On August 21, 2014, SRECTrade hosted a webinar on the MA SREC market. For access to the slides please click here: SRECTrade 8/21/14 MA SREC Update. For access to a video recording of the webinar, click the image below.
Note: For access to the latest net metering information, slide 15 was updated to include a link to the Mass ACA website.
The following post is a monthly update outlining the megawatts of solar capacity certified to create SRECs in the Solar REC markets that SRECTrade serves. All PJM data is based on the information available in PJM GATS as of the date noted. All MA data is based on the information provided by the DOER as of the date noted. This analysis does not include projects that are not yet registered and certified with the entities noted herein.
A PDF copy of this table can be found here.
There are 47,711 facilities registered in GATS as of 8/12/2014. See below for a more detailed breakdown.
There are 289 projects over 1 MW in capacity (up five from June), representing 840.9 MW or 43.9% of the qualified capacity. The largest projects in the PJM are concentrated in NJ and MD. There are 36 projects over 5 MW or larger. These make up 18.7% of all qualified capacity in the PJM. The top 5 largest projects are listed below.
On August 13, 2014, the New Jersey Office of Clean Energy (OCE) announced total installed solar capacity reached 1,336.8 MW through 7/31/14; an increase of approximately 17.6 MW over the total capacity reported through the end of June 2014. The average last six month build rate per month, according to the OCE data, is 22.6 MW. Note that this data does not directly tie to GATS registration data because of a lag between NJ Office of Clean Energy certifications and GATS registrations.
SREC-I Program
The Massachusetts SREC-I program was capped on June 30, 2014, however 110.8 MW of solar is still listed as Qualified but not operational on an update report issued by the DOER on 8/8/2014. In total, 659.1 MW of capacity is listed as currently qualified, of which 548.3 MW of capacity is operational. Note that the total number of SREC-I qualified capacity was revised down by the DOER in the 8/8/2014 report from 660.5 MW to 659.1 MW.
SREC-II Program
The SREC-II program opened on April 25, 2014. The program is broken in to Market Sectors. For a detailed overview of the regulations regarding SREC-II please visit here. Overall 124.0 MW of capacity is currently qualified under the SREC-II program, but only 14.3 MW is operational.
The tables above demonstrate the capacity breakout by state. Note, that for all PJM GATS registered projects, each state includes all projects certified to sell into that state. State RPS programs that allow for systems sited in other states to participate have been broken up by systems sited in-state and out-of-state. Additional detail has been provided to demonstrate the total capacity of systems only certified for one specific state market versus being certified for multiple state markets. For example, PA includes projects only certified to sell into the PA SREC market, broken out by in-state and out-of-state systems, as well as projects that are also certified to sell into PA and Other State markets broken out by in state and out of state systems (i.e. OH, DC, MD, DE, NJ). PA Out-of-State includes systems sited in states with their own state SREC market (i.e. DE) as well as systems sited in states that have no SREC market (i.e. VA). Also, it is important to note that the Current Capacity represents the total megawatts eligible to produce and sell SRECs as of the noted date, while the Estimated Required Capacity – Current and Next Reporting Year represents the estimated number of MW that need to be online on average throughout the reporting period to meet the RPS requirement within each state with only that particular compliance period vintage. For example, New Jersey needed approximately 496.7 MW online for the entire 2013 reporting year to meet the RPS requirement with 2013 vintage SRECs only. SRECs still available from prior eligible periods can also impact the Solar RPS requirements. Additionally, the data presented above does not include projects that are in the pipeline or currently going through the registration process in each state program. This data represents specifically the projects that have been approved for the corresponding state SREC markets as of the dates noted.
Note: SREC requirements for markets without fixed SREC targets have been forecast based on EIA Report “Retail Sales of Electricity by State by Provider” updated 11/8/13. Projected SRECs required utilizes the most recent EIA electricity data applying an average 1.5% growth rate per forecast year. The state’s RPS Solar requirement is then multiplied by forecast total electricity sales to arrive at projected SRECs required. Projected capacity required is based on a factor of 1,200 MWh in PJM states and 1,160 MWh in MA, generated per MW of installed capacity per year.
TweetSRECTrade will host a webinar on Thursday, August 21st at 2 pm ET to review the Massachusetts SREC market.
The last several months in Massachusetts have been dynamic. The Massachusetts SREC-II program started on April 25, 2014. Also, sweeping legislation was proposed that would have fundamentally changed the Massachusetts solar industry.
Items to be covered in Thursday’s webinar:
Register for the webinar here.
TweetS.2214, Massachusetts’ latest net metering legislation was signed in to law by Governor Deval Patrick on August 6, 2014. The bill history is available here. The legislation raises the existing Massachusetts net metering capacity limits from 3% to 5 % of total load for public projects and 3% to 4% for private projects. Additionally, the legislation creates a new 17 member task force to review the long-term viability of net metering in the Commonwealth and develop recommendations on incentives and programs that will support the deployment of solar moving forward. The task force must first convene on or before October 1, 2014.
TweetAs of August 5, 2014, below is a summary of indicative pricing across the SREC markets SRECTrade covers (for a PDF copy click here). For August 2014 auction results, scroll down.
Note: All pricing and notes included are indicative and subject to change. Please contact us for most current markets. If a market is not quoted herein, please contact us directly for further information.
SRECTrade’s August 2014 SREC Auction closed on 8/1/2014. The clearing prices presented below are representative of transactions executed through the SRECTrade auction. This does not include over the counter spot and forward contract transactions completed through SRECTrade’s brokerage desk. For more information on our brokerage services for corporate clients please click here.
Below are the clearing prices by vintage across the SRECs transacted in the auction.
| Auction Prices | SREC Vintage Year | |||
| State | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 |
| Delaware | $60.00 | $60.00 | $60.00 | N/A |
| Maryland | $121.01 | $126.01 | $126.01 | N/A |
| Massachusetts SREC-I | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| New Jersey | $150.05 | $151.05 | $155.01 | $158.00 |
| Ohio Sited | N/A | N/A | $33.00 | N/A |
| Ohio Adjacent | N/A | N/A | $33.00 | N/A |
| Pennsylvania | $20.05 | $21.05 | $33.00 | $33.00 |
| Washington, DC | N/A | $472.61 | $482.50 | N/A |
The next SRECTrade auction for the PJM and MA SREC markets will close on Wednesday, September 3rd, at 5 p.m. ET.
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TweetSREC I Capacity Cap Released by the DOER
On August 1, 2014, the third and final round of the 2013 Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction* fully cleared, with bids outweighing available SRECs by 162.5%. The DOER’s announcement can be found here. There were a total of 232,060 bids placed for the 142,786 SRECs that were offered for sale. The final auction results are posted on the DOER’s website.
As reported by the DOER, depositors will receive $285 for every SREC that they deposited into the auction account. Bidders will receive their pro-rata share of the auction volume based on their bid volume. The SRECs purchased through the auction are eligible to be used for compliance in 2014, 2015, or 2016.
SREC-II Continues Ahead – H. 4185 quashed, caps raised in an Amendment to S.2214
On the last day for Formal Sessions in the 2014 Legislative Session, the Massachusetts House attached a rider to S.2214‘s Amendment 1, H.4385 to address the net energy metering caps and the future of the state’s solar incentive structure. Ultimately, the legislation increased the state’s net metering caps to allow for continued growth of the MA solar industry while keeping in place the state’s successful SREC program under the new SREC-II incentive structure.
The Amendment was sponsored by the House Committee on Ways and Means after the controversial H.4185 failed to make it out of the committee as a result of the conflicting pushback that the Committee received from stakeholders of the solar industry. For additional information on H.4185 and perspectives to amend the legislation please visit www.competitivesolar.org.
In relevant part, the rider made the following amendments to lift the cap on public projects from 3 percent to 5 percent of a utility’s total power generation, while the cap for private projects would rise from 3 percent to 4 percent: “SECTION 5. Subsection (f) of section 139 of chapter 164 of the General Laws, as so appearing, is hereby amended by striking out, in line 68, the figure ‘3’ and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 4.
SECTION 6. Said subsection (f) of section 139 of chapter 164, as so appearing, is hereby further amended by striking out, in line 70, the figure ‘3’ and inserting in place thereof the following figure:- 5.” Additionally, H.4385 would create a task force “to review the long-term viability of net metering in the commonwealth and develop recommendations on incentives and programs that will support the deployment of [Governor Deval Patrick’s stated goal of installing] 1600 MW of solar generation facilities in the commonwealth [by 2020].” The task force would “convene its first meeting on or before October 1, 2014, and shall submit its report, along with any recommendations for legislative or regulatory reforms, on or before March 31, 2015,” providing for ample opportunity for stakeholder input and public commentary.
As of August 1, 2014, the House and the Senate have both enacted S.2214. Governor Patrick will still need to sign the bill into law.
The second round of the Massachusetts Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction (SCCA) did not clear today, Wednesday July 30th. The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) announcement can be found here. As a result, the 2015 compliance obligation will be adjusted by doubling the amount of volume deposited into the auction account.
The SCCA consists of three distinct “rounds” or opportunities for buyers to purchase SRECs at a fixed price. The incentive to purchase the SRECs increases with each round. A more complete description of SCCA can be found here.
The third and final round of the SCCA will be held this Friday, August 1st. Any SRECs not purchased in the SCCA will be returned to the seller’s accounts.
TweetThe Massachusetts SREC-I Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction (SCCA), for 2013 vintage SRECs, will start on Tuesday, July 29th. Depending on how things go, the SCCA can run up to three separate rounds. A detailed schedule of the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) auction can be found here.
Why three rounds?
SRECs are not guaranteed to transact in the SCCA, but there are scenarios in which buyers are encouraged to participate and purchase SRECs. With each round the incentive for purchasing SRECs increases. Here is a summary of how the stakes change with each round.
Round 1: SRECs available for sale in the first round have a 2 year useful life (i.e. 2013 SRECs purchased in round 1 can be used towards 2014 or 2015 compliance obligations). Note, the 2015 compliance obligation was increased by the number of SRECs deposited into the auction. If all of the SRECs are not purchased in the first round, the auction will move on to round 2.
Round 2: The auction is repeated, but all SRECs now have a 3 year useful life (i.e. 2013 SRECs purchased in round 2 can be used towards 2014, 2015, or 2016). If all the SRECs are not purchased in the second round, the auction will move on to round 3.
Round 3: If round 3 needs to be held, the 2015 year compliance obligation will now be increased by 2 times the number of SRECs deposited into the SCCA account (i.e. the original amount already added on to the 2015 compliance obligation times 2). Any SREC purchased in round 3 will continue to have a 3 year useful life (i.e. 2013 SRECs purchased in round 3 can be used towards 2014, 2015, or 2016). If the auction doesn’t clear (i.e. all SRECs are not purchased) then there will be a proportional distribution to successful sellers. Any unsold SRECs will be transferred back to the original depositor and the SRECs will maintain a useful life through the next 3 compliance years (i.e. 2016 for 2013 vintage SRECs).
A few important additional things to note:
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The following post is a monthly update outlining the megawatts of solar capacity certified to create SRECs in the Solar REC markets that SRECTrade serves. All PJM data is based on the information available in PJM GATS as of the date noted. All MA data is based on the information provided by the DOER as of the date noted. This analysis does not include projects that are not yet registered and certified with the entities noted herein.
A PDF copy of this table can be found here.
There are 46,641 facilities registered in GATS as of 7/9/2014. See below for a more detailed breakdown.
There are 284 projects over 1 MW in capacity, representing 823.0 MW or 43.7% of the qualified capacity. The largest projects in the PJM are concentrated in NJ and MD. There are 35 projects over 5 MW. These make up 18.7% of all qualified capacity in the PJM. The top 5 largest projects are listed below.
On July 8, 2014, the New Jersey Office of Clean Energy (OCE) announced total installed solar capacity reached 1,319.2 MW; an increase of approximately 21.1 MW over the total capacity reported at the end of May. The average last six month build rate per month, according to the OCE data, is 22.5 MW. Note that this data does not directly tie to GATS registration data because of a lag between NJ Office of Clean Energy certifications and GATS registrations.
SREC-I Program
The Massachusetts SREC-I program was capped on June 30, 2014, however 125.1 MW of solar is still listed as “Qualified” but not operational on an update report issued by the DOER on 7/9/2014. In total, 660.5 MW of capacity is listed as currently qualified, of which 535.4 MW of capacity is operational.
SREC-II Program
The SREC-II program opened on April 25, 2014. The program is broken in to Market Sectors. For a detailed overview of the regulations regarding SREC-II please visit here. Overall 117.4 MW of capacity is currently qualified under the SREC-II program, but only 8.1 MW is operational.
The tables above demonstrate the capacity breakout by state. Note, that for all PJM GATS registered projects, each state includes all projects certified to sell into that state. State RPS programs that allow for systems sited in other states to participate have been broken up by systems sited in-state and out-of-state. Additional detail has been provided to demonstrate the total capacity of systems only certified for one specific state market versus being certified for multiple state markets. For example, PA includes projects only certified to sell into the PA SREC market, broken out by in-state and out-of-state systems, as well as projects that are also certified to sell into PA and Other State markets broken out by in state and out of state systems (i.e. OH, DC, MD, DE, NJ). PA Out-of-State includes systems sited in states with their own state SREC market (i.e. DE) as well as systems sited in states that have no SREC market (i.e. VA). Also, it is important to note that the Current Capacity represents the total megawatts eligible to produce and sell SRECs as of the noted date, while the Estimated Required Capacity – Current and Next Reporting Year represents the estimated number of MW that need to be online on average throughout the reporting period to meet the RPS requirement within each state with only that particular compliance period vintage. For example, New Jersey needed approximately 496.7 MW online for the entire 2013 reporting year to meet the RPS requirement with 2013 vintage SRECs only. SRECs still available from prior eligible periods can also impact the Solar RPS requirements. Additionally, the data presented above does not include projects that are in the pipeline or currently going through the registration process in each state program. This data represents specifically the projects that have been approved for the corresponding state SREC markets as of the dates noted.
Note: SREC requirements for markets without fixed SREC targets have been forecast based on EIA Report “Retail Sales of Electricity by State by Provider” updated 11/8/13. Projected SRECs required utilizes the most recent EIA electricity data applying an average 1.5% growth rate per forecast year. The state’s RPS Solar requirement is then multiplied by forecast total electricity sales to arrive at projected SRECs required. Projected capacity required is based on a factor of 1,200 MWh in PJM states and 1,160 MWh in MA, generated per MW of installed capacity per year.
TweetAs of July 17, 2014, below is a summary of indicative pricing across the SREC markets SRECTrade covers (for a PDF copy click here). For July 2014 auction results, scroll down.
Note: All pricing and notes included are indicative and subject to change. Please contact us for most current markets. If a market is not quoted herein, please contact us directly for further information.
Additionally, SRECTrade’s July 2014 SREC Auction closed on 7/15/2014. The clearing prices presented below are representative of transactions executed through the SRECTrade auction. This does not include over the counter spot and forward contract transactions completed through SRECTrade’s brokerage desk. For more information on our brokerage services for corporate clients please click here.
Below are the clearing prices by vintage across the SRECs transacted in the auction.
| Auction Prices | SREC Vintage Year | |||
| State | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 |
| Delaware | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Maryland | N/A | $122.01 | $126.01 | $126.01 |
| Massachusetts SREC-I | N/A | N/A | N/A | $271.00 |
| New Jersey | N/A | $152.55 | $153.55 | $162.51 |
| Ohio Sited | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Ohio Adjacent | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Pennsylvania | N/A | $30.05 | $31.05 | $32.05 |
| Washington, DC | N/A | N/A | $472.50 | N/A |
The next SRECTrade auction for the PJM and MA SREC markets will close on Friday, August 1st, at 5 p.m. ET.
This document is protected by copyright laws and contains material proprietary to SRECTrade, Inc. It or any components may not be reproduced, republished, distributed, transmitted, displayed, broadcast or otherwise exploited in any manner without the express prior written permission of SRECTrade, Inc. The receipt or possession of this document does not convey any rights to reproduce, disclose, or distribute its contents, or to manufacture, use, or sell anything that it may describe, in whole or in part. If consent to use these materials is granted, a link to the current version of this document on the SRECTrade website must be included for reference.
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