Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES › Title 225 CMR 14.00 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Class I › Section 14.09 - 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 July 1st, or the first Business Day thereafter,
			 of the subsequent Compliance Year. Notwithstanding the date of its annual
			 Compliance Filing, the Retail Electricity Supplier's obligations under
			 225
			 CMR 14.07 and
			 14.08 begin on the date in
			 any Compliance Year upon which the Retail Electricity Supplier provides service
			 to an End Use Customer.
(2)
Contents of Annual Compliance Filing
. For each Retail
			 Electricity Product, the Filing shall document compliance with the provisions
			 of 225 CMR 14.07 and
			 14.08 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 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, or any successor rules,
			 as specified in the Guideline on the Determination of Sales to End-use
			 Customers.
(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 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, or any successor rules, as specified
			 in the Guideline on the Determination of Sales to End-use Customers. 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 RPS Class I Renewable Generation, Solar Carve-out Renewable
			 Generation, and Solar Carve-out II Renewable 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 RPS Class I
			 Renewable Generation, Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation, and Solar Carve-out
			 II Renewable 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 RPS
			 Class I Renewable Generation, Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation, and Solar
			 Carve-out II Renewable Generation during the Compliance Year.
(d)
Attributes
			 Allocated from Banked Compliance
. Allocation by Retail Electricity
			 Product of any quantity of RPS Class I Renewable Generation Attributes banked
			 from one or both of the two previous years pursuant to
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(2)  that are used
			 to demonstrate compliance with the RPS Class I Minimum Standard in the current
			 Compliance Year, and allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any quantity
			 of Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation Attributes banked from one or both of
			 the two previous years pursuant to
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(2)  that are used
			 to demonstrate compliance with the Solar Carve-out Minimum Standard or the RPS
			 Class I Minimum Standard in the current Compliance Year, and allocation by
			 Retail Electricity Product of any quantity of Solar Carve-out II Renewable
			 Generation Attributes banked from one or both of the two previous years
			 pursuant to
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(2)  that are used
			 to demonstrate compliance with the Solar Carve-out II Minimum Standard or the
			 RPS Class I Minimum Standard in the current Compliance Year;
(e)
Alternative Compliance
			 Credits
. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any
			 Alternative Compliance Credits claimed pursuant to
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(3)(a), along with
			 a copy of any Alternative Compliance Payment receipt(s), and allocation by
			 Retail Electricity Product of any Solar Carve-out Alternative Compliance
			 Credits claimed pursuant to
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(3)(b), along with
			 a copy of any Solar Carve-out Alternative Compliance Payment receipt(s), and
			 allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any Solar Carve-out II Alternative
			 Compliance Credits claimed pursuant to
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(3)(c), along with
			 a copy of any Solar Carve-Out II Alternative Compliance Payment receipt(s);
			 and
(f)
Attributes
			 Banked for Future Compliance
. Identification of any quantity of
			 Attributes from RPS Class I Renewable Generation, Solar Carve-out Renewable
			 Generation, or Solar Carve-out II Renewable Generation, that the Retail
			 Electricity Supplier anticipates claiming for purposes of Banked Compliance in
			 subsequent years under the Banked Compliance provisions of
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(2).
(g)
Contracts Subject to Lower
			 ACP Rate under
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(3)(b)3
. Identification of any contract for a specific term of years that
			 was executed before January 1, 2010, and its terms including, but not limited
			 to, the execution and expiration dates of the contract and the annual volume of
			 electrical energy supplied. Contracts eligible for the Lower ACP Rate shall
			 include only those contracts that were executed by a retail End-use
			 Customer.