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Department of Environmental Quality

Air Pollution Control Board

Guidance Document Change: DEQ Guidance Memo APG-578 addresses the use of emergency generators in the case of “sudden and reasonably unforeseeable events” as the result of a planned electric outage.

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11/18/25 10:13 pm

Commenter: Scott Kurtzman

Limit diesel generator use.

Data centers should not be allowed to run diesel generators except in extreme emergencies. It should not be a common occurrence.

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