gas container(s) before and after the transfer and determine the
weight of the covered insulating gas in the gas cart by subtracting the first
recorded value from the second;
(B)
Scale method. Determine the amount of gas stored in the gas
cart by weighing the gas cart itself, and subtracting the tare weight,
following the procedures in section
95354(g)(3);
or
(C)
Mass flow meter
method. Connect a mass flow meter between the gas cart and a container
or another gas cart and recover gas until the pressure specified by the GIE
owner in section
95354(j)(2)(D) is
reached, then determine the amount of gas transferred from the mass reading on
the mass flow meter.
(D) GIE owners
using the container method or mass flow meter method must, for each gas cart,
specify by January 1, 2022 or the date the gas cart is acquired, the pressure
at which the cart is empty according to manufacturer specifications, and bring
the cart to that pressure every time they account for covered insulating gas in
that gas cart.
(E) GIE owners must
not include gas accounted for pursuant to section
95354(j)(2) in
any measurements made pursuant to section
95354(g)(1) or
(2).
(3) Whenever a gas cart is added to, or
removed from, the GIE owner's inventory, the amount of covered insulating gas
within the gas cart must be determined using the method selected pursuant to
section 95354(j)(1).
(4) Each time a gas cart that is neither
owned by nor stored on the property of the GIE owner is brought onto or removed
from the property of the GIE owner, the GIE owner must:
(A) Follow the procedures of section
95354(j)(2)(A);
(B) Follow the procedures of section
95354(j)(2)(B);
or
(C) Follow the procedures of
section 95354(j)(2)(C).
(k) GIE owners must establish and adhere to
written procedures to track all covered gas containers included in the
inventory compiled pursuant to section
95354(h). The GIE
owner must review the procedures annually and revise them as needed to ensure
the information is current and the requirements of sections
95354(e)-(j) are
met.
(l)
Calibration. GIE owners must:
(1) Prior to a scale's initial use to measure
quantities reported under this subarticle, the scale must be calibrated
according to the calibration procedures specified by the scale manufacturer. If
a scale manufacturer has not specified calibration procedures, use
NIST-traceable standards and a published calibration method identified as
appropriate for that scale by either the International Society of Weighing and
Measurement or the National Conference on Weights and Measures.
(2) Recalibrate scales used to measure
quantities reported under this subarticle every three years, or at the minimum
frequency specified by the manufacturer, whichever is more frequent. If a scale
manufacturer has not specified calibration procedures, use NIST-traceable
standards and a published calibration method identified as appropriate for that
scale by either the International Society of Weighing and Measurement or the
National Conference on Weights and Measures.
(3) Prior to a mass flow meter's initial use
to measure quantities reported under this subarticle, the flow meter must be
calibrated according to the calibration procedures specified by the
manufacturer. If a mass flow meter manufacturer has not specified calibration
procedures, use NIST-traceable standards and an appropriate flow meter
calibration method published by a consensus-based standards
organization.
(4) Recalibrate mass
flow meters, pressure gauges, and temperature gauges used to measure quantities
reported under this subarticle at the minimum frequency specified by the
manufacturer.
(5) Establish and
maintain a log of all measurements and calibrations required by sections
95354 (l)(1)-(4),
including a description of all methods used to calibrate the scale or flow
meter, providing sufficient detail to establish that the method complies with
the requirements of sections
95354
(l)(1)-(4).
(m)
Gas Blends. Whenever
covered insulating gas that is a constituent of a gas blend must be quantified,
use the following equation to calculate the amount of covered insulating gas to
be reported (pounds) and record the values of the inputs used:
Covered Insulating Gas = (Insulating Gas) *
(Mass Share)
Where
"Covered Insulating Gas" is the amount
of covered insulating gas required to be reported (pounds);
"Insulating Gas" is the total amount
of insulating gas (pounds) in the gas blend of which the covered insulating gas
is a constituent member; and
"Mass Share" is the ratio of the mass
of covered insulating gas relative to the total amount of insulating gas
expressed as a decimal value.
1. New
section filed 2-2-2011; operative 2-2-2011 pursuant to Government Code section
11343.4
(Register 2011, No. 5).
2. Amendment of section heading, repealer
and new section and amendment of NOTE 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.
