California Public Utilities Code

§ 8340

PUC § 8340 Effective Jan 1, 2009Div. 4.1 · Ch. 3

Statute text

For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:

(a)“Baseload generation” means electricity generation from a powerplant that is designed and intended to provide electricity at an annualized plant capacity factor of at least 60 percent.

(b)“Combined-cycle natural gas” with respect to a powerplant means the powerplant employs a combination of one or more gas turbines and steam turbines in which electricity is produced in the steam turbine from otherwise lost waste heat exiting from one or more of the gas turbines.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 558, Sec. 33. Effective January 1, 2009.