Wisconsin Administrative Code
Public Service Commission
Chapter PSC 118 - Renewable Resource Credit Tracking Program
Section PSC 118.06 - Renewable energy tracking system program administrator
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง PSC 118.06
Current through August 26, 2024
(1) The commission shall do any of the following:
(a) Using a
competitive process, contract with a program administrator who shall operate
either a statewide or a regional renewable energy tracking system.
(b) Participate in a regional organization
that contracts with a program administrator who shall operate a statewide or
regional renewable energy tracking system.
(2) The program administrator shall:
(a) Create an account for each electric
provider.
(b) Create an account for
each certified renewable facility or certified displacement facility that
participates in the tracking system and requests a separate account.
(c) Upon request, register each renewable
facility the commission has certified, including the following data about the
facility:
1. Its tracking system account
number.
2. Its location, owner,
technology, date placed in service, and rated capacity.
3. Its expected annual energy
production.
4. Information about
the facility's meter that allows the program administrator to verify its
accuracy.
5. Any additional data
the commission deems necessary for proper operation of the tracking
system.
(cm) Upon
request by the commission, register each displacement facility the commission
has certified, including the following data about the facility:
1. Its tracking system account
number.
2. Its location, owner,
technology, and date placed in service.
3. Its estimated annual amount of displaced
conventional electricity.
4. Any
additional data the commission considers necessary for proper operation of the
tracking system.
(d)
Establish and maintain a system for tracking renewable energy certificates and
RRCs that does all of the following:
1. Issues
a unique electronic certificate for each MWh of renewable energy measured at
the bus bar of a certified renewable facility that is located in the area
covered by the tracking system, that is owned by a participating electric
provider, or that is under contract to deliver electric energy to a
participating electric provider. The certificate shall identify which certified
renewable facility produced the MWh, when it was produced, and any other
characteristics the commission finds necessary.
1m. Issues a unique electronic certificate
for each MWh of conventional electricity displaced by a certified displacement
facility that complies with ss.
PSC 118.03 and
118.04, as calculated under s.
PSC 118.09. The certificate shall identify which
displacement facility displaced the MWh, when the facility operated, and any
other characteristics the commission finds necessary.
2. Records renewable energy certificate and
RRC ownership and each transfer between account holders.
3. Retires each renewable energy certificate
and RRC that meets any of the following circumstances:
a. An electric provider uses the renewable
energy certificate or RRC to meet all or part of its minimum percentage
requirement under s.
196.378(2) (a), Stats.
b. An electric provider chooses to retire the
renewable energy certificate or RRC for any other reason.
(e) Audit registered renewable
facilities, as needed, to verify the accuracy of metered production
data.
(em) Audit registered
displacement facilities, as needed, to verify the amount of displaced
conventional electricity.
(f) Track
and report each electric provider's compliance with the minimum percentage
requirement under s.
196.378(2) (a), Stats.
(g) Perform any other function the commission
may designate.
(3) The program administrator may create an exchange procedure for purchasing and selling renewable energy certificates and RRCs.
(4)
(a)
Annually, the program administrator shall report to the commission the costs
incurred in operating the renewable energy tracking system and recommend an
assessment of these costs to electric providers and other tracking system
participants that hold tracking system accounts.
(b) The commission shall review the cost
allocation that the program administrator proposes under par. (a) and approve
or modify this allocation. The commission shall assess these costs to each
electric provider, pursuant to s.
196.85(1) and (1m) (a), Stats.
(5) An electric provider may not use renewable energy from a decertified renewable facility to meet the electric provider's minimum percentage requirement under s. 196.378(2) (a), Stats., that was produced after the facility is decertified. The program administrator may not issue RRCs for energy from a decertified renewable facility that was produced after the facility is decertified. The program administrator may not issue RRCs for conventional electricity displaced by the operation of a decertified displacement facility which displacement occurred after the facility is decertified.
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