Contact: Galen Barbose

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

(510) 495-2593, glbarbose@lbl.gov

Last update: May 1, 2013

RPS Compliance Summary Data

GENERAL NOTES

(1) This summary is intended to serve as a living document. All data are provisional and are subject to change as new or better information becomes available. Cells marked as "no data" indicate that RPS 

compliance data for that year are not yet available. If apparent errors are discovered, please contact LBNL (see contact information above).

(2) RPS Obligations (MWh) represent, unless otherwise indicated, the total RPS requirement for all applicable entities and across all RPS resource tiers, inclusive of solar and distributed generation setasides. 

(3) RPS Achievement (% of RPS Obligations) represents the sum total, across all applicable entities, of the amount of renewable energy generation or number of renewable energy certificates (RECs)* 

applied towards each entity's compliance obligation in the given compliance year, divided by the RPS Obligations. These values do not represent RPS compliance, per se, as each state may define 

“compliance” differently. Instead, these values are intended to present comparable information across all states. As such, a number of standard conventions are used. Specifically, the percentages: (a) 

reflect the application of any available credit multipliers, (b) include previously banked RECs retired within each compliance year, (c) do not include alternative compliance payments (ACPs), (d) do not 

include borrowed RECs or deferred obligations until such time as the borrowed RECs are repaid or the deferred obligations are fulfilled, and (e) do not include RECs purchased or retired in excess of any 

individual entity's compliance requirement, although RECs banked in any individual year are counted in subsequent years if applied towards those years' compliance obligations. Values of "n/a" are shown 

for years in which compliance obligations did not exist.

(4) For states with compliance years that begin in the middle of each calendar year (i.e., DE, IL, NJ, and PA), compliance years are mapped to the table based on the start date of each compliance year (e.g., a 

compliance year beginning June 1, 2010 is identified in the table as the "2010" compliance year). This may differ from the convention used in specific states.

* Renewable energy certificates (RECs), also sometimes referred to as a "Tradable Green Certificates" or "Green Tags", are created when one megawatt-hour of renewable energy is generated, are a purely 

financial product, and can be traded separately from the underlying electricity generation. In many states, retail electricity suppliers are allowed to demonstrate compliance with the RPS by purchasing 

RECs in lieu of directly purchasing renewable electricity. For definitions and explanations of other RPS terminology, please refer to: Wiser, R. and G. Barbose. 2008. Renewables Portfolio Standards in the 

United States — A Status Report with Data Through 2007. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL-154E. http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/emp/reports/lbnl-154e-revised.pdf

This work is supported by the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (Permitting, Siting, and Analysis Division) and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Solar Energy Technologies 

Program) of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. 
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

AZ Compliance data are not available for Annual utility compliance filings, 0 0 54,261 138,530 217,024 299,189 407,842 444,298 631,122 662,270 824,430 1,015,858

CA (1) The table does not include 

compliance data for the state's publiclyCompliance filings (the most recent of which are the August 2012 filings), 0 0 0 0 0 20,139,142 21,748,036 23,605,942 25,643,076 27,572,759 29,556,578 37,427,981

CO (1) RPS Obligations and RPS 

Achievement for 2010 and 2011 

Annual compliance filings by the state's 

two investor-owned utilities were 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 898,043 1,692,921 1,646,899 1,520,066

CT (1) RPS Obligations and RPS 

Achievement include only Class I and 

Decisions issued in the Connecticut 

Dept. of Public Utility Control's annual 0 no data no data no data no data 1,333,200 1,426,500 1,520,094 2,022,531 2,424,807 2,606,049 no data

DC none

Annual RPS compliance reports issued 

by the District of Columbia Public 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 481,902 518,685 591,576 699,887

DE none

Aggregate statewide RPS compliance 

data provided to LBNL by Delaware 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 118,727 213,711 291,451 410,618

HI The 2004 law established RPS 

obligations beginning in 2005. The 

Annual utilty compliance filings, 

accessed via utility company websites 0 0 0 0 0 0 878,740 0 0 0 0 957,857

IA The Iowa RPS is specified as a 

renewable capacity requirement; we 

Iowa Utilities Board order issued 

November 21, 2007 in Docket AEP-07- 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800 295,800

IL RPS Obligations and RPS 

Achievement are shown only for the 

Illinois Commerce Commission orders 

in annual dockets on procurement 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,210,441 2,283,749 2,747,874

KS none

Kansas Corporation Commission's 

Biennial Report on Electric Supply and 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MA none

Annual RPS compliance reports issued 

by the Massachusetts Department of 0 0 0 0 498,344 750,954 1,031,449 1,253,600 1,529,359 1,761,271 3,096,274 5,468,563

MD none

Aggregate statewide RPS compliance 

data provided to LBNL by MD PSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,820,274 1,937,641 2,665,678 2,770,353 3,539,778

ME none

Annual RPS compliance reports issued 

by the Maine Public Utilities 0 3,528,938 3,532,009 3,308,138 3,360,998 3,615,017 3,598,072 3,436,020 3,510,587 3,504,228 3,514,043 3,832,365

MI RPS compliance obligations do not 

commence until 2012. n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MN RPS Obligations and RPS 

Achievement include both the 

Annual RPS compliance reports issued 

by the Minnesota Public Utilities 0 0 0 2,124,300 2,025,750 2,025,750 3,297,996 no data 3,910,100 3,895,008 3,860,255 7,093,647

MO none

Annual RPS compliance reports filed 

by utilities with the MO PSC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MT none

Summary data provided to LBNL by 

MT PSC staff 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 339,302 346,261 692,167

NC Compliance obligations through 2011 

consist solely of a solar set-aside.

Annual utility compliance filings, 

accessed via NC-RETS website, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24,867

NH none

Annual RPS compliance reports issued 

by the New Hampshire Public Utilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 423,000 608,000 807,187

NJ 2011 data are preliminary. Annual RPS compliance reports 

prepared by the New Jersey Board of 0 0 2,132,289 2,204,341 2,409,335 2,392,779 2,948,476 3,812,723 4,406,146 5,292,050 5,733,633 6,807,439

NM none

Annual utilty compliance filings, 

accessed via utility company websites 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 644,197 846,406 849,157 852,285 858,705

NV none

Annual utilty compliance filings, 

accessed via the Nevada Public 0 0 0 0 1,289,903 1,382,738 1,714,769 1,805,802 2,775,882 2,741,604 3,551,815 3,493,644

NY (1) RPS Obligations and RPS 

Achievement represent the sum of 

RPS Obligations for the years 2006-

2009 are based on the original RPS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1,146,506 2,376,659 3,624,711 4,868,849 3,061,948

OH (1) The RPS Obligations and RPS 

Acheivements do not include data from 

Annual utilty compliance filings, 

accessed via the Ohio Public Utilities 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 333,809 602,196

OR none n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PA (1) RPS Obligations and RPS 

Achievement are shown only for Tier I 

Annual RPS compliance reports 

prepared by the Pennsylvania Public 0 0 no data no data 0 0 0 21,784 175,153 388,246 829,374 2,840,430

RI none

Annual RPS compliance reports 

prepared by the Rhode Island Public 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 250,079 289,774 316,424 370,948

TX none

ERCOT's annual reports on the Texas 

Renewable Energy Credit Trading 0 0 0 1,104,489 1,322,161 2,671,399 1,505,855 3,421,656 3,421,626 6,747,162 6,799,347 9,053,544

WA RPS compliance obligations do not 

commence until 2012. n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

WI RPS Obligations and RPS 

Achievement in 2000 consist of the 

Annual RPS compliance reports 

prepared by the Wisconsin Public 0 153,300 281,756 286,669 497,446 502,539 718,747 2,412,984 2,407,290 2,500,387 2,501,915 3,850,101

RPS States Notes Data Source(s) RPS Obligations (MWh)

2011

1,183,221

35,651,409

3,682,075

no data

no data

554,098

952,691

295,800

3,069,199

3,129,072

6,199,873

4,661,830

3,937,245

0

7,131,218

1,166,780

691,872

26,514

1,023,556

7,227,675

1,424,826

4,468,124

4,572,910

1,351,544

1,566,046

no data

448,696

no data

0

3,811,863

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

n/a n/a 85% 61% 30% 30% 25% 24% 30% 90% 90% 93%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 100% 100% 100% 91% 89% 88%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 100% 100% 100%

n/a no data no data no data no data 100% 100% 96% 100% 100% 100% no data

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 99% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 97% 96% 100% 99%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% n/a n/a n/a n/a 100%

100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 65% 64% 74% 99% 100% 82% 74%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

n/a 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a n/a 61% 72% 72% 81% no data 99% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 99% 100% 98%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 63% 93% 89%

n/a n/a 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 99% 99% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a 30% 30% 95% 39% 50% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 51% 25% 23% 61% 96%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a no data no data n/a n/a n/a 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 98% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a 99% 96% 99% 99% 100% 99% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a 40% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%

RPS Achievement (% of RPS Obligations)
Contact: Galen Barbose

Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

(510) 495-2593, glbarbose@lbl.gov

Last update: May 1, 2013

RPS Solar and Distributed Generation Set-Aside Compliance Summary Data

GENERAL NOTES

(1) This summary is intended to serve as a living document. All data are provisional and are subject to change as new or better information becomes available. Cells marked as "no data" indicate that 

solar/distributed generation set-aside compliance data for that year are not yet available. If apparent errors are discovered, please contact LBNL (see contact information above).

(2) Solar/DG Set-Aside Obligations (MWh) represent the total solar or distributed generation (DG) set-aside requirement for all applicable entities. 

(3) Solar/DG Set-Aside Achievement (% of Solar/DG Set-Aside Obligations) represents the sum total, across all applicable entities, of the amount of solar/DG energy generation or number of solar/DG 

renewable energy certificates (RECs)* applied towards each entity's solar/DG RPS set-aside compliance obligation in the given compliance year, divided by the Solar/DG Set -Aside Obligations. These values 

do not represent compliance, per se, as each state may define “compliance” differently. Instead, these values are intended to present comparable information across all states. As such, a number of 

standard conventions are used. Specifically, the percentages: (a) reflect the application of any available credit multipliers, (b) include previously banked solar/DG RECs retired within each compliance year, (c) 

do not include solar/DG alternative compliance payments (ACPs), (d) do not include borrowed solar/DG RECs or deferred obligations until such time as the borrowed RECs are repaid or the deferred 

obligations are fulfilled, and (e) do not include solar/DG RECs purchased or retired in excess of any individual entity's compliance requirement, although solar/DG RECs banked in any individual year are 

counted in subsequent years if applied towards those years' compliance obligations. Values of "n/a" are shown for years in which compliance obligations did not exist.

(4) For states with compliance years that begin in the middle of each calendar year (i.e., DE, IL, NJ, and PA), compliance years are mapped to the table based on the start date of each compliance year (e.g., a 

compliance year beginning June 1, 2010 is identified in the table below as the "2010" compliance year). This may differ from the convention used in specific states.

* Renewable energy certificates (RECs), also sometimes referred to as a "Tradable Green Certificates" or "Green Tags", are created when one megawatt-hour of renewable energy is generated, are a purely 

financial product, and can be traded separately from the underlying electricity generation. In many states, retail electricity suppliers are allowed to demonstrate compliance with the RPS by purchasing RECs 

in lieu of directly purchasing renewable electricity. For definitions and explanations of other RPS terminology, please refer to: Wiser, R. and G. Barbose. 2008. Renewables Portfolio Standards in the United 

States — A Status Report with Data Through 2007. Berkeley, CA: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, LBNL-154E. http://eetd.lbl.gov/ea/emp/reports/lbnl-154e-revised.pdf 

This work is supported by the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (Permitting, Siting, and Analysis Division) and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Solar Energy Technologies 

Program) of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231. 
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

AZ Compliance data are not available for Annual utility compliance filings, 0 0 27,130 69,265 108,512 179,513 235,579 266,579 229,814 66,233 123,665 203,171

CO Colorado’s RPS rules allow utilities to Annual utility compliance filings by the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 35,922 60,226 58,065 60,213

DC none Annual RPS compliance reports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 592 1,255 2,235 3,532

DE none Aggregate statewide RPS compliance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 900 1,091 1,478

IL Solar set-aside compliance obligations n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

MA none Annual RPS compliance reports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33,968

MD none Aggregate statewide RPS compliance 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2,934 6,143 15,985

MO none n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NC none Annual utility compliance filings, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 24,867

NH none Annual RPS compliance reports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4,282

NJ 2011 data are preliminary. Annual RPS compliance reports 0 0 0 0 0 5,714 10,450 32,743 65,384 130,266 171,095 306,000

NM none Annual utilty compliance filings, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

NV none Annual utilty compliance filings, 0 0 0 0 64,495 69,136 85,739 90,291 138,794 137,080 177,591 174,686

NY (1) Solar/DG Set-Aside Obligations Solar/DG Set-Aside Obligations for the 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25,259 50,488 75,685 100,855 183,608

OH (1) The Solar/DG Set-Aside Annual utilty compliance filings, 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5,348 12,224

OR Solar set-aside compliance obligations n/a 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

PA none Annual RPS compliance reports 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 350 1,223 3,962 18,936

Solar/DG 

Set-Aside Notes Data Source(s) Solar/DG Set-Aside Obligations (MWh)

2011

295,873

303,086

no data

15,831

0

80,370

28,037

21,748

26,514

8,547

442,000

284,965

223,406

298,254

42,089

0

no data

1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010

n/a n/a 75% 26% 26% 22% 19% 22% 13% 41% 52% 80%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 0% 0% 62% 97%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 84% 94% 99%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 8%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 7% 53% 97%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 91%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 54% 98% 96% 76% 58% 72% 95%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a n/a n/a 6% 2% 2% 9% 54% 100% 100% 100%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 4% 33% 27%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 82% 94%

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a

n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 100% 99% 100% 100% 100%

Solar/DG Set-Aside Achievement (% of Solar/DG Set-Aside Obligations)