Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(1) Municipalities that receive electric
distribution service from a municipal light plant with a service territory
limited to one municipality and where there are no investor-owned electric
distribution company customers, may join the Green Communities Program under
225 CMR 25.05(1) if the municipal light plant that provides electric
distribution service to the municipality has adopted the renewable energy
charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(b). The Department will accept the
following documentation to demonstrate that the requirement has been met:
A signed copy of an agreement between the trust administrator,
the municipality, and the municipal light plant that provides electric
distribution service to the municipality defining the terms of the municipal
light plant's contributions to the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust
Fund.
(2) Municipalities
that receive electric distribution service from a municipal light plant with a
service territory limited to one municipality and where there is at least one
investor-owned electric distribution company customer may join the Green
Communities Program under 225 CMR 25.05(2) by either of the following methods:
(a) Providing proof that the investor-owned
electric distribution company customer in the municipality pays into the
Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund. The Department will accept the
following documentation to demonstrate that the above requirement has been met:
1. a letter from the investor-owned electric
distribution company verifying that they provide electric distribution service
to the property; and
2. property
card(s) or other information from the municipality demonstrating that the
customer's property is located in the municipality.
(b) Providing proof that the municipal light
plant has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, §
20(b). The Department will accept the following documentation to demonstrate
that the above requirement has been met: a signed copy of an agreement between
the trust administrator, the municipality, and the municipal light plant that
provides electric distribution service to the municipality defining the terms
of the municipal light plant's contributions to the Massachusetts Renewable
Energy Trust Fund.
(3)
Municipalities that receive electric distribution service from a municipal
light plant with a service territory that covers more than one municipality and
where there are no investor-owned electric distribution company customers, may
join the Green Communities Program under 225 CMR 25.05(3) by any of the
following methods:
(a) Providing proof that
the municipal light plant has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to
M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(b); or
(b)
Providing proof that the municipality has adopted the renewable energy charge
pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(c). The Department will accept the
following documentation to demonstrate that the requirement has been met: a
signed copy of an agreement between the trust administrator, the municipality,
and or the municipal light plant that provides electric distribution service to
the municipality defining the terms of the municipal light plant's
contributions to the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund.
(4) Municipalities that receive
electric distribution service from a municipal light plant with a service
territory that covers more than one municipality and where there is at least
one investor-owned electric distribution company customer, may join the Green
Communities Program under 225 CMR 25.05(4) by any of the following methods:
(a) Providing proof that the municipal light
plant has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, §
20(b); or
(b) Providing proof that
the municipality has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c.
25, § 20(c). The Department will accept the following documentation to
demonstrate that the above requirement has been met: a signed copy of an
agreement between the trust administrator, the municipality, and the municipal
light plant that provides electric distribution service to the municipality
defining the terms of the municipal light plant's contributions to the
Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund.
(c) Providing proof that the investor-owned
electric distribution company customer pays into the Massachusetts Renewable
Energy Trust Fund. The following documentation is required to prove this
requirement has been met:
1. a letter from the
investor-owned electric distribution company verifying that they provide
electric service to the property; and
2. property card(s) or other information from
the municipality demonstrating that the customer's property is located in the
municipality.
