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Reporting Requirements
Distributed generators may be required to register their emissions with several different government
agencies. Requirements vary based upon the pollutant and or the generator's nameplate capacity. See below
for three significant reporting requirements:
EIA Reporting Requirements
The Energy Information Administration (EIA) of the DOE is required to publish,
and otherwise make available to the public, high-quality statistical data that reflect national electric
supply and demand activity as accurately as possible. To meet this obligation, as well as internal
DOE requirements for accurate data, the Electric Power Division of the EIA has developed statistical
surveys that encompass each significant electric supply and demand activity in the United States.
This section provides a list of relevent EIA's electric power survey forms for distributed generation.
Below is a listing of each survey and a brief description of the pertinent information collected. Click
on the name of any survey for reporting forms.
Monthly Surveys
EIA-423 Monthly Cost and Quality of Fuels for Electric Plants Report
Completed monthly by owners/operators of electric generating facilities or industrial CHP facilities
with a capacity >= 50 MW
Contains general generator and plant information, as well as information on coal mines, fuel suppliers,
fuel quality, and purchase price (cost, quantity, and quality data)
EIA-826 Monthly Electric Sales and Revenue w/ State Distributions Report
Completed monthly by electric utilities, energy service providers, and distribution companies that sell
or distribute electric power to end users
Reports on retail sales, revenue, MWh, and number of customers for residential, commercial, and
industrial rate classes, as well as state totals (sales and revenue)
EIA-906 Power Plant Report
Information collected monthly from all regulated and unregulated electric power plants and CHP
facilities
Information includes electric power generation, fuel consumption, fuel heat content, fossil fuel
stocks and useful thermal output. Electric plants and CHP facilities not selected to respond monthly
must file annually (generation, fuel, stocks)
Annual Surveys
EIA-412 Annual Electric Industry Financial Report
Plant statistics section only to be filled out annually by unregulated generation plants with a
capacity > 10 MW. Other sections filled out by municipalities, political subdivisions, and state
or federal entities
Reports the type of plant, year constructed, hours of operation, net peak demand, capacity, cost per
kW, gross expenditures, and varied production expenditures
EIA-767 Steam-Electric Plant Operation and Design Report
Collects information annually from plants with an existing or planned organic-fueled or combustible
renewable steam-electric plant that has a generator nameplate rating of 10 megawatts or larger
Covers basic plant information (location, type, etc), plant configuration, biproduct disposition and
thermal output, boiler, generator and cooling system info, flue gas emissions (operations and design)
EIA-860 Annual Electric Generator Report
Completed annually by all generating plants >= 1 MW, and either are currently operating or plan to be
operational within the next five years
Contains basic information about the generator type, location, capacity, fuel, CHP/DG, dates, etc.
(power plant site and generator information)
EIA-861 Annual Electric Power Industry Report
Completed annually by electric utilities, wholesale power marketers registered with the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, energy service providers registered with the states, and electric power producers
Contains general information on the plants, information on energy sources and disposition, customer
service programs, electric operating revenue, retail sales, and demand-side management information
(sales and revenue, demand-side management)
NOx Budget Trading Program
Starting May 31, 2004 19 states will participate in a EPA sponsored program to trade NOx emission allowances.
Each state was responsible for devising their own EPA approved State Implementation Plan (SIP). In general, the NOx emission
limitations and allowance allocations are only applicable to electrical generating units greater than 25 MW.
Thus, most applications of distributed generation will not need to comply with this program.
SO2 Acid Rain Program
New units under 25 MW that use fuel with a sulfur content greater than 0.05 percent by weight are required to measure and report
emissions under the Acid Rain program, but are not subject to the trading program.
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