Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES › Title 225 CMR 16.00 - Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (APS) › Section 16.09 - Annual Compliance Filings for Retail Electricity Suppliers

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
Date of Annual Compliance
			 Filing
. For each Compliance Year, the Retail Electricity Supplier
			 annually shall file an annual Compliance Filing with the Department no later
			 than the first day of July, or the first Business Day thereafter, of the
			 subsequent Compliance Year.
(2)
Contents of Annual Compliance Filing
. For each Retail
			 Electricity Product, the Filing shall document compliance with the provisions
			 of
			 225 CMR
			 16.07 and
			 225 CMR
			 16.08 to the satisfaction of the Department
			 and shall include, but not be limited to, the following:
(a)
Total Electrical Energy Sales
			 to End-use Customers
. Documentation of the total MWhs of
			 electrical energy allocated by the Retail Electricity Supplier to End-use
			 Customers in the Compliance Year. Such allocation is defined in 225 CMR
			 16.09(2)(a) as the total quantity of the Supplier's Certificates Obligation
			 that the Supplier correctly allocated or should have allocated to all of the
			 Supplier's Massachusetts retail subaccounts in the NEPOOL GIS, in compliance
			 with all relevant provisions of Part 4 of the NEPOOL GIS Operating
			 Rules.
(b)
Electrical
			 Energy Sales to End-use Customers by Product
. Documentation of the
			 total MWhs of each Retail Electricity Product allocated to End-use Customers in
			 the Compliance Year, verified by an independent third-party satisfactory to the
			 Department, consistent with the Guidelines. Such allocation is defined in 225
			 CMR 16.09(2)(b) as the quantity of the Supplier's Certificates Obligation that
			 the Supplier correctly allocated or should have allocated to each of the
			 Supplier's Massachusetts retail subaccounts at the NEPOOL GIS, in compliance
			 with all relevant provisions of Part 4 of the NEPOOL GIS Operating Rules. The
			 Department shall keep product information confidential to the extent permitted
			 by law.
(c)
Attributes
			 Allocated from the Compliance Year
. Documentation of the total
			 MWhs of each Retail Electricity Product allocated to End-use Customers that
			 were derived from both APS Alternative Generation during the Compliance Year,
			 and which may include electrical energy generated on End-use Customers' sides
			 of retail meters in the ISO-NE Control Area or by Off-grid Generation Units in
			 Massachusetts in the Compliance Year, as follows:
1. For electrical energy transactions
			 included in the ISO-NE Settlement Market System, the Compliance Filings shall
			 include documentation from the NEPOOL GIS administrator of the Retail
			 Electricity Supplier's ownership of GIS Certificates representing APS
			 Alternative Generation during the Compliance Year.
2. For electrical energy transactions not
			 included in the ISO-NE Settlement Market System, but for which the Retail
			 Electricity Supplier has secured GIS Certificates from the NEPOOL GIS, the
			 Compliance Filings shall include documentation from the NEPOOL GIS of the
			 Retail Electricity Supplier's ownership of GIS Certificates representing APS
			 Alternative Generation during the Compliance Year.
(d)
Attributes Allocated from
			 Banked Compliance
. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any
			 quantity of Attributes banked from one or both of the two previous years
			 pursuant to
			 225 CMR
			 16.08(2)  that are used to
			 demonstrate compliance in the current Compliance Year;
(e)
Alternative Compliance
			 Credits
. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any
			 Alternative Compliance Credits claimed pursuant to
			 225 CMR
			 16.08(3), along with a copy
			 of any Alternative Compliance Payment receipt(s);
(f)
Attributes Banked for Future
			 Compliance
. Calculation of the quantity of any Attributes from APS
			 Alternative Generation that the Retail Electricity Supplier anticipates
			 claiming for purposes of Banked Compliance in subsequent years under the Banked
			 Compliance provisions of
			 225 CMR
			 16.08(2); and
(g)
Exempt Contracts under
			 Minimum Standard
. Identification of any contract for a specific
			 term of years that was executed before January 1, 2009, and its terms
			 including, but not limited to, the execution and expiration dates of the
			 contract and the annual volume of electrical energy
			 supplied.