California Code of Regulations
Title 17 - Public Health
Division 3 - Air Resources
Chapter 1 - Air Resources Board
Subchapter 10 - Climate Change
Article 4 - Regulations to Achieve Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions
Subarticle 3.1 - Regulation for Reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear
Section 95357.2 - Nameplate Capacity Adjustments

(a) Notify CARB of the intention to perform nameplate capacity adjustments. The provisions of sections 95357.2(b)-(e) will only apply to GIE owners that elect to perform adjustments and that have notified CARB of their intent to do so.

(b) After submitting the notification per section 95357.2(a), perform the steps required pursuant to sections 95357.2(c)-(d) on all non-hermetically sealed SF6 GIE the first time each device is removed from regular use pursuant to section 95354(c)(1) or during maintenance activities that require opening the gas compartment. GIE that fall into the categories listed in subsections (b)(1)-(4) are exempted from this requirement:

(c) If a GIE owner elects to adjust the nameplate capacity of any GIE, the owner must:

(d) If the GIE device will remain in active service, and the revised nameplate capacity value differs from the nameplate capacity assigned to the device prior to the adjustment, the GIE owner must affix a revised nameplate capacity label, showing the revised nameplate value and the year the nameplate capacity adjustment process was performed, to the device by the end of the calendar year in which the process was completed. The manufacturer's previous nameplate capacity label must remain visible after the revised nameplate capacity label is affixed to the device.

(e) For each GIE device whose nameplate capacity was adjusted during the data year, the revised nameplate capacity value must be used in all provisions wherein the nameplate capacity is required to be recorded, reported, or used in a calculation in this subarticle unless otherwise specified herein.