(1)
Date of Annual Compliance
Filing. For each Compliance Year, the Retail Electricity Supplier
annually shall file an annual Compliance Filing with the Department no later
than July 1st, or the first Business Day thereafter,
of the subsequent Compliance Year. Notwithstanding the date of its annual
Compliance Filing, the Retail Electricity Supplier's obligations under
225
CMR 14.07 and
14.08 begin on the date in
any Compliance Year upon which the Retail Electricity Supplier provides service
to an End Use Customer.
(2)
Contents of Annual Compliance Filing. For each Retail
Electricity Product, the Filing shall document compliance with the provisions
of 225 CMR 14.07 and
14.08 to the satisfaction of
the Department and shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a)
Total Electrical Energy Sales
to End-use Customers. Documentation of the total MWhs of
electrical energy allocated by the Retail Electricity Supplier to End-use
Customers in the Compliance Year. Such allocation is defined as the total
quantity of the Supplier's Certificates Obligation that the Supplier correctly
allocated or should have allocated to all of the Supplier's Massachusetts
retail subaccounts in the NEPOOL GIS, in compliance with all relevant
provisions of Part 4 of the NEPOOL GIS Operating Rules, or any successor rules,
as specified in the Guideline on the Determination of Sales to End-use
Customers.
(b)
Electrical Energy Sales to End-use Customers by
Product. Documentation of the total MWhs of each Retail
Electricity Product allocated to End-use Customers in the Compliance Year,
verified by an independent third-party satisfactory to the Department,
consistent with the Guidelines. Such allocation is defined as the quantity of
the Supplier's Certificates Obligation that the Supplier correctly allocated or
should have allocated to each of the Supplier's Massachusetts retail
subaccounts at the NEPOOL GIS, in compliance with all relevant provisions of
Part 4 of the NEPOOL GIS Operating Rules, or any successor rules, as specified
in the Guideline on the Determination of Sales to End-use Customers. The
Department shall keep product information confidential to the extent permitted
by law.
(c)
Attributes
Allocated from the Compliance Year. Documentation of the total
MWhs of each Retail Electricity Product allocated to End-use Customers that
were derived from RPS Class I Renewable Generation, Solar Carve-out Renewable
Generation, and Solar Carve-out II Renewable Generation during the Compliance
Year, and which may include electrical energy generated on End-use Customers'
sides of retail meters in the ISO-NE Control Area or by Off-grid Generation
Units in Massachusetts in the Compliance Year, as follows:
1. For electrical energy transactions
included in the ISO-NE Settlement Market System, the Compliance Filings shall
include documentation from the NEPOOL GIS administrator of the Retail
Electricity Supplier's ownership of GIS Certificates representing RPS Class I
Renewable Generation, Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation, and Solar Carve-out
II Renewable Generation during the Compliance Year.
2. For electrical energy transactions not
included in the ISO-NE Settlement Market System, but for which the Retail
Electricity Supplier has secured GIS Certificates from the NEPOOL GIS, the
Compliance Filings shall include documentation from the NEPOOL GIS of the
Retail Electricity Supplier's ownership of GIS Certificates representing RPS
Class I Renewable Generation, Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation, and Solar
Carve-out II Renewable Generation during the Compliance Year.
(d)
Attributes
Allocated from Banked Compliance. Allocation by Retail Electricity
Product of any quantity of RPS Class I Renewable Generation Attributes banked
from one or both of the two previous years pursuant to
225
CMR 14.08(2) that are used
to demonstrate compliance with the RPS Class I Minimum Standard in the current
Compliance Year, and allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any quantity
of Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation Attributes banked from one or both of
the two previous years pursuant to
225
CMR 14.08(2) that are used
to demonstrate compliance with the Solar Carve-out Minimum Standard or the RPS
Class I Minimum Standard in the current Compliance Year, and allocation by
Retail Electricity Product of any quantity of Solar Carve-out II Renewable
Generation Attributes banked from one or both of the two previous years
pursuant to
225
CMR 14.08(2) that are used
to demonstrate compliance with the Solar Carve-out II Minimum Standard or the
RPS Class I Minimum Standard in the current Compliance Year;
(e)
Alternative Compliance
Credits. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any
Alternative Compliance Credits claimed pursuant to
225
CMR 14.08(3)(a), along with
a copy of any Alternative Compliance Payment receipt(s), and allocation by
Retail Electricity Product of any Solar Carve-out Alternative Compliance
Credits claimed pursuant to
225
CMR 14.08(3)(b), along with
a copy of any Solar Carve-out Alternative Compliance Payment receipt(s), and
allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any Solar Carve-out II Alternative
Compliance Credits claimed pursuant to
225
CMR 14.08(3)(c), along with
a copy of any Solar Carve-Out II Alternative Compliance Payment receipt(s);
and
(f)
Attributes
Banked for Future Compliance. Identification of any quantity of
Attributes from RPS Class I Renewable Generation, Solar Carve-out Renewable
Generation, or Solar Carve-out II Renewable Generation, that the Retail
Electricity Supplier anticipates claiming for purposes of Banked Compliance in
subsequent years under the Banked Compliance provisions of
225
CMR 14.08(2).
(g)
Contracts Subject to Lower
ACP Rate under
225
CMR 14.08(3)(b)3
. Identification of any contract for a specific term of years that
was executed before January 1, 2010, and its terms including, but not limited
to, the execution and expiration dates of the contract and the annual volume of
electrical energy supplied. Contracts eligible for the Lower ACP Rate shall
include only those contracts that were executed by a retail End-use
Customer.