N.J. Admin. Code § 14:8-2.9

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 9, May 6, 2024

Section 14:8-2.9 - Issuance of RECs, SRECs, and TRECs

(a) The Board has designated PJM-EIS GATS as the entity that issues class I RECs, class II RECs, TRECs, and SRECs for use in complying with this subchapter.

(b) The Board may issue an order discontinuing the designation of PJM-EIS GATS under (a) above, and/or approving use of RECs, TRECs, or SRECs issued by another entity for compliance with this subchapter. The Board shall post a notice of its intent to issue such an order at least 30 days prior to issuing the order, and may, in its discretion, choose to accept public comment on the notice.

(c) Beginning December 4, 2012, in measuring generation to determine the number of RECs, TRECs, or SRECs to issue, the Board or its designee shall accept only readings of a meter that records kilowatt-hour production of electrical energy, and which meets all applicable requirements at (c)1 and 2 below. The readings may be taken or submitted by any person, but shall be verified by the Board or its designee:

1. The American National Standards Institute (ANSI) Standard C12.1-2008, Electric Meters Code for Electricity Metering, incorporated herein by reference, as amended or supplemented; and

2. Any additional requirements in the PJM-EIS Generation Attribute Tracking System Operating Rules, Revision 6, September 2010; and the PJM-EIS Generation Attribute Tracking System Terms of Use, last modified on January 3, 2011; which are incorporated herein by reference, as amended and supplemented, and can be found at www.PJM-EIS.com.

(d) The Board or its designee shall issue RECs, TRECs, and SRECs in whole units, each representing the environmental attributes of one megawatt-hour of electric generation.

(e) Electric generation qualifies for issuance of RECs, TRECs, or SRECs only if:

1. It is solar electric generation produced by a generating facility that is interconnected with an electric distribution system, as defined at 14:4-1.2, that supplies electricity to one or more end users located in New Jersey; or

2. It is Class I renewable energy, including solar electric generation after the end of the solar electric generation facility's qualification life, and one or more of the following requirements is met:

i. The generating facility reports its generation electronically to PJM-EIS no less frequently than monthly, and complies with any additional requirements established by PJM;

ii. All of the following requirements are met:

(1) The generating facility reports its generation electronically no less frequently than monthly to an electric distribution company, as defined at 14:4-1.2, that is a member of PJM;

(2) The electric distribution company then provides the generator's report electronically no less frequently than monthly to PJM-EIS; and

(3) The generating facility complies with any additional requirements established by PJM-EIS; or

iii. The generating facility has the sale of the class I or class II renewable energy settled in the PJM wholesale market.

(f) If a generator has accumulated a fraction of a megawatt hour by the end of an energy year, the fraction may be carried over and combined with energy generated in a subsequent energy year in order to make a full megawatt hour that is eligible for a REC, TREC, or SREC. In such a case, the combined energy shall be eligible for issuance of a REC, TREC, or SREC only during the energy year in which accumulated generation reaches one full megawatt hour. Only a fraction of a megawatt hour shall be carried over.

(g) The Board shall require submittal of information and certifications needed to enable the Board, or its designee, to verify the generation that forms the basis of the requested RECs. The Board shall require inspections, as appropriate, of generation equipment, monitoring and metering equipment, and other facilities relevant to verifying electric generation. The Board shall impose application fees, inspection fees, and/or other charges for any work required to verify electric generation and issue RECs, TRECs, or SRECs.

(h) The Board, or its designee, shall not issue a REC, TREC, or SREC based on electric generation that has previously been used for compliance with this subchapter, or that has been used to satisfy another state's renewable energy requirements or any voluntary clean electricity market or program.

(i) A customer-generator that is eligible for net metering owns the renewable attributes of the energy it generates on or after October 4, 2004, unless there is a contract with an express provision that assigns ownership of the renewable attributes. The owner of a solar electric generation facility that is not eligible for net metering owns the renewable attributes of the energy it generates on or after March 16, 2009, unless there is a contract with an express provision that assigns ownership of the renewable attributes.

N.J. Admin. Code § 14:8-2.9

Amended by 49 N.J.R. 809(a), effective 4/17/2017

Amended by 52 N.J.R. 1850(a), effective 10/5/2020