2903 CREATION AND TRACKING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS

2903.1 RECs shall be created and tracked through the PJM Environmental Information Service GATS (PJM-EIS GATS).

2903.2 Behind-the-Meter generators with a capacity of less than ten kilowatts (10 kW) may submit engineering-based estimates of their output if the generator is not directly metered by a revenue grade utility meter. For solar thermal energy systems that do not generate electricity:

(a) If the output is to be estimated, the Commission will provide PJM-EIS with the output in kilowatt-hour savings for the system, based on SRCC's estimated annual system performance of OG-300 certified systems; or

(b) If the solar thermal energy system uses an energy meter that meets the performance standards established by OIML, then the solar thermal energy produced by the system shall be credited with one kilowatt hour (1 kWh) of electricity generated for each three thousand four hundred twelve British thermal units (3,412 BTUs) produced by the solar thermal energy system.

2903.3 RECs created by behind-the-meter generators must be recorded in GATS at least once each calendar year in order to be eligible for compliance.

2903.4 (a) RECs shall be valid for a three-year period from the date of generation, except that Solar RECs produced by Solar Energy systems which meet the requirements of D.C. Official Code § 34-1432(e)(1) and which may, therefore, be used to meet the Solar Energy portion of the Tier One requirement shall be valid for a five (5)-year period from the date of generation. These Solar RECs shall be valid for a five (5)-year period from the date of generation provided they were generated as of or after March 22, 2019, the effective date of the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018 (CleanEnergy Act) (D.C. Law 22-257). A newly certified Renewable Generator can produce RECs starting from January 1st of the year in which it was certified, except that any Renewable Generator certified in January of any year can produce RECs starting January 1st of the year before that certification.

(b) After December 31, 2028, the RECs that had been produced by generating facilities, on or before that date, that were certified as a Tier One source located within an Adjacent PJM State on or before March 22, 2019, the effective date of the CleanEnergy Act, shall be valid for the remainder of

the three (3)-year period from the date of generation. The Solar RECs produced by such facilities, on or before December 31, 2028, shall be valid for the remainder of the five (5)-year period from the date of generation.

2903.5 A REC shall be retired after it is used to comply with any state's Renewable Energy Portfolio requirement.

2903.6 Retroactively created RECs must be created and tracked through PJM-EIS GATS.

SOURCE: Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 55 DCR 000561 (January 18, 2008); as amended by Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 2313, 2321 (March 23, 2012); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 65 DCR 13524 (December 14, 2018); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 0900 (January 31, 2020).