225 Mass. Reg. 14.09

Current through Register 1523, June 7, 2024

Section 14.09 - Annual Compliance Filings for Retail Electricity Suppliers

(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 1^st, 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.