Section 398.3 Of Article 14. Disclosure Of Sources Of Electrical Generation From California Public Utilities Code >> Division 1. >> Part 1. >> Chapter 2.3. >> Article 14.
398.3
. (a) Beginning January 1, 1998, or as soon as practicable
thereafter, each generator that provides meter data to a system
operator shall report to the system operator electricity generated in
kilowatthours by hour by generator, the fuel type or fuel types and
fuel consumption by fuel type by month on an historical recorded
quarterly basis. Facilities using only one fuel type may satisfy this
requirement by reporting fuel type only. With regard to any facility
using more than one fuel type, reports shall reflect the fuel
consumed as a percentage of electricity generation.
(b) The Energy Commission shall have authorization to access the
electricity generation data in kilowatthours by hour for each
facility that provides meter data to the system operator, and the
fuel type or fuel types.
(c) With regard to out-of-state generation, the Energy Commission
shall have authorization to access the electricity generation data in
kilowatthours by hour at the point at which out-of-state generation
is metered, to the extent the information has been submitted to a
system operator.
(d) Trade secrets as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 3426.1
of the Civil Code contained in the information provided to the system
operators pursuant to this section shall be treated as confidential.
These data may be disclosed only by the system operators and only by
authorization of the generator except that the Energy Commission
shall have authorization to access these data, shall consider all
these data to be trade secrets, and shall only release these data in
an aggregated form such that trade secrets cannot be discerned.