Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES › Title 225 CMR 15.00 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Class II › Section 15.09 - 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 15.07 and
			 15.08 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 as the total
			 quantity of the Supplier's Certificates Obligation that the Retail Electricity
			 Supplier correctly allocated or should have allocated to all of the Retail
			 Electricity Supplier's Massachusetts retail subaccounts in the NEPOOL GIS, in
			 compliance with all relevant provisions of Part 4 of the NEPOOL GIS Operating
			 Rules, or any successor rules, as specified in the Department's Guideline on
			 the Determination of Sales to End-use Customer.
(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 as the
			 quantity of the Supplier's Certificates Obligation that the Retail Electricity
			 Supplier correctly allocated or should have allocated to each of the Retail
			 Electricity Supplier's Massachusetts retail subaccounts at the NEPOOL GIS, in
			 compliance with all relevant provisions of Part 4 of the NEPOOL GIS Operating
			 Rules, or any successor rules, as specified in the Department's Guideline on
			 the Determination of Sales to End-use Customer. 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
			 RPS Class II Renewable Generation and RPS Class II Waste Energy 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, shall be 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 both RPS
			 Class II Renewable Generation and RPS Class II Waste Energy 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 both RPS Class II Renewable
			 Generation and RPS Class II Waste Energy 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 15.08(2)  that are used
			 to demonstrate compliance in the current Compliance Year, except that banked
			 RPS Class II Waste Energy Generation Attributes cannot be used for compliance
			 with the RPS Class II Renewable Generation Minimum Standard and banked RPS
			 Class II Renewable Generation Attributes cannot be used for compliance with the
			 RPS Class II Waste Energy Generation Minimum Standard.
(e)
Alternative Compliance
			 Credits
. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any
			 Alternative Compliance Credits claimed pursuant to
			 225
			 CMR 15.08(3), along with a
			 copy of any ACP receipt(s).
(f)
Attributes Banked for Future Compliance
.
			 Identification of any quantity of RPS Class II Renewable Generation Attributes
			 and of any RPS Class II Waste Energy Generation Attributes that the Retail
			 Electricity Supplier anticipates claiming for purposes of Banked Compliance in
			 subsequent years under the Banked Compliance provisions of
			 225
			 CMR 15.08(2), except that
			 RPS Class II Waste Energy Generation Attributes that are in excess of the
			 quantity of such Attributes needed for the RPS Class II Waste Energy Minimum in
			 Compliance Years 2014 and 2015 cannot be used for Banked Compliance.
(g)
Exempt Contracts under the
			 RPS Class II Renewable Generation Minimum Standard and the RPS Class II Waste
			 Energy 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.