Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 24, December 18, 2024
(a) A CO[2] Budget source shall report net
electric output and net thermal output to the Department pursuant to (b)
through (j) below.
(b) A CO[2]
Budget unit that participates in a wholesale electricity market administered by
PJM or NYISO[2] shall submit to the Department the same megawatt-hour value it
is required to submit to PJM or NYISO[2] to document megawatt-hours of
electrical output and a statement certifying that the megawatt-hours of
electrical output reported reflects the total actual electrical output for the
CO[2] Budget unit used by PJM or NYISO[2] to determine settlement of
transactions among wholesale electricity market participants.
(c) A CO[2] Budget unit that does not
participate in a wholesale electricity market administered by PJM or NYISO[2]
shall report net electrical output in accordance with an output monitoring plan
approved by the Department pursuant to (g) below.
(d) A CO[2] Budget unit that reports gross
hourly MW to the Administrator shall use the same electronic data report (EDR)
gross output (in MW), as it submitted to the Administrator, for the hour times
operating time in the hour, added for all hours in a year.
(e) A CO[2] Budget unit that does not report
gross hourly MW to the Administrator shall submit to the Department information
in accordance with (g)1 below.
(f)
A CO[2] Budget source that sells steam shall use billing meters to determine
and report net steam output. A CO[2] Budget source for which steam output is
not measured by billing meters or for which steam output is combined with
output from a non-CO[2] Budget unit prior to measurement by the billing meter
shall report net steam output in accordance with an output monitoring plan
approved by the Department pursuant to (g) below. If data for steam output is
not available, the CO[2] Budget source shall report heat input providing useful
steam output as a surrogate for steam output in accordance with an output
monitoring plan approved by the Department pursuant to (e) below.
(g) Each CO[2] Budget source shall submit to
the Department for approval an output monitoring plan that includes a diagram
and description as stated below:
1. A diagram
of the electrical and/or steam system, as applicable, for which output is being
monitored, as follows:
i. For monitoring net
electric output, the diagram must contain all CO[2] Budget units and all
electric generators served by each CO[2] Budget unit and the relationship
between CO[2] Budget units and electric generators. If an electric generator
served by a CO[2] Budget unit is also served by a non-CO[2] Budget unit, the
non-CO[2] Budget unit and its relationship to each electric generator shall be
indicated on the diagram as well. The diagram shall indicate where the net
electric output is measured and include all electrical inputs and outputs to
and from the facility. If net electric output is determined using a billing
meter, the diagram shall show each billing meter used to determine net sales of
electricity and show that all electricity measured at the point of sale is
generated by the CO[2] Budget unit; or
ii. For monitoring net thermal output, the
diagram must include all steam or hot water coming into the net steam system,
including steam from CO[2] Budget units and non-CO[2] Budget units, and all
exit points of steam or hot water from the net steam system. In addition, each
input and output stream must have an estimated temperature, pressure, and phase
indicator, and an enthalpy in Btu/lb. The diagram of the net steam system must
identify all steam loads, including, but not limited to, useful loads, house
loads, parasitic loads, and all boiler feedwater returns. The diagram must
represent all energy losses in the system as either usable or unusable losses.
The diagram must also indicate all flow meters, temperature or pressure
sensors, or other equipment used to calculate gross thermal output. If a sales
agreement is used to determine net thermal output, the diagram shall show the
monitoring equipment used to determine the sales of steam;
2. A description of each output monitoring
system. The description of the output monitoring system must include a written
description of the output system and the equations used to calculate output.
For net thermal output systems, descriptions and justifications of each useful
load must be included;
3. A
detailed description of all quality assurance and quality control activities
that will be performed to maintain the output system in accordance with (i)
below ; and
4. Documentation
supporting any output value(s) to be used as a missing data value should there
be periods of invalid output data. The missing data output value must be either
zero or an output value that is likely to be lower than a measured value and
that is approved as part of the monitoring plan required under this
section.
(h) The CO[2]
authorized account representative for the CO[2] Budget source shall submit a
certification, which may be submitted with the certification application
required under N.J.A.C. 7:27C-8.2(e), stating that the output monitoring system
either consists entirely of billing meters or meets one of the accuracy
requirements for non-billing meters at (h)2 below. The certification shall
state that the monitoring system meets the following requirements, as
applicable:
1. The billing meter must record
the electric or thermal output. Any electric or thermal output values that the
CO[2] Budget source reports must be the same as the values used in billing for
the output. NO[x] additional certification or testing is required for any
output measurement equipment that is used as a billing meter in commercial
transactions; or
2. For a
non-billing meter, the accuracy of the output monitoring system must either be
within 10.0 percent of the reference value (a system approach to accuracy), or
the accuracy of each component monitor for the output system must be within 3.0
percent of the full-scale value (a component approach to accuracy), whichever
is less stringent, as follows:
i. The system
approach to accuracy must include a determination of how the system accuracy of
10.0 percent is achieved using the individual components in the system and
include data loggers and any watt meters used to calculate the final net
electric output data and/or any flowmeters for steam or condensate, temperature
measurement devices, absolute pressure measurement devices, and differential
pressure devices used for measuring thermal energy; or
ii. If testing a piece of output measurement
equipment pursuant to the component approach to accuracy shows that the output
readings are not accurate to within 3.0 percent of the full-scale value, then
the equipment shall be repaired or replaced to meet that requirement. Data
shall remain invalid until the output measurement equipment passes an accuracy
test or is replaced with another piece of equipment that passes the accuracy
test.
(i)
Ongoing quality assurance and quality control (QA/QC) activities shall be
performed to maintain the output system in accordance with the following:
1. Where billing meters are used to determine
output, NO[x] QA/QC activities beyond what are already performed are
required;
2. Where non-billing
meters are used to determine output, certain types of equipment, such as
potential transformers, current transformers, nozzle and venturi type meters,
and the primary element of an orifice plate only require an initial
certification of calibration and do not require periodic recalibration, unless
the equipment is physically changed. However, the pressure and temperature
transmitters accompanying an orifice plate shall be periodically retested. For
other types of equipment, recalibration or reverification of the meter accuracy
shall be performed at least once every two years (that is, at least once every
eight calendar quarters), unless a consensus standard, approved by the
Department as part of an output monitoring plan at (g) above, allows for less
frequent calibrations or accuracy tests. For non-billing meters, the output
monitoring system must either meet an accuracy of within 10.0 percent of the
reference value, or each component monitor for the output system must meet an
accuracy of within 3.0 percent of the full-scale value, whichever is less
stringent. If testing a piece of output measurement equipment shows that the
output readings are not accurate to within 3.0 percent of the full-scale value,
then the equipment shall be repaired or replaced to meet that requirement;
and
3. If testing a piece of output
measurement equipment shows that the output readings are not accurate to the
certification value at (g)2 above, as applicable, data remain invalid until the
output measurement equipment passes an accuracy test or is replaced with
another piece of equipment that passes the accuracy test. All invalid data
shall be replaced by either zero or an output value that is likely to be lower
than a measured value and that is approved as part of the output monitoring
plan required under (g) above.
(j) The owner or operator of a CO[2] Budget
source shall retain data used to monitor, determine, or calculate net
electrical output and net thermal output for 10 years.
(k) The CO[2] authorized account
representative shall submit an annual output report, as follows:
1. Electronically, by the March 1 following
the immediately preceding calendar year;
2. Upon request by the Department, in
hardcopy;
3. Including unit level
megawatt-hours and all useful steam output; and
4. Including a certification from the CO[2]
authorized account representative stating the following:
"I am authorized to make this submission on behalf of the
owners and operators of the CO[2] Budget source or CO[2] Budget units at the
CO[2] Budget source for which the submission is made. I certify under penalty
of law that I have personally examined, and am familiar with, the statements
and information submitted in this document and all its attachments. Based on my
inquiry of those individuals with primary responsibility for obtaining the
information, I certify that the statements and information are to the best of
my knowledge and belief true, accurate, and complete. I am aware that there are
significant penalties for submitting false statements and information or
omitting required statements and information, including the possibility of fine
or imprisonment."
(l) The CO[2] authorized account
representative shall comply with all recordkeeping and reporting requirements
in this section and with the requirements of N.J.A.C. 7:27C-1.4(o) and
2.1(f).
