Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 345 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY, ENERGY FACILITY SITING COUNCIL
Division 26 - CONSTRUCTION AND OPERATION RULES FOR FACILITIES
Section 345-026-0080 - Reporting Requirements for Energy Facilities
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 345-026-0080
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 9, September 1, 2024
(1) General reporting obligation for energy facilities under construction or operating:
(a) Within six months after beginning
construction, and every six months thereafter during construction of the energy
facility and related or supporting facilities, the certificate holder shall
submit a semiannual construction progress report to the Department of Energy.
In each construction progress report, the certificate holder shall describe any
significant changes to major milestones for construction. The certificate
holder shall report on the progress of construction and shall address the
subjects listed in subsections (2)(a), (d), (f) and (g). When the reporting
date coincides, the certificate holder may include the construction progress
report within the annual report described in this rule.
(b) After January 1 but no later than April
30 of each year after beginning operation of the facility, the certificate
holder shall submit an annual report to the Department addressing the subjects
listed in subsection (2). For the purposes of this rule, the beginning of
operation of the facility means the date when construction of a significant
portion of the facility is substantially complete and the certificate holder
begins commercial operation of the facility as reported by the certificate
holder and accepted by the Department. The Council Secretary and the
certificate holder may, by mutual agreement, change the reporting
date.
(c) To the extent that
information required by this rule is contained in reports the certificate
holder submits to other state, federal or local agencies, the certificate
holder may submit excerpts from such other reports to satisfy this rule. The
Council reserves the right to request full copies of such excerpted
reports.
(2) In the annual report, the certificate holder shall include the following information for the calendar year preceding the date of the report:
(a) Facility Status: An overview of site
conditions, the status of facilities under construction and a summary of the
operating experience of facilities that are in operation. The certificate
holder shall describe any unusual events, such as earthquakes, extraordinary
windstorms, major accidents or the like that occurred during the year and that
had a significant adverse impact on the facility.
(b) Reliability and Efficiency of Power
Production: For electric power plants, the plant availability and capacity
factors for the reporting year. The certificate holder shall describe any
equipment failures or plant breakdowns that had a significant impact on those
factors and shall describe any actions taken to prevent the recurrence of such
problems.
(c) Fuel Use: For thermal
power plants:
(A) The efficiency with which
the power plant converts fuel into electric energy. If the fuel chargeable to
power heat rate was evaluated when the facility was sited, the certificate
holder shall calculate efficiency using the same formula and assumptions, but
using actual data; and
(B) The
facility's annual hours of operation by fuel type and, every five years after
beginning operation, a summary of the annual hours of operation by fuel type as
described in OAR 345-024-0590(5).
(d) Status of Surety Information:
Documentation demonstrating that bonds or letters of credit as described in the
site certificate are in full force and effect and will remain in full force and
effect for the term of the next reporting period.
(e) Monitoring Report: A list and description
of all significant monitoring and mitigation activities performed during the
previous year in accordance with site certificate terms and conditions, a
summary of the results of those activities and a discussion of any significant
changes to any monitoring or mitigation program, including the reason for any
such changes.
(f) Compliance
Report: A report describing the certificate holder's compliance with all site
certificate conditions that are applicable during the reporting period. For
ease of review, the certificate holder shall, in this section of the report,
use numbered subparagraphs corresponding to the applicable sections of the site
certificate.
(g) Facility
Modification Report: A summary of changes to the facility that the certificate
holder has made during the reporting period without an amendment of the site
certificate in accordance with OAR 345-027-0050.
(h) Nongenerating Facility Carbon Dioxide
Emissions: For nongenerating facilities that emit carbon dioxide, a report of
the annual fuel use by fuel type and annual hours of operation of the carbon
dioxide emitting equipment as described in OAR 345-024-0630(4).
Stat. Auth.: ORS 469.470
Stats. Implemented: ORS 469.310, 469.410, 469.430, 469.501 & 469.507
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