D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 15, r. 15-2999
The Commission may upon request, or on its own initiative after notice to the parties of its intention to do so, waive any provision of this chapter for good cause.
Adjacent PJM State - Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Iowa, Mississippi, Missouri, New York, South Carolina, and Wisconsin are deemed to be adjacent to the PJM Interconnection region, as are those portions of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia which are not within the PJM Interconnection region.
Amended Application - a form to be filled out, either through the RPS Portal or the Commission e-Docket, pursuant to Subsection 2902.14 by a currently certified Renewable Generator that has undergone an alteration or modification. This form will include documentation of the alteration or modification and has the purpose of notifying the Commission of the facility alterations and modifications and giving the Commission an opportunity to approve or deny them.
Azimuth - the angle between the horizonal direction of the sun and a reference to the direction (North) of a solar panel. This direction is non-magnetic unless so specified.
Behind-the-meter generator or BTM generator - an on-site Renewable Generator that is located behind a retail customer meter such that no utility-owned transmission or distribution facilities are used to deliver the energy from the generating unit to the on-site generator's load.
Black liquor - the spent cooking liquor from the Kraft process of paper making.
Brush - shrubs and stands of short, scrubby trees that do not reach merchantable size.
Commission - the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia.
Community Renewable Energy Facility or CREF - an energy facility with a capacity no greater than five (5) megawatts that:
Compliance Year - the calendar year for which the Electricity Supplier seeks to establish compliance with the District's RPS by filing a compliance report.
Dunnage - loose materials or padding used to support or protect cargo within shipping containers.
Energy Supply Contract - a contract between an Electricity Supplier and a customer for the retail sale of electricity.
Electric Company - includes every corporation, company, association, jointstock company or association, partnership, or person doing business in the District, their lessees, trustees, or receivers appointed by any court whatsoever, physically transmitting or distributing electricity in the District to retail electric customers, excluding any person or entity distributing electricity from a BTM generator to a single retail customer behind the same meter and located on the same premise as the customer's meter. In addition, the term excludes any building owner, lessee, or manager who, respectively, owns, leases, or manages, the internal distribution system serving the building and who supplies electricity and other electricity related services solely to the occupants of the building for use by the occupants. The term also excludes a person or entity that does not sell or distribute electricity and that owns or operates equipment used exclusively for the charging of electric vehicles.
Electricity Supplier - a person, including an aggregator, broker, or marketer, who generates electricity; sells electricity; or purchases, brokers, arranges, or markets electricity for sale to customers. The term excludes the following:
Fuel input - the higher heating value of the input fuel type, measured in BTU/LB, based on the standardized heating type of fuel type, multiplied by the annual fuel used in as delivered tons, multiplied by 2000.
Inverter-Based Revenue-Grade Generation Measurement Equipment - electrical inverter equipment, advanced inverters (upon commercial availability), or inverter communicating equipment - used by a BTM generator or CREF - that measures the generated electricity output at the inverter, is capable of recording the cumulative kilowatt-hours that the generator produces which meets the latest American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C-12.20 standard including an accuracy deviation no greater than +/- 0.5%, and that easily displays all collected data and retains lifetime production even in the event of a power outage.
PJM Environmental Information Services, Inc. Generation Attribute Tracking System or GATS - the platform owned and administered by PJM Environmental Information Services, Inc. that creates and tracks a generator-specific electronic certificate for every megawatt-hour (MWh) of electricity produced by a generator.
PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. - the regional transmission organization that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia and is regulated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
PJM Interconnection region - the area within which the movement of wholesale electricity is coordinated by the PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. This area includes all or parts of Delaware, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Power Purchase Agreement or PPA - an agreement to purchase electric supply from renewable resources.
Qualifying biomass - a solid, non-hazardous, cellulosic waste material that is segregated from other waste materials, and is derived from any of the following forest-related resources, with the exception of old growth timber, construction and demolition-derived wood and whole trees that are not part of a closed-loop biomass system, cleared solely for the purpose of energy production, unsegregated solid waste, or post-consumer wastepaper:
Renewable Energy Credit or REC - a credit representing one megawatt hour (1 MWh) of energy produced by a Tier One renewable source located within the PJM Interconnection region; or until January 1, 2029, a Tier One renewable source located within an Adjacent PJM State that was certified by the Commission as of March 22, 2019.
Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard or RPS - the percentage of electricity sales at retail in the District that is to be derived from Tier One renewable sources in accordance with D.C. Official Code Section 34-1432(c).
Renewable Generator - a generator that produces energy from a Tier One
renewable source.
Retroactive Renewable Energy Credit or Retroactive REC - a form of REC accredited to its producer at a different month than it was actually created for reasons including but not limited to:
Revenue-Grade Generation Meter - a meter used by a BTM generator or CREF that measures the generated electricity at the AC output of an inverter, is capable of recording the cumulative kilowatt-hours that the generator produces which meets the latest American National Standards Institute (ANSI) C-12.20 standard including an accuracy deviation no greater than +/- 0.5%, and that easily displays all collected data and retains lifetime production even in the event of a power outage.
RPS Portal - a system on the Commission's website that allows users to submit and track their RPS applications with the Commission and certify their Renewable Generator.
Slash - (a) Tree tops, branches, bark, or other residue left on the ground after logging or other forestry operations; or (b) Tree debris left after a natural catastrophe.
Solar energy - radiant energy, direct, diffuse, or reflected, received from the sun at wavelengths suitable for conversion into thermal, chemical, or electrical energy, that is collected, generated, or stored for use at a later time.
Solar Energy System - a system that produces Solar Energy consistent with the definition of Solar Energy in this chapter.
Solar Thermal Energy System - a system that converts solar energy into useful thermal energy output, consistent with the definitions in this chapter.
Tier One renewable source - one (1) or more of the following types of energy sources:
Tier Two renewable source - one (1) or more of the following types of energy sources:
Tilt - The vertical orientation to the sun of a solar panel in reference to level ground.
Total system efficiency - the sum of the net useful thermal energy output measured in BTUs divided by the total fuel input.
Useful thermal energy output - energy in the form of direct heat, steam, hot water, or other thermal form that are used in production and beneficial measures for heating, cooling, humidity control, process use, or other valid thermal end use energy requirements and for which fuel or electricity would otherwise be consumed. Useful thermal energy output does not include thermal energy used for the purpose of drying or refining biomass fuel.
Waste-to-energy - waste treatment, including the use of a licensed facility that burns waste resources in high-efficiency furnaces or boilers, to produce electricity. Such resources include municipal solid waste but exclude waste coal.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 15, r. 15-2999