Md. Code Regs. 26.11.38.07 - Electric System Reliability During Ozone Seasons
A. In the event of emergency operations, a
maximum of 12 hours of operations per system per ozone season may be removed
from the calculation of the NOx limitations in
Regulation .04B(4) of this chapter from the unit or units responding to the
emergency operations provided that:
(1)
Within one business day following the emergency operation, the owner or
operator of the affected electric generating unit or units notifies the Manager
of the Air Quality Compliance Program of the emergency operations taken by PJM
Interconnection; and
(2) Within
five business days following the emergency operation, the owner or operator of
the affected electric generating unit or units provides the Department with the
following information:
(a) PJM documentation
of the emergency event called and the unit or units requested to
operate;
(b) Unit or units
dispatched for the emergency operation;
(c) Number of hours that the unit or units
responded to the emergency operation and the consecutive hours that will be
used towards the calculation of the NOx limitations in
§.04B(4) of this chapter; and
(d) Other information regarding efforts the
owner or operator took to minimize NOx emissions in
accordance with Regulation .03A(1) of this chapter on the day that the
emergency operation was called.
B. Any partial hour in which a unit operated
in response to emergency operations under §A of this regulation shall
constitute a full hour of operations.
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