Russell City Energy Center May 2021
Incident: Gap Analysis Report
Hayward City Council - May 24, 2022
Presenting: Elizabeth Huber, Manager, Safety and Reliability Office and Geoff Lesh, Manager, Engineering Office
Siting, Transmission and Environmental Protection Division California Energy Commission
ATTACHMENT IV
Restarting Russell City Energy
Center
2 Russell City Energy Center
Investigation
3 Steam Turbine Generator
4 Steam Turbine Debris Field
5 Heat Recovery Steam Generator
6 Russell City Energy Center’s HRSG
Reheater Schematic
7 Causal Factor 1 – Equipment
Maintenance and Monitoring
8 Causal Factor 2 – Deficiencies in
Operator Interface and Training
9 Causal Factor 3 – Inadequate
Water Induction Protection
10 • Modify preventative maintenance
and monitoring programs
• Re-configure the CRH stop valve
to close based on actuator torque
value
• Implement an annual
preventative maintenance
program for the steam
attemperators and mixers for
review and approval.
• Synchronize control system
clocks
• Consolidate the alarms generated
by the control systems
• Implement control logic to
alleviate pressure within offline
HRSG
• Implement control logic to
discharge water from offline
HRSG
• Provide an ASME TDP-1-2013
conformance analysis
• Convert the HRH stop/check
valve from manual to electrical
actuation
• Revise operations procedures
• Reduce the occurrence of
nuisance/false alarms
11 JAIT Corrective Actions
Commission Decision and Next
Steps
• Revise operations CEC Commissioners adopted the corrective actions and delegated to the CEC Executive Director to verify that the corrective actions have been completed.
• The JAIT spent the third week of May at Russell City Energy Center verifying the implementation of each of the corrective actions. • Russell City Energy Center begins testing and commissioning the last week of May and will be available for CAISO to dispatch on June 1, 2022.
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City of Hayward
• City staff have been participating on Joint Agency Working Group with CEC and CPUC staff
• Consistent with the CEC Order to allow Calpine to restart operations at RCEC, City staff and Calpine staff have meeting “to discuss any needed modifications of [RCEC’s] standard operating procedures for first responders to implement when responding to incidents on site, including establishing a process for reimbursement of reasonable expenses.” • Finalizing joint City/Calpine hazardous resiliency and action plan – this includes partial funding for a hazardous materials response vehicle • Insurance claims for Homeless Navigation Center being processed • Conversations with Russell City descendants/community action group underway – additional monetary contribution from Calpine proposed
• Notified City of Hayward of Plant
Management Changes on March 10.
• Schedule Annual HFD/City
Manager/RCEC Meeting -TBD
• Knox Box Updated 12/14/2021
o Updated MSDS’s
o Updated Plot Plan with Location
of oil filled equipment and
hazardous materials
• Met with Hayward Fire Department
Training Battalion Chief on March 14,
2022
• Hazmat Table TopDrill – TBD
• Schedule Plant Tour for new Fire
Company Officers – TBD
o Identifying Hazardous Material
locations
o Review Emergency Action Plan
o Identify possible Fire/Explosive
areas
o Identify areas of static Electricity
potential for Aerial Ladder Trucks
o Identify water supply locations
and access points
• Rope Rescue Scenario Drill
(incapacitated victim on platform or
scaffolding) – TBD
14 Hayward First Responder
Training Plan Enhancements
Thank you