RENEWABLE ENERGY WATER USE EFFICIENCY Clause Samples

RENEWABLE ENERGY WATER USE EFFICIENCY. ‌ CDWR resources management strategies to reduce water demand did not include a specific renewable energy strategy. The Water Forum developed a separate Imperial Region’s renewable energy water-use efficiency strategy because the industry represents a significant economic development opportunity to the Region, has the largest forecasted increase in future water demand, and requires a reliable long- term supply that does not impact agriculture. The Imperial County General Plan (Imperial County, 2003) identifies the economic development potential of the renewable energy industry and established a future water demand of 180,000 acre-feet per year. The Imperial IRWMP forecasted future renewable energy water demands with conservation as 146,000 acre-feet per year. This assumes a 20 percent water conservation savings consistent with the state’s goal for 20 percent conservation by the year 2020. The largest consumptive use for geothermal and solar thermal generation is for cooling water. Reducing water demand for imported Colorado River water is, therefore, related to improving water use efficiency for the cooling process. Solar Photovoltaic facilities have limited water demands for domestic water use and for washing panels and have a potential to decrease water demand. A reliable water supply for renewable energy industry demand could come from the following: • Capital projects to extend existing Colorado River supplies (e.g., recycled water, desalination of brackish groundwater, groundwater banking of underruns) • Conservation by existing users and managed apportionment • Demand reduction that results from changes in land use: o Temporary changes include crop idling, referred to as fallowing in the Imperial Region o Permanent changes through irrigated land retirement by rezoning land from agricultural to urban uses or other measures such as a conservation easement • A combination of capital projects, and programs and policies to reduce current water demand and reapportion water to new users In developing their findings and recommendations, the Water Forum discussed the current local, state, and federal policy environment; water conserving technologies; and the opportunities and constraints to meet the future water demands for the renewable energy industry.
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  • Electric Storage Resources Developer interconnecting an electric storage resource shall establish an operating range in Appendix C of its LGIA that specifies a minimum state of charge and a maximum state of charge between which the electric storage resource will be required to provide primary frequency response consistent with the conditions set forth in Articles 9.5.5, 9.5.5.1, 9.5.5.2, and 9.5.5.3 of this Agreement. Appendix C shall specify whether the operating range is static or dynamic, and shall consider (1) the expected magnitude of frequency deviations in the interconnection; (2) the expected duration that system frequency will remain outside of the deadband parameter in the interconnection; (3) the expected incidence of frequency deviations outside of the deadband parameter in the interconnection; (4) the physical capabilities of the electric storage resource; (5) operational limitations of the electric storage resources due to manufacturer specification; and (6) any other relevant factors agreed to by the NYISO, Connecting Transmission Owner, and Developer. If the operating range is dynamic, then Appendix C must establish how frequently the operating range will be reevaluated and the factors that may be considered during its reevaluation. Developer’s electric storage resource is required to provide timely and sustained primary frequency response consistent with Article 9.5.5.2 of this Agreement when it is online and dispatched to inject electricity to the New York State Transmission System and/or receive electricity from the New York State Transmission System. This excludes circumstances when the electric storage resource is not dispatched to inject electricity to the New York State Transmission System and/or dispatched to receive electricity from the New York State Transmission System. If Developer’s electric storage resource is charging at the time of a frequency deviation outside of its deadband parameter, it is to increase (for over-frequency deviations) or decrease (for under-frequency deviations) the rate at which it is charging in accordance with its droop parameter. Developer’s electric storage resource is not required to change from charging to discharging, or vice versa, unless the response necessitated by the droop and deadband settings requires it to do so and it is technically capable of making such a transition.

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