California dairy power production program

Each dairy used the biogas produced by the digester to run an engine that powered a generator producing electricity for use at the dairy. There were no specific regulatory programs that applied to the digesters, although the Regional Water Boards RWBs regulated wastes produced at the dairies, including effluent from the digesters. Other state and local agencies likewise did not have regulations specific for the digesters, although some of those agencies had regulations applicable to dairies.

The new digesters were also used to power generators, but several dairies negotiated with utility companies to sell excess electricity. However, pricing for the surplus electricity was not favorable to the dairies and many just flared excess biogas.

No new state regulatory programs were developed that applied to the ten digesters constructed under the first round of DPPP funding, nor did local agencies develop any regulations that applied to the digesters.

Starting in , several counties began developing regulatory programs for dairies, but the regulations did not specifically address digesters. However, starting about , new regulatory programs were enacted that affected the construction of digesters at dairies.

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