2023 Laws of Puerto Rico › TITLE TWELVE - Conservation (§§ 1-16 — 8162) › Subtitle 8 - Environment II (§§ 8001 — 8162) › Chapter 506 - Public Policy on Energy Diversification by Means of Sustainable and Alternative Renewable Energy in Puerto Rico Act (§§ 8121 — 8136) › Subchapter II - Renewable Portfolio Standard (§§ 8122 — 8133) › § 8131 - Sustainable renewable energy and alternate renewable energy production quantification and oversight

(a) The Commission shall quantify and oversee the energy production of all sustainable renewable energy sources and alternative renewable energy sources located in Puerto Rico in the most efficient manner technically and economically feasible, including through the Internet to which such sources shall be connected, in such cases where it is physically and technically possible, through smart meters installed in the systems interconnected to the Authority or other retail electricity supplier in Puerto Rico, and/or upon payment by the Authority or other retail electricity supplier in Puerto Rico to any sources with which the latter may have renewable energy purchase agreements. The Commission shall quantify and oversee that the Authority and each retail electricity supplier complies with the renewable portfolio standard set forth in this chapter in the most efficient manner possible.
(b) The Commission may require through regulations that any retail electricity supplier, sustainable renewable energy, and alternative renewable energy producers register with the Commission.
(c) Annual compliance reports.— Every retail electricity supplier shall render an annual compliance report to the Commission for its review and approval. The annual compliance report shall be filed on or before March 31 of the calendar year following the calendar year in which the retail electricity supplier is subject to comply with the renewable portfolio standard. The annual compliance report shall provide at least the following:
(1) The total amount of megawatt-hours (MWh) distributed by the retail electricity supplier during the preceding calendar year.
(2) The amount of megawatt-hours (MWh) that the retail electricity supplier generated in or acquired from a sustainable renewable energy and alternative renewable energy source during the preceding calendar year.
(3) RECs issued and registered in the renewables registry, filed to comply, in whole or in part, with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the current calendar year, if it applicable.
(4) The distributed renewable energy that the retail electricity supplier has purchased to comply, in whole or in part, with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the current calendar year, pursuant to § 8132 of this title, if applicable.
(5) The amount of megawatt-hours (MWh) estimated to be distributed by the retail electricity supplier during the current calendar year.
(6) The amount of megawatt-hours (MWh) estimated by the retail electricity supplier that must be generated or acquired to comply with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the current calendar year.
(7) The total amount of megawatt-hours (MWh) of sustainable renewable energy or alternative renewable energy estimated by the retail electricity supplier to be supplied under an energy purchase agreement in effect at the time of the filing of the compliance report.
(8) The total number of RECs temporarily retained for future use that the retail electricity supplier shall file to comply, in whole or in part, with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the current calendar year, pursuant to § 8132 of this title, if applicable.
(9) The cost estimated by the retail electricity supplier to comply with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the current calendar year, separately breaking down the cost related to the acquisition of sustainable renewable energy or alternative renewable energy, and the cost related to the purchase of environmental and social attributes relative to such energy.
(10) The cost incurred by the retail electricity supplier to comply with the renewable portfolio standard applicable to the calendar year recently concluded, separately breaking down the cost related to the acquisition of sustainable renewable energy or alternative renewable energy, and the cost related to the purchase of environmental and social attributes relative to such energy.
(11) Any other information or documents required by the Commission through order or regulation.
(d) As a temporary provision, the information required under clauses (1), (2), (5), (6), (7), and (9) of subsection (c) of this section shall be furnished to the Commission by each retail electricity supplier through the Administration on or before March 31, 2015.
(e) The Commission may establish fees to be collected upon the filing of annual compliance reports.
History —July 19, 2010, No. 82, § 2.10.