Current through August 26, 2024
(1) An electric
provider may use the output of a renewable facility to meet a minimum
percentage requirement under s.
196.378(2) (a), Stats., or to create an RRC for
renewable energy only if the renewable facility that is the source of the
electric provider's renewable energy meets all of the following requirements:
(a) The energy output of the renewable
facility is physically metered and the accuracy of the metering is subject to
verification by the program administrator or the commission.
(b) The renewable facility registers with,
and is certified by, the commission under s. PSC118.05.
(c) The renewable facility is owned or
operated by the electric provider, which sells the renewable energy to its
retail customers or members, or the renewable facility supplies or allocates
its energy under an executed wholesale purchase contract to the electric
provider, which sells the renewable energy to its retail customers or
members.
(2) An electric
provider or customer or member of an electric provider may create an RRC for
conventional electricity displaced by the use of a displacement facility only
if the displacement facility meets all of the following requirements:
(a) Is registered with, and is certified by,
the commission under s. PSC118.055.
(c) Will replace or reduce the use of an
electric device or electric service used for the same purpose at the same
location as the displacement facility.
(d) Satisfies any other condition established
by the commission consistent with s.
196.378(3) (a) 1m, Stats.
(3)
(a) An
electric provider may only use the renewable portion of the production from a
facility using both a renewable and conventional fuel, based on the relative
energy content of the fuels, to meet a minimum percentage requirement under s.
196.378(2) (a), Stats.
(b) An electric provider or customer or
member of an electric provider may only use the renewable portion of the
production from a facility using both a renewable and conventional fuel, based
on the relative energy content of the fuels, to create RRCs.
(3m) An electric provider or
customer or member of an electric provider may use biogas or synthetic gas it
creates under sub. (1) or (2), or may use biogas or synthetic gas provided by
another entity under sub. (4).
(4)
(a) An electric provider may under par. (b)
or a customer or member of an electric provider may under par. (c) use the
production of a facility that has contracted with a producer of biogas or
synthetic gas for ownership of the gas and that has sufficient contracts to
deliver the gas to the facility, according to the resulting number of MWh that
the facility generates or the amount of conventional electricity that the
facility displaces.
(b) An electric
provider may use the production of a facility that satisfies par. (a) to meet a
minimum percentage requirement under s.
196.378(2) (a), Stats., or to create an RRC if the
electric provider demonstrates all of the following:
1. The gas producer meters the amount of gas
delivered, using metering devices that comply with ss. PSC134.27 and
134.28.
2. The gas producer
measures the heat content of the gas at least monthly.
3. The facility complies with sub. (1) or
(2).
(c) A customer or
member of an electric provider may use the production of a facility that
satisfies par. (a) to create a RRC if the electric provider demonstrates all of
the following:
1. The gas producer meters the
amount of gas delivered, using metering devices that comply with ss. PSC134.27
and 134.28.
2. The gas producer
measures the heat content of the gas at least monthly.
3. The facility complies with sub. (1) or
(2).
(5) A
customer or member of an electric provider may create an RRC in the manner
described in sub. (4).
