SUMMER Power Plant Outage Reporting Requirements
ESRB has revised the PPOR Reporting Instructions for GO 167-B jurisdictional power plants during the summer months of June 1 to October 31, 2023 (“Summer 2023”). GO 167-B jurisdictional power plants must report planned and forced outages via the PPOR web-portal per the revised instructions below:
Summer 2023 PPOR Reporting Instructions (Rev. 4/07/23)
These instructions apply to:
1. Full and partial (derate) forced outages, that are 50 MWs or greater, which are two (2) hours or longer in duration. Forced outages must be reported within twenty-four (24) hours from the start of an outage;
or
2. Planned outages, that are 50 MWs or greater, which are 24 hours or longer in duration. Planned outages must be reported at least five (5) days prior to the start of an outage.
Who Must Report
This requirement applies to all fossil fuel and renewable generating assets, 50 MWs and greater, subject to the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) General Order 167-B, Enforcement of Maintenance and Operation Standards for Electric Generating Facilities.
How to Report
To submit a reportable outage, plants will access the PPOR portal with a username and password. You can access the portal at https://apps.cpuc.ca.gov/apex/f?p=111:LOGIN:14593894459469. (If you are a new plant and/or do not have a username and password or if you need to reset your password due to personnel changes, please contact ESRB at GO167@cpuc.ca.gov.) Please refer to the PPOR Reporting Instructions for detailed information on how to submit a reportable outage to the PPOR.
When to Report an Outage
Initial Report: Submit forced outage reports within 24 hours of the start of an outage and submit planned outage reports at least five (5) days prior to the start of the outage.
Updated Report: Submit every seven (7) calendar days after the Initial Report has been submitted, if an outage lasts 7 days or more in duration, if any information in the Initial Report has changed.
Final Report: Submit within three (3) calendar days of the outage ending if any information in the last Updated Report (or the Initial Report, if no Updated Report has been submitted) has changed.
Cancelled Outage: Submit within four (4) hours of the CAISO’s approval of an outage cancellation.
After October 31, 2022, power plants will resume reporting under the previous PPOR reporting instructions (Rev. 11/15/21).