Section 21.07 - Clean Peak Standard(1)CPS Minimum Standard. The total annual sales of each Retail Electricity Product sold to Massachusetts End-use Customers by a Retail Electricity Supplier, under contracts executed or extended on or after January 1, 2020, shall include a minimum percentage of electrical energy sales with Clean Peak Certificates. (a) The CPS Minimum Standard shall be set to the percentage identified in 225 CMR 21.07(1)(a). Compliance Year | Cumulative Minimum Percentage |
2019 | 0.0% |
2020 | 1.5% |
2021 | 3.0% |
2022 | 4.5% |
2023 | 6.0% |
2024 | 4.0% |
2025 | 5.5% |
2026 | 7.0% |
2027 | 9.0% |
2028 | 13.0% |
2029 | 19.0% |
2030 | 25.0% |
2031 | 29.0% |
2032 | 31.0% |
2033 | 32.5% |
2034 | 34.0% |
(b) The CPS Minimum Standard for each Compliance Year shall increase 1.5% annually after 2034.(2) After 2050, the CPS Minimum Standard shall cease to exist unless modified by law.(3) Beginning in 2024 and not less frequently than every four years thereafter, the Department shall conduct a review of the CPS Minimum Standard and, following stakeholder review and input, may modify the standard.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1423, eff. 8/7/2020.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1527, eff. 7/12/2024 (EMERGENCY).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1527, eff. 7/19/2024 (EMERGENCY).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1532, eff. 7/19/2024 (COMPLIANCE).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1533, eff. 10/11/2024 (EMERGENCY).Amended by Mass Register Issue 1538, eff. 10/11/2024 (COMPLIANCE).