Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 15:36:42 -0800 Subject: sf6elec -- Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) Final Rulemaking Package From: jfoster@arb.ca.gov The Final Rulemaking Package was filed with the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) on December 21, 2010. OAL has until February 2, 2011, to make a determination. The Final Rulemaking Package is available from ARB’s SF6 rulemaking website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2010/sf6elec/sf6elec.htm ====================================================================== You are subscribed to the sf6elec mailing list. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2011 13:48:13 -0800 Subject: sf6elec -- Office of Administrative Law determination of SF6 regulation From: jfoster@arb.ca.gov On February 2, 2011, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) issued the Decision of Disapproval of Part of the Regulatory Action for the (SF6) Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear Regulation. Under this decision, OAL approved nine of the ten proposed sections for the SF6 regulation, but disapproved proposed section 95356. The Decision notice as well as the language of the approved portion of the regulation can be found on the SF6 Gas Insulated Switchgear Rulemaking website. http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2010/sf6elec/sf6elec.htm Further information on the SF6 regulation is available on the SF6 website at http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sf6elec/sf6elec.htm. If you have any questions regarding this notice or the SF6 regulation, please contact David Mehl, Energy Section Manager, at (916) 323-1491 or dmehl@arb.ca.gov; or Tom Pomales, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 324-0343 or tpomales@arb.ca.gov Background On June 21, 2007, as part of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) the Air Resources Board (ARB) approved the reduction of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions from electricity transmission and distribution equipment as an early action measure. Accordingly, ARB staff, in collaboration with interested stakeholders, is developing a control measure to address these emissions. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to the sf6elec mailing list. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Mon, 11 Apr 2011 15:29:49 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Second Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text From: awhiting@arb.ca.gov The California Air Resources Board has posted a Second 15-Day Notice of Public Availability of Modified Text for the Proposed Amendments to the Regulation for Reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear. The document and the associated formal regulatory materials can be accessed from our website at the address: http://www.arb.ca.gov/regact/2010/sf6elec/sf6elec.htm The modifications are open for public comment until April 26, 2011. Please submit any comments here: http://www.arb.ca.gov/lispub/comm/bclist.php Your comments should address only the second modifications to the text. Thank You You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: sf6elec10, sf6elec. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 13:00:38 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Chair's Lecture Series: California's Energy Future: The View to 2050 From: wfell@arb.ca.gov We are pleased to announce the first topic in the new ‘Chair's Lecture Series’ on: “California's Energy Future: The View to 2050”. Dr. Jane C.S. Long Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Friday, July 15, 2011 10:00 – 11:30 am PDT Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California The Lecture will be followed by a Q & A and Panel Discussion. The panelists include: • Jeffery Greenblatt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Bryan Hannegan, Electric Power Research Institute • Nathan Lewis, California Institute of Technology • Miriam John, Former President, Sandia National Laboratory • Burton Richter, Stanford University • Max Wei, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Chris Yang, University of California, Davis • Heather Youngs, University of California, Berkeley Announcement can be viewed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/lectures/lectures.htm For “internal” users please check the internal webcast calendar at: http://epanet.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 For “external” users please check the external webcast calendar at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 For more information on this Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 32308711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: chps, res, sf6elec. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. 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For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 16:25:48 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Chair's Lecture Series: "California's Energy Future: The View to 2050" From: wfell@arb.ca.gov We are pleased to announce the first topic in the new ‘Chair's Lecture Series’ on: “California's Energy Future: The View to 2050”. Dr. Jane C.S. Long Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Friday, July 15, 2011 10:00 – 11:30 am PDT Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California The report, released in May by the California Council on Science and Technology, examines what's needed for California to achieve the goal of the executive order from 2005 to reduce the state's emissions 80 percent below the 1990 level by 2050. Dr. Jane Long, co-chair of California’s Energy Future Committee, will give an overview of the report’s innovative methodology, and its basic finding: that the technology we need to get to the 60 percent mark is either in demonstration, or already in use – but that pushing on to a full 80 percent reduction in emissions will require significant levels of research, development, invention and innovation. A Q&A and panel discussion will follow the lecture, featuring Miriam John, the other co-chair of California’s Energy Future Committee, seven of the report’s lead authors, and a member of the report’s working committee including: • Jeffery Greenblatt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Bryan Hannegan, Electric Power Research Institute • Nathan Lewis, California Institute of Technology • Burton Richter, Stanford University • Max Wei, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Chris Yang, University of California, Davis • Heather Youngs, University of California, Berkeley The announcement can be viewed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/lectures/lectures.htm Members of the public can view the seminar over the internet. Please check the webcast calendar at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 For more information on this Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov Note: Cal/EPA employees -- please check the internal webcast calendar at: http://epanet.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: cc, chps, localaction, research, res, seminars, sf6elec. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2011 10:45:57 -0700 Subject: sf6elec -- SF6 From Gas Insulated Switchgear Working Group Meeting From: jfoster@arb.ca.gov Air Resources Board (ARB) staff will be hosting a sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emission reductions from gas insulated switchgear (GIS) working group meeting on Thursday, August 11, 2011, at the Cal/EPA building in Sacramento. The purpose of the working group meeting will be to discuss any issues or concerns that GIS owners and operators may have with implementing the recently adopted Regulation for Reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear (Regulation). Further details on the working group meeting can be found at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sf6elec/sf6elec.htm. If you have any questions regarding this working group meeting or the Regulation, please contact David Mehl, Energy Section Manager, at (916) 323-1491 or dmehl@arb.ca.gov; or Tom Pomales, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 324-0343 or tpomales@arb.ca.gov. Background The Regulation requires owners of GIS equipment to reduce emissions of SF6. The Regulation sets a limit of a 10 percent SF6 emission rate in 2011. Thereafter, the SF6 emission rate is reduced one percent per year until 2020, whereat the SF6 emission rate is one percent. On February 2, 2011, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved sections 95350, 95351, 95352, 95353, 95354, 95355, 95357, 95358 and 95359 of the Regulation to Reduce Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) (Regulation). OAL also filed the Regulation with the Secretary of State on February 2, 2011, and made the Regulation effective on this same date. On June 27, 2011, section 95356 of the Regulation became effective as OAL approved this section and filed it with the Secretary of State. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to the sf6elec mailing list. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2011 09:59:40 -0700 Subject: arbcombo -- Chair's Lecture Series: "California's Energy Future: The View to 2050" From: wfell@arb.ca.gov We are pleased to announce the first topic in the new ‘Chair's Lecture Series’ on: “California's Energy Future: The View to 2050” Presentation is Now Available. We encourage sending your email questions early for the Q&A during the Lecture to: sierrarm@calepa.ca.gov Dr. Jane C.S. Long Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Friday, July 15, 2011 10:00 – 11:30 am PDT Sierra Hearing Room, 2nd Floor, Cal/EPA Building 1001 I Street, Sacramento, California The report, released in May by the California Council on Science and Technology, examines what's needed for California to achieve the goal of the executive order from 2005 to reduce the state's emissions 80 percent below the 1990 level by 2050. Dr. Jane Long, co-chair of California's Energy Future Committee, will give an overview of the report's innovative methodology, and its basic finding: that the technology we need to get to the 60 percent mark is either in demonstration, or already in use – but that pushing on to a full 80 percent reduction in emissions will require significant levels of research, development, invention and innovation. A Q&A and panel discussion will follow the lecture, featuring Miriam John, the other co-chair of California’s Energy Future Committee, seven of the report’s lead authors, and a member of the report’s working committee including: • Jeffery Greenblatt, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Bryan Hannegan, Electric Power Research Institute • Nathan Lewis, California Institute of Technology • Burton Richter, Stanford University • Max Wei, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory • Chris Yang, University of California, Davis • Heather Youngs, University of California, Berkeley The announcement and presentation can be viewed at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/lectures/lectures.htm Members of the public can view the seminar over the internet. Please check the webcast calendar at: http://www.calepa.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 For more information on this Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov Note: Cal/EPA employees -- please check the internal webcast calendar at: http://epanet.ca.gov/broadcast/?bdo=1 You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: cc, chps, localaction, research, res, seminars, sf6elec. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. 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Long, Ph.D., Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Available at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/research/lectures/lectures.htm For more information on this Series please contact: Peter Mathews at (916) 323-8711 or pmathews@arb.ca.gov You are receiving this single arbcombo email because you are a subscriber to or have made a public comment to one or more of the following lists: cc, chps, localaction, research10, res, seminars, sf6elec. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to one of the lists aggregated to make this particular ARB combination listserve broadcast. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2011 12:00:54 -0700 Subject: sf6elec -- Rescheduled: SF6 From Gas Insulated Switchgear Working Group Meeting From: jfoster@arb.ca.gov The August 11, 2011, Sulfur Hexafloride (SF6) from Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) working group meeting has been canceled and is rescheduled for August 23, 2011. Air Resources Board (ARB) staff will be hosting the SF6 working group meeting on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at the Cal/EPA building in Sacramento. The purpose of the working group meeting will be to discuss any issues or concerns that GIS owners and operators may have with implementing the recently adopted Regulation for Reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear (Regulation). Further details on the working group meeting can be found at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sf6elec/sf6elec.htm. If you have any questions regarding this working group meeting or the Regulation, please contact David Mehl, Energy Section Manager, at (916) 323-1491 or dmehl@arb.ca.gov; or Tom Pomales, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 324-0343 or tpomales@arb.ca.gov. Background The Regulation requires owners of GIS equipment to reduce emissions of SF6. The Regulation sets a limit of a 10 percent SF6 emission rate in 2011. Thereafter, the SF6 emission rate is reduced one percent per year until 2020, whereat the SF6 emission rate is one percent. On February 2, 2011, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved sections 95350, 95351, 95352, 95353, 95354, 95355, 95357, 95358 and 95359 of the Regulation. OAL also filed the Regulation with the Secretary of State on February 2, 2011, and made the Regulation effective on this same date. On June 27, 2011, section 95356 of the Regulation became effective as OAL approved this section and filed it with the Secretary of State. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to the sf6elec mailing list. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2011 15:57:45 -0700 Subject: sf6elec -- Agenda released for the SF6 From Gas Insulated Switchgear Working Group Meeting From: jfoster@arb.ca.gov The agenda for the August 23, 2011, Sulfur Hexafloride (SF6) from Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS) working group meeting has been posted to the SF6 meetings page. The agenda can be accessed directly via the following link: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sf6elec/meetings/082311/workshopagenda.pdf Air Resources Board (ARB) staff will be hosting the SF6 working group meeting on Tuesday, August 23, 2011, at the Cal/EPA building in Sacramento. The purpose of the working group meeting will be to discuss any issues or concerns that GIS owners and operators may have with implementing the recently adopted Regulation for Reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear (Regulation). Further details on the working group meeting can be found at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sf6elec/sf6elec.htm. If you have any questions regarding this working group meeting or the Regulation, please contact David Mehl, Energy Section Manager, at (916) 323-1491 or dmehl@arb.ca.gov; or Tom Pomales, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 324-0343 or tpomales@arb.ca.gov. Background The Regulation requires owners of GIS equipment to reduce emissions of SF6. The Regulation sets a limit of a 10 percent SF6 emission rate in 2011. Thereafter, the SF6 emission rate is reduced one percent per year until 2020, whereat the SF6 emission rate is one percent. On February 2, 2011, the Office of Administrative Law (OAL) approved sections 95350, 95351, 95352, 95353, 95354, 95355, 95357, 95358 and 95359 of the Regulation. OAL also filed the Regulation with the Secretary of State on February 2, 2011, and made the Regulation effective on this same date. On June 27, 2011, section 95356 of the Regulation became effective as OAL approved this section and filed it with the Secretary of State. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to the sf6elec mailing list. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." 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For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ====================================================================== Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2011 09:33:53 -0800 Subject: sf6elec -- Regulation for Reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear Frequently Asked Questions From: jfoster@arb.ca.gov A Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) guidance document is available online to assist regulated parties in complying with the Regulation for Reducing Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF6) Emissions from Gas Insulated Switchgear (GIS). To download the FAQs visit the following website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sf6elec/faq/faq.htm. Further information on the SF6 regulation is available on the SF6 website at: http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/sf6elec/sf6elec.htm. If you have any questions regarding this notice or the SF6 regulation, please contact David Mehl, Energy Section Manager, at (916) 323-1491 or dmehl@arb.ca.gov; or Tom Pomales, Air Pollution Specialist, at (916) 324-0343 or tpomales@arb.ca.gov. Background: On June 21, 2007, as part of the California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) the Air Resources Board (ARB) approved the reduction of sulfur hexafluoride (SF6) emissions from electricity transmission and distribution equipment as an early action measure. ARB staff, in collaboration with interested stakeholders, developed a control measure to address these emissions. ====================================================================== You are subscribed to the sf6elec mailing list. To UNSUBSCRIBE: Please go to http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/listserv.php and enter your email address and click on the button "Display Email Lists." To unsubscribe, please click inside the appropriate box to uncheck it and go to the bottom of the screen to submit your request. You will receive an automatic email message confirming that you have successfully unsubscribed. Also, please read our listserve disclaimer at http://www.arb.ca.gov/listserv/disclaim.htm . The energy challenge facing California is real. Every Californian needs to take immediate action to reduce energy consumption. For a list of simple ways you can reduce demand and cut your energy costs, visit the Flex Your Power website at www.fypower.org . ======================================================================