California Code of Regulations › Title 20 - Public Utilities and Energy › Division 2 - State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission › Chapter 13 - Enforcement Procedures for the Renewables Portfolio Standard for Local Publicly Owned Electric Utilities › Section 3204 - RPS Procurement Requirements

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) RPS procurement targets for each
				compliance period:
(1) For the compliance
				period beginning January 1, 2011, and ending December 31, 2013, a POU shall
				demonstrate it has procured electricity products sufficient to meet or exceed
				an average of 20 percent of its retail sales over the three calendar years in
				the compliance period. The numerical expression of this requirement is:
(EP2011 +
				  EP2012 + EP2013) >= 0.20
				  (RS2011 + RS2012 +
				  RS2013)
EPX = Electricity products
				  retired for the specified year X; this may include excess procurement and
				  historic carryover that the POU has chosen to apply to the compliance period
				  containing year X
RSX = Retail sales made by the
				  POU for the specified year X
No POU may apply Portfolio Content Category 3 RECs in excess
				  of the maximum limit calculated in section
				  3204(c)(1)(A)
				  toward its RPS procurement target for this period.
(2) For the compliance period beginning
				January 1, 2014, and ending December 31, 2016, a POU shall demonstrate it has
				procured electricity products within that period sufficient to meet or exceed
				the sum of 20 percent of its 2014 retail sales, 20 percent of its 2015 retail
				sales, and 25 percent of its 2016 retail sales. The numerical expression of
				this requirement is:
EP2014 +
				  EP2015 + EP2016
>=
0.20(RS2014) +
				  0.20(RS2015) +
				  0.25(RS2016)
No POU may apply Portfolio Content Category 3 RECs in excess
				  of the maximum limit calculated in section
				  3204(c)(2)(A)
				  toward its RPS procurement target for this period.
(3) For the compliance period beginning
				January 1, 2017, and ending December 31, 2020, a POU shall demonstrate it has
				procured electricity products within that period sufficient to meet or exceed
				the sum of 27 percent of its 2017 retail sales, 29 percent of its 2019 retail
				sales, 31 percent of its 2019 retail sales, and 33 percent of its 2020 retail
				sales. The numerical expression of this requirement is:
(EP2017 +
				  EP2019 + EP2019 +
				  EP2020)
>=
0.27(RS2017) +
				  0.29(RS2018) + 0.31(RS2019) +
				  0.33(RS2020)
EPX = Electricity products
				  applied to the specified year X toward the RPS procurement target for the
				  compliance period containing year X. This may include electricity products
				  retired for and applied to year X, subject to the Portfolio Content Category 3
				  limit calculated in section
				  3204(c), and
				  excess procurement pursuant to section
				  3206(a)(1) and
				  historic carryover pursuant to section
				  3206(a)(5) that
				  the POU has applied to year X.
RSX =
Retail sales
made by the POU for the specified year X
No POU may apply Portfolio Content Category 3 RECs in excess
				  of the maximum limit calculated in section
				  3204(c)(3)(A)
				  toward its RPS procurement target for this period.
(4) For the compliance period beginning
				January 1, 2021, and ending December 31, 2024, a POU shall demonstrate it has
				procured electricity products within that period sufficient to meet or exceed
				the sum of 35.75 percent of its 2021 retail sales, 38.50 percent of its 2022
				retail sales, 41.25 percent of its 2023 retail sales, and 44.00 percent of its
				2024 retail sales. The numerical expression of this requirement is:
(EP2021 +
				  EP2022 + EP2023 +
				  EP2024) >= 0.3575 (RS2021) +
				  0.3850 (RS2022) + 0.4125 (RS2023)
				  + 0.4400 (RS2024)
No POU may apply Portfolio Content Category 3 RECs in excess
				  of the maximum limit calculated in section
				  3204(c)(3)(A)
				  toward its RPS procurement target for this period.
(5) For the compliance period beginning
				January 1, 2025, and ending December 31, 2027, a POU shall demonstrate it has
				procured electricity products within that period sufficient to meet or exceed
				the sum of 46.00 percent of its 2025 retail sales, 50.00 percent of its 2026
				retail sales, and 52.00 percent of its 2027 retail sales. The numerical
				expression of this requirement is:
EP2025 +
				  EP2026 + EP2027 >=
				  0.4600(RS2025) + 0.5000(RS2026) +
				  0.5200(RS2027)
No POU may apply Portfolio Content Category 3 RECs in excess
				  of the maximum limit calculated in section
				  3204(c)(3)(A)
				  toward its RPS procurement target for this period.
(6) For the compliance period beginning
				January 1, 2028, and ending December 31, 2030, a POU shall demonstrate it has
				procured electricity products within that period sufficient to meet or exceed
				the sum of 54.67 percent of its 2028 retail sales, 57.33 percent of its 2029
				retail sales, and 60.00 percent of its 2030 retail sales. The numerical
				expression of this requirement is:
EP2028 +
				  EP2029 + EP2030 >=
				  0.5467(RS2028) + 0.5733(RS2029) +
				  0.6000(RS2030)
No POU may apply Portfolio Content Category 3 RECs in excess
				  of the maximum limit calculated in section
				  3204(c)(3)(A)
				  toward its RPS procurement target for this period.
(7) Compliance periods beginning on and after
				January 1, 2031, shall be three years in length starting on January 1 and
				ending on December 31. For each compliance period beginning on or after January
				1, 2031, a POU shall demonstrate it has procured electricity products within
				the compliance period sufficient to meet or exceed an average of 60.00 percent
				of the POU's retail sales over the three calendar years of the compliance
				period. The numerical expression of this requirement is:
EPx1 +
				  EPx2 + EPx3 >= 0.6000
				  (RSx1) + 0.6000 (RSx2) + 0.6000
				  (RSx3)
No POU may apply Portfolio Content Category 3 RECs in excess
				  of the maximum limit calculated in section
				  3204(c)(3)(A)
				  toward its RPS procurement target for this period.