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PSC Denies Generator's Sought Development Of REC Import Protocols
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The Maryland PSC denied a petition from Brookfield Renewable North America (BRNA) for the PSC to issue an updated letter requesting that PJM Environmental Information Services, Inc. develop protocols allowing the import of Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) originating in the New York
Generation Attribute Tracking System (NYGATS), per the process outlined in the PJM Generation Attribute
Tracking System (PJM GATS) Operating Rules
If PJM-EIS were to
implement this change, certain renewable electricity generators in New York would be able to
sell their RECs for use in compliance with Maryland’s Renewable Energy Portfolio
Standard
PSC Staff noted that, "Through 2018, Maryland regularly had RECs from NY used for compliance with the
RPS. However, in 2018, the New York State energy research and development authority
('NYSERDA') created NYGATS and required all generators located in New York to be
tracked in NYGATS. PJM-EIS's operating rules only allow the importation of RECs from
a Compatible Certificate Tracking System, and since NYGATS is not such a system, PJM
rules won’t allow RECs to be imported from NY."
PSC Staff noted that, "All generators under the jurisdiction of New York are essentially required to be tracked
in NYGATS. However, a generator must be registered in PJM GATS and track its
generation only there according to the current procedure for importing Renewable Energy
Certificates into PJM GATS. This requirement effectively isolates otherwise compliant
generation in New York from being recognized in PJM GATS due to a misalignment
between the two systems."
PSC Staff opposed BRNA's request, stating, "Brookfield asserts that allowing NY RECs to be used for RPS compliance would save
Maryland ratepayers significant money. While there would almost certainly be some
savings, all of the money for these RECs would ultimately end up with renewable
generators in NY. However, for the past two years, and likely for the foreseeable future,
Maryland’s non-solar RPS requirements have been largely met via the use of alternative
compliance payments ('ACPs'). And while the ACPs would likely be somewhat higher
than the price of the NY RECs, all of this money stays in Maryland. As such, Staff does
not believe it is beneficial to increase the amount of overall money sent to out of state
renewable generators."
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