Code of Massachusetts Regulations
225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES
Title 225 CMR 21.00 - Clean Peak Energy Portfolio Standard (CPS)
Section 21.09 - Annual Compliance Filings for Retail Electricity Suppliers
Universal Citation: 225 MA Code of Regs 225.21
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 21.07 and 21.08 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.
(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 Retail Electric Supplier's certificates obligation that the
Retail Electric Supplier correctly allocated or should have allocated to each
of the Retail Electric 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)
Clean Peak Energy
Certificates Allocated from the Compliance Year. Documentation of
the total MWhs of each Retail Electricity Product allocated to End-use
Customers that were derived from Clean Peak Resource generation during the
Compliance Year.
(d)
Clean Peak Energy Certificates Allocated from Banked
Compliance. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any
quantity of Clean Peak Resource Generation Attributes banked from previous
years pursuant to 225 CMR 21.08(2) that are used to demonstrate compliance with
the CPS 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 21.08(3)(a), along with a copy of any Alternative
Compliance Payment receipt(s); and
(f)
Attributes Banked for Future
Compliance. Identification of any quantity of Attributes from
Clean Peak Resource Generation, that the Retail Electricity Supplier
anticipates claiming for purposes of Banked Compliance in subsequent years
under the Banked Compliance provisions of 225 CMR 21.08(2).
(g)
Exempt Contracts under
Minimum Standard. Identification of any contract for a specific
term of years that was executed before January 1, 2020, 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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