Air Resources Board’s 2005 Distributed Generation Technology Review DG Workgroup Meeting June 2, 2004 California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board

2 Overview  Senate Bill 1298  DG Certification Program  DG Guidance Document  2005 Technology Review Requirement  Next Steps

Purpose is for DG deployment to have minimal impact on air quality Requires emission limits of smaller DG sources to ultimately meet central station power plant limits Requires limits to reflect electricity and useful heat provided Senate Bill

After January 1, 2003, every DG unit in California either certified by ARB or permitted by district Required ARB to develop certification program for exempt technologies Required ARB to develop guidance document for permitted technologies SB 1298 Requirements 4

Applies to manufacturers Applies to new units sold after January 1, 2003 Affects exempted sources Microturbines (Less Than 300 kw) Fuel cells Certification Program 5

6 Certification Program (Continued)  Equipment not affected Emergency standby Portable Zero emission technologies

NOx VOC CO Without CHP With CHP Certification Emission Standards (lb/MW-hr) 7

NOx VOC CO Certification Emission Standards (lb/MW-hr) 8

9 What Has Been Certified?  2003 Standards: Two Microturbines  2007 Standards: Two Fuel Cells

Assist districts with permitting DG technologies subject to district jurisdiction Create consistent permit conditions and BACT limits for permitted sources Guidance Document 10

Applies to DG less than 50 MW Recommended BACT limits for turbines and engines Other recommendations for permit conditions What Does the Guidance Address? 11

Required in DG Certification Regulation Findings must be reported to the Board by July Technology Review 12

13 Technology Review Requirements Timing of 2007 standard CHP benefit 15,000 hour durability requirement Testing requirements

Hold DG Workgroup meetings Collect information from technology manufacturers Collect information from technology users Evaluate new information Next Steps 14

Hold bi-monthly workgroup meetings Collect information by Evaluate information by Report to the Board July 2005 Timing 15

Mike Waugh Marcelle Surovik Contact Information 16