2903 CREATION AND TRACKING OF RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS

2903.1 RECs shall be created and tracked through the PJM-EIS GATS.

2903.2 Behind-the-meter generators and CREFs shall submit to PJM-EIS GATS actual production data from a revenue-grade generation meter, or inverter-based revenue-grade generation measurement equipment. The reporting shall comply with the production reporting requirements, terms of use, and the operating rules of the PJM-EIS GATS. The RPS applicant shall provide accurate production data to PJM-EIS GATS or risk facing the actions outlined in sections 2902.13 and 2902.14. Behind-the-meter generators that are certified or were submitted to the Commission for certification before the effective date of this subsection and currently use engineering-based estimates in PJM-EIS GATS may continue using estimates to report output. For solar thermal energy systems that do not generate electricity:

(a) If the output is to be estimated, the Commission will provide PJM-EIS GATS 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 Production data from behind-the-meter generators and CREFs shall be recorded in GATS no less than semi-annually in order to be eligible for compliance. Estimated production shall not be allowed if the metering equipment fails. However, production data may be submitted after the equipment failure has been corrected and a full month of data has been accurately recorded.

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); as amended by Final Rulemaking published at 69 DCR 002772 (April 1, 2022).