WIND GENERATION REPORTING SYSTEMS (WGRS) GLOSSARY
BY ENERGY COMMISSION STAFF |
| Bundled purchase | The
sale of electricity generated by a California wind project (in this context)
including the transfer of renewable energy credits (RECs). Purchases of null
power or REC-only purchases from a wind project operator do not result in a
requirement to file form CEC-1386. |
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CEC | California
Energy Commission |
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CEC Plant ID
| The primary wind project identification code
used in WGRS. The ID number begins with “W” followed by four digits. |
| CEC-1384
| The Verification form used by Wind
Project Operators and Wind Power Purchasers to submit quarterly WGRS reports.
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| CEC-1385
| The Wind Project Performance forms with four
schedules (4 tabs in Excel) |
| CEC-1386
| The Wind Project Purchases form with four
schedules (1 tab in Excel) |
| Comments |
Additional information on the WGRS forms by Wind Project Operators and
Wind Power Purchasers considered relevant for clarity, completeness, or context |
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Cumulative number of turbines installed |
The total number of turbines of a given model that were installed and available
to generate by the end of the reporting period |
| Due
dates | The 15th day of March, June,
September, and December for the previous quarter, or the next business day if
the 15th falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday |
| EIA |
Energy Information Administration of the U.S. Department of Energy |
| EIA Plant
ID | A generating resource identification
code in four or five digits, also known as EIA Facility Code. Some combined wind
projects in WGRS have more than one EIA Plant ID. A few wind projects have no
EIA Plant ID |
| Electric
generator (wind) | A machine
that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy |
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Electricity Produced (kWh) | Amount of
electricity measured in kilowatt hours, generally at the point of metering; for
the wind project total, this amount should be consistent with EIA’s definition
of Gross Generation for reporting on form EIA-923. On form CEC-1385
Schedule 3, electricity produced means the total kilowatt hours (Gross kWh)
actually produced by all of the turbines of a particular turbine model during a
particular month of the reporting period. For wind projects less than 10 MW
reporting on form CEC-1385 Schedule 4, it is the Gross kWh by all the turbines
of a particular model during the entire quarterly reporting period. |
| Gross
Generation (kWh) | See Electricity
Produced (kWh) |
| Maximum
MWs Operator may deliver | The greatest
amount of power, measured in maximum megawatts, which the Wind Project Operator
may deliver to the purchaser as specified in contracts and agreements. The term
“may deliver” in this context does not refer to dependable or “deliverable”
capacity values for generators as used in system reliability studies or in
transmission planning. If a wind project has one and only one wind power
purchaser, the maximum MW’s that a wind project may deliver will normally equal
or approximate nameplate capacity |
| Name of
Wind Project | The formal,
complete and current name of the Wind Project as used by the Wind Project
Operator in periodic reports to the EIA and CEC. Please be consistent with
spelling, spaces, and punctuation |
| Name of
Turbine Manufacturer | The maker of each
generating wind turbine or group of turbines |
| Nameplate
capacity | 1) The full-load
continuous rating of an electric generator (a wind turbine) under specific
conditions as designated by the manufacturer; and 2) the sum of such ratings for
all electric generators in a wind project |
| New
turbines | The number (if any) of wind
turbines that were newly installed during the calendar quarter of the report,
i.e. during the reporting period |
| Net kWh
Procured | As reported by Wind Power
Purchasers, this is the total amount of electricity procured in the reporting
period from individually named Wind Project Operators though the electricity
procured may have come from more than one Wind Project |
| Net
generation | Gross generation less plant use
by an electric generator for auxiliary equipment; Wind Project Net Generation
(kWh) equals Total Gross Generation (before Station Use) minus Station Use (if
any) |
| Other
Project Names | Alternate names by which the
Wind Project is known; this includes prior names by which the Wind Project (or a
part it) was known |
| Power
plant (wind) | A wind project
located in California that contains one or more electric generators, and
appropriate supporting equipment, e.g. monitoring equipment, transformers, or
switchgear in the plant |
| Power
plant owner | Any company that
owns a power plant, or, where there is more than one owner, the majority or
controlling owner or the managing partner |
| Purchase
contract numbers or Identifiers | Individual reference numbers and codes as may be assigned by the Wind Project
Operator or Wind Power Purchaser to identify various purchase contracts and
power sales agreements |
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Purchaser’s Firm |
The name of the electric
utility or other entity which purchased electricity from one or more wind power
projects during the prior quarter |
| Reporting
Period | By calendar quarter:
Q1, Q2, Q3, or Q4 |
| Resource
Scheduling ID | The wind
project alpha-numeric identification code(s) used for energy scheduling in the
California ISO Balancing Area, if assigned. The codes begin with capital
letters, have two underscores, and have one numeral placed between the
underscores, e.g. AB_8_CD. The codes may have more letters or numbers, but they
do not use lower case letters. Several Wind Projects may have the same Resource
Scheduling ID |
| Rotor (m2)
| The rotor swept area, stated in square
meters, is specific to each turbine model |
| Size (kW)
| The turbine manufacturer's published kW
rating (often called the nameplate rating) that corresponds to the rated wind
speed |
| Station
Use (kWh) | The amount of energy (metered
or estimated) that is generated on site by the Wind Project and is used to
operate the Wind Project; station use includes energy consumed for lighting,
auxiliary facilities, and on-site power. Station use does not include energy
delivered to the Wind Project site by a load serving entity using transmission
or distribution infrastructure |
| Submittal |
WGRS quarterly reports mailed or emailed to
QFERGEN@energy.ca.gov |
| Turbine
ID or Group ID | An identification code
that is unique to each turbine or turbine group in the Wind Project as may be
assigned by the Wind Project Operator; a group of turbines of a particular model
by the same maker may have a single Group ID |
| Turbine
Model | The common name or manufacturer’s
name for the turbine that applies to the model of a specific rotor (m2)
and size (kW) |
| Turbine
Size (kW) | The turbine manufacturer’s
nameplate rating (in kW) for the power that this turbine can generate at a given
wind speed |
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Verification | A declaration that is
executed under penalty of perjury of the laws of the State of California, and
that is executed by an authorized employee of the company responsible for
submitting the report, stating that the matters contained in the report are, to
the best of the person's knowledge and belief and based on due diligence, and
are true, accurate, complete, and in compliance with these regulations |
| Wind
Power Purchaser | Any electricity utility
or other entity which purchases electricity from a California Wind Project (as
defined in this section). This does not include counterparties that only
purchased energy without RECs (sometimes called null power), or who purchased
RECs but not energy |
| Wind
project | One or more turbine generators
installed in California with a combined |
| Wind
Project Location | The
physical location of the wind project by street address (or PO Box), city,
county, state, and zip code. To identify the Wind Resource Area, the Excel form
has a drop-down menu including Altamont, East San Diego County, Pacheco, San
Gorgonio, Solano, Tehachapi, Outside of Existing, and Other. For uncertainties
and ambiguities, please explain on line 13 |
| Wind
Project Name | The current
name of the project as used in this report or other reports such as generation
data reports to EIA on form EIA-923 |
| Wind
Project Net Generation (kWh) | The value
calculated on the spreadsheet of gross generation minus station load. Do not
enter this amount on the reporting form. If the monthly station service load
exceeded the monthly gross electrical generation, then the form should show
negative net generation (in red font with parentheses). Please note that net
generation is not defined as electric energy sold to the grid (net of direct
use), but as gross minus station use. This is consistent with the Energy
Information Agency definition of Net Generation for reporting on form EIA-923 |
| Wind
Project Operators | By regulation, the Wind
Project Operator is any developer or operator who directly receives payments for
electricity from the wind power purchaser; in practice, the Wind Project
Operator is the company that provides WGRS quarterly reports to the Energy
Commission |
| Wind
Project Owner | The full legal
name of the principle owner or majority interest owner in the Wind Project
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| Wind
Speed | a number (in meters
per second) used by the manufacturer to set the published nameplate rating |
| WGRS |
Wind Generation Reporting System |
| WREGIS |
Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System, an independent,
renewable energy tracking system. One WREGIS Certificate (commonly called REC
for Renewable Energy Certificate) is issued for each MWh of renewable energy
generated by registered generation facilities |
| WREGIS ID
| Unique alpha-numeric generator identification
code(s) assigned by WREGIS that begin with “W” (for wind projects) followed by
three or four digits; combined wind projects may have more than one WREGIS ID
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