Code of Massachusetts Regulations › 225 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES › Title 225 CMR 14.00 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Class I › Section 14.07 - Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard - Class I

Current through Register 1525, July 5, 2024
(1)
RPS Class I Minimum Standard
. The total annual sales
			 of each Retail Electricity Product sold to Massachusetts End-use Customers by a
			 Retail Electricity Supplier shall include a minimum percentage, as specified in
			 the table in
			 225
			 CMR 14.07, of electrical energy sales with
			 RPS Class I Renewable Generation Attributes, Solar Carve-out Renewable
			 Generation Attributes, and Solar Carve-out II Renewable Generation Attributes.
			 The following table reflects annual total RPS Class I Minimum Standard
			 Percentage requirements, including the Solar Carve-out and Solar Carve-out II
			 Minimum Standards, in effect from 2003 through 2030:
Compliance
							 Year
Cumulative Minimum Percentage,
							 Including Solar Carve-out and Solar Carve-out II
2003
1.0%
2004
1.5%
2005
2.0%
2006
2.5%
2007
3.0%
2008
3.5%
2009
4.0%
2010
5.0%
2011
6.0%
2012
7.0%
2013
8.0%
2014
9.0%
2015
10.0%
2016
11.0%
2017
12.0%
2018
13.0%
2019
14.0%
2020
16.0%
2021
18.0%
2022
20.0%
2023
22.0%
2024
24.0%
2025
27.0%
2026
30.0%
2027
33.0%
2028
36.0%
2029
39.0%
2030
40.0%
After 2030, the RPS Class I Minimum Standard shall increase by
				1% in each subsequent Compliance Year unless modified by law.
(2)
Solar Carve-out Minimum
			 Standard
. All references to kW or MW in
			 225
			 CMR 14.07(2)  shall be
			 measured on a nameplate capacity basis in direct current (DC).
(a) The total annual sales of each Retail
			 Electricity Product sold to Massachusetts End-use Customers by a Retail
			 Electricity Supplier shall include a minimum percentage of electrical energy
			 sales with Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation Attributes. This percentage
			 shall be a portion of the Supplier's obligation under
			 225
			 CMR 14.07(1)  and not an
			 additional obligation of the Supplier. For each Compliance Year, the Solar
			 Carve-out Minimum Standard shall be calculated as the total Solar Carve-out
			 compliance obligation (in MWh) as determined in
			 225
			 CMR 14.07(2)(b) and (c),
			 divided by the total MWh of electrical energy sales by Retail Electricity
			 Suppliers to End-use Customers in the Compliance Year two years prior, as such
			 sales are defined in
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			 CMR 14.09(2)(a). The
			 following table reflects the Minimum Standards in effect from Compliance Years
			 2010 through 2021 by year and the execution date of a retail supply contract:
Solar Carve-out Minimum
							 Standards
Compliance Year
Retail Contract Execution
							 Date
Minimum Standard
2010
N/A
0.0679%
2011
N/A
0.1627%
2012
N/A
0.1630%
2013
On or before 6/7/2013
0.2744%
After 6/7/2013
0.3833%
2014
N/A
0.9481%
2015
On or before 6/28/2013
1.5359%
After 6/28/2013
2.1442%
2016
On or before 6/28/2013
0.9801%
After 6/28/2013
1.7568%
2017
On or before 6/28/2013
0.9861%
After 6/28/2013
1.6313%
2018
On or before 6/28/2013
1.1411%
After 6/28/2013
1.7903%
2019
On or before 6/28/2013
1.0978%
After 6/28/2013
1.7458%
2020
On or before 6/28/2013
0.9867%
After 6/28/2013
1.6116%
2021
On or before 6/28/2013
1.0181%
After 6/28/2013
1.6629%
(b) For
			 all Compliance Years subsequent to 2021, the Minimum Standards calculated for
			 the Solar Carve-out, which shall be announced by the Department not later than
			 August 31st of the preceding Compliance Year, shall
			 be determined by first calculating the compliance obligation and setting it to
			 either:
1. the total Solar Carve-out Renewable
			 Generation Attributes projected to be generated for the previous Compliance
			 Year (CY-1) minus the total Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation Attributes
			 that will no longer be generated in the Compliance Year per
			 225
			 CMR 14.06(3)(e);
			 or
2. the total Solar Carve-out
			 Renewable Generation Attributes projected to be generated for the previous
			 Compliance Year (CY-1) minus the total Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation
			 Attributes that will no longer be generated in the Compliance Year per
			 225
			 CMR 14.06(3)(e), minus the
			 quantity of solar carve-out Alternative Compliance Credits used for the
			 Compliance Year two years prior (CY-2), plus the number of Solar Carve-out
			 Renewable Generation Attributes from the Compliance Year two years prior (CY-2)
			 banked as provided under
			 225
			 CMR 14.08(2), plus the
			 number of Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation Attributes from the Compliance
			 Year two years prior (CY-2) deposited into the Solar Credit Clearinghouse
			 Auction Account, whichever is greater.
(c)
Minimum Standard for Retail
			 Load Served under Contracts Executed on or Before June 28, 2013
.
			 The Solar Carve-out Minimum Standard applied to Retail Electricity Suppliers
			 for that portion of electrical energy sales that were subject to a contract
			 executed or extended prior to June 28, 2013 shall be calculated based on a
			 compliance obligation calculated per
			 225
			 CMR 14.07(2)(b)  as if the
			 Solar Carve-out Program Capacity Cap was 400 MW minus the capacity from Solar
			 Carve-out Renewable Generation Units that will no longer be eligible per
			 225
			 CMR 14.06(3)(e).
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			 CMR 14.07(2)(c)  applies
			 only if the Retail Electricity Supplier provides documentation, satisfactory to
			 the Department, identifying the terms of such contracts including, but not
			 limited to, the execution and expiration dates of the contract and the annual
			 volume of electrical energy supplied.
(d) In the instance the Solar Credit
			 Clearinghouse Auction under
			 225
			 CMR 14.05(4)(g)  does not
			 clear, prior to conducting an auction under
			 225
			 CMR 14.05(4)(h), the
			 Department shall recalculate the Solar Carve-out Minimum Standards for the
			 Compliance Year two years following the Compliance Year in which the Solar
			 Carve-out Renewable Generation Attributes deposited into the Solar Credit
			 Clearinghouse Auction Account were generated by adding to the previously
			 calculated total compliance obligations under
			 225
			 CMR 14.07(2)(b) and (c) the
			 number of Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation Attributes deposited into the
			 Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction Account such that the number of Attributes
			 deposited is counted twice.
(e)
			 Compliance Year 2023 shall be the final Compliance Year of the Solar Carve-out
			 program. In the event that a Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction is held for
			 Compliance Year 2022 or 2023 and creates Re-minted Auction Account Attributes
			 that can be used for Compliance Years after 2023, the Department shall extend
			 the final Compliance Year by one additional Compliance Year. The compliance
			 obligation for this additional Compliance Year will be equal to the number of
			 Solar Carve-out Renewable Energy Generation Attributes deposited into the Solar
			 Credit Clearinghouse Auction Account plus the number of remaining Re-Minted
			 Auction Account Attributes and banked Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation
			 Attributes that have not been used for meeting any compliance obligation. The
			 Solar Carve-out Minimum Standard shall be set to zero for the year after this
			 additional Compliance Year.
(f) In
			 the event that there is an additional Compliance Year added as a result of an
			 Auction in the final Compliance Year, Solar Carve-out Renewable Energy
			 Generation Attributes shall cease to exist as of the start of the additional
			 Compliance Year, and all generation from qualified Solar Carve-out Generation
			 Units shall produce RPS Class I Generation Attributes.
(g) In the event that there is no additional
			 Compliance Year added as the result of an Auction in the final Compliance Year,
			 the Department shall set the Solar Carve-out Minimum Standard to zero for the
			 year after the final Compliance Year. From this time forward, Solar Carve-out
			 Renewable Energy Generation Attributes shall cease to exist, and all generation
			 from qualified Solar Carve-out Renewable Generation Units shall produce RPS
			 Class I Renewable Energy Attributes.