New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 7 - ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
Chapter 27D - GLOBAL WARMING SOLUTIONS FUND RULES
Subchapter 3 - STATE OF THE ART ELECTRIC GENERATING FACILITY
Section 7:27D-3.1 - State-of-the-art electric generating facilities

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 7:27D-3.1

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) An electric generating unit is state of the art, for purposes of NJ.A.C. 7:27D-2.3(a)1i and ii, if it:

1. Is a unit whose primary activity is the production of useful electricity output or the production of useful electricity output and useful thermal energy output;

2. Demonstrates advances in the art of air pollution control in accordance with NJ.A.C. 7:27-22.35 for a major facility, as defined at N.J.A.C. 7:27-22.1, or in accordance with N.J.A.C. 7:27-8.12for other facilities; and

3. Demonstrates that the electric generating unit meets or exceeds the efficiency thresholds set forth in (b) below.

(b) An electric generating unit shall demonstrate that it meets or exceeds the efficiency thresholds set forth below:

1. If the useful thermal energy output from the electric generating unit is 16 percent or less of its total heat input, the heat rate shall meet one of the following efficiency thresholds:
i. For an EGU less than or equal to 40 megawatts of capacity, a heat rate of 6,900 or less British thermal units (Btu) consumed per kilowatt hour of useful electricity output;

ii. For an EGU greater than 40 megawatts of capacity and less than or equal to 120 megawatts of capacity, a heat rate of 6,550 Btu or less consumed per kilowatt hour of useful electricity output;

iii. For an EGU greater than 120 megawatts of capacity and less than or equal to 240 megawatts of capacity, a heat rate of 6,400 Btu or less consumed per kilowatt hour of useful electricity output; or

iv. For an EGU greater than 240 megawatts of capacity, a heat rate of 5,750 Btu or less consumed per kilowatt hour of useful electricity output.

2. If the useful thermal energy output from the electric generating unit is greater than 16 percent of its total heat input, the overall thermal efficiency of the electric generating unit, considering both useful electricity output and useful thermal energy output, shall be at least 65 percent.

(c) The heat rate shall be determined at conditions representing the continuous power output rating that can be counted upon for 6,000 or more hours of operation per year at ISO[2] conditions without exceeding normal gas turbine wear and maintenance.

(d) The heat input shall be determined at ISO[2] conditions.

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