Code of Massachusetts Regulations
225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES
Title 225 CMR 15.00 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Class II
Section 15.09 - Annual Compliance Filings for Retail Electricity Suppliers
Universal Citation: 225 MA Code of Regs 225.15
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(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 the first day of July, or the first Business Day thereafter, of the subsequent Compliance Year.
(2) Contents of Annual Compliance Filing. For each Retail Electricity Product, the Filing shall document compliance with the provisions of 225 CMR 15.07 and 15.08 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 Retail Electricity
Supplier correctly allocated or should have allocated to all of the Retail
Electricity 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 Department's Guideline on
the Determination of Sales to End-use Customer.
(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 Retail Electricity
Supplier correctly allocated or should have allocated to each of the Retail
Electricity 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 Department's Guideline on
the Determination of Sales to End-use Customer. 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 both
RPS Class II Renewable Generation and RPS Class II Waste Energy 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, shall be 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 both RPS
Class II Renewable Generation and RPS Class II Waste Energy 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 both RPS Class II Renewable
Generation and RPS Class II Waste Energy generation during the Compliance Year.
(d)
Attributes Allocated from Banked Compliance.
Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any quantity of Attributes banked
from one or both of the two previous years pursuant to
225
CMR 15.08(2) that are used
to demonstrate compliance in the current Compliance Year, except that banked
RPS Class II Waste Energy Generation Attributes cannot be used for compliance
with the RPS Class II Renewable Generation Minimum Standard and banked RPS
Class II Renewable Generation Attributes cannot be used for compliance with the
RPS Class II Waste Energy Generation Minimum Standard.
(e)
Alternative Compliance
Credits. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any
Alternative Compliance Credits claimed pursuant to
225
CMR 15.08(3), along with a
copy of any ACP receipt(s).
(f)
Attributes Banked for Future Compliance.
Identification of any quantity of RPS Class II Renewable Generation Attributes
and of any RPS Class II Waste Energy Generation Attributes that the Retail
Electricity Supplier anticipates claiming for purposes of Banked Compliance in
subsequent years under the Banked Compliance provisions of
225
CMR 15.08(2), except that
RPS Class II Waste Energy Generation Attributes that are in excess of the
quantity of such Attributes needed for the RPS Class II Waste Energy Minimum in
Compliance Years 2014 and 2015 cannot be used for Banked Compliance.
(g)
Exempt Contracts under the
RPS Class II Renewable Generation Minimum Standard and the RPS Class II Waste
Energy Minimum Standard. Identification of any contract for a
specific term of years that was executed before January 1, 2009, and its terms
including but not limited to, the execution and expiration dates of the
contract and the annual volume of electrical energy
supplied.
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