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MA DOER Announces No Capacity to be Allocated to 2016 Managed Growth Sector

Posted August 28th, 2014 by SRECTrade.

On Tuesday, August 26th, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) announced that pursuant to 225 CMR 14.05(9)(m)1 the 2016 Managed Growth capacity block allocation will be zero (0) MW. The email notice from the DOER can be found here.

The outcome was determined as a result of the DOER’s forecast for expected capacity to be installed under Market Sectors A-C in 2014 through 2016. The analysis prepared by the DOER can be found here. Stakeholders that wish to provide comments on the analysis can do so by emailing DOER.SREC@state.ma.us by 5 p.m. ET on Friday, August 29th.

For further clarification on how projects are categorized by market sector in the SREC-II program please see the following table:

Additionally, the DOER provided further guidance on the minimum standard calculations for CY2015 for SREC-I and SREC-II. This email announcement can be found here.

Should any further announcements be made after the comment period, SRECTrade will provide updates on our blog.

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August 21, 2014 Massachusetts SREC Market Update Webinar Slides and Recording Available

Posted August 22nd, 2014 by SRECTrade.

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.

Tags: H.4185, Net Metering
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Massachusetts Market Update Webinar – August 21st at 2 pm ET

Posted August 14th, 2014 by SRECTrade.

SRECTrade 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:

SREC-I and SREC-II market pricing and supply
The 3rd round successful outcome of the MA2013 SREC-I Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction
Overview of the rise and fall of H.4185 (An act relative to net metering)
Next steps for net metering (and SREC policy) development in Massachusetts

Tags: H.4185, SREC II, SREC-I
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Massachusetts Governor Deval Patrick Signed Net Metering Legislation on August 6, 2014

Posted August 8th, 2014 by SRECTrade.

S.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.

Tags: H.4185, Net Metering
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August 2014 SREC Pricing Update and Auction Results

Posted August 5th, 2014 by SRECTrade.

As 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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Massachusetts Update: SREC I Cap Released, SCCA Clears, and H4185 Quashed

Posted August 2nd, 2014 by SRECTrade.

It has been an extremely active week for the Massachusetts solar market. The DOER made an important announcement regarding the Solar Carve-Out Program Capacity Cap for the RPS Solar Carve-Out (SREC I) Program, the Solar Credit Clearing House Auction pushed through three rounds before clearing, and the uncertainty surrounding H. 4185 was finally settled by the House in a critical 11th hour amendment to S.2214.

SREC I Capacity Cap Released by the DOER

On July 31, 2014, the DOER announced that the final Solar Carve-Out Program Capacity Cap for the RPS Solar Carve-Out (SREC I) Program is 658.915 MW DC. Pursuant to 225 CMR 14.07(2)(e), this capacity figure will be used to calculate the final 2015 Minimum Standard by no later than August 30, 2014.

2013 Solar Credit Clearing House Auction Clears in Third and Final Round

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.

*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.

Clients of SRECTrade who were successful in the SCCA should expect to receive confirmation of the sale sometime next week, after the SCCA Operator and Manager has confirmed the sale with SRECTrade.

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.

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Massachusetts Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction Update: Round 2 Does Not Clear – Final Round on Friday

Posted July 30th, 2014 by SRECTrade.

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.

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Massachusetts Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction – Round 1 Begins Tuesday, July 29th

Posted July 28th, 2014 by SRECTrade.

The 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.

Round 1: Tuesday, July 29th
Round 2: Wednesday, July 30th
Round 3: Friday, August 1st

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:

SRECs sold in the SREC-I SCCA are sold at a fixed value of $285/SREC to sellers.
The summer 2014 SCCA is for unsold MA SREC-I 2013 vintage SRECs only. There are no 2012 or 2014 vintage SRECs in the SCCA.
Any Massachusetts SRECTrade clients (that utilize SRECTrade’s management services) with unsold MA SREC-I 2013 vintage SRECs had their SRECs automatically deposited in the SCCA. The original deadline was June 15, 2014.
The SCCA’s multiple round nature and review process means that the complete results of the auction may not be known until after round 3.
Clients utilizing SRECTrade’s management services, with SRECs deposited into the SCCA, will be notified of the auction results when they are made available by the DOER. Any funds due from sales made in the SCCA will be remitted by SRECTrade after the DOER transfers the funds. For a complete schedule click here.

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SRECTrade Markets Report: June 2014

Posted July 22nd, 2014 by SRECTrade.

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.

Overview of PJM Eligible Systems Through 7/9/2014

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.

NJ Office of Clean Energy Estimated Installed Capacity Through 7/8/14

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.

Overview of MA DOER SREC-I and II Eligible Systems

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.

How to Interpret The Capacity Table at the Top of this Post

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.

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July 2014 SREC Pricing Update and Auction Results

Posted July 17th, 2014 by SRECTrade.

As 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.

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.