Section 362-F:6 Renewable Energy Certificates.
I. The electric renewable portfolio standard program established in this chapter shall utilize the regional generation information system (GIS) of energy certificates administered by ISO-New England and the New England Power Pool (NEPOOL) or their successors. If the regional GIS certificate tracking program administered by the ISO-New England is no longer operational or accessible, the commission shall develop an alternative certificate program, after public notice and hearing, designed to provide at least the same information on the type and generation of renewable energy resources as the GIS certificate tracking program.
II. The commission shall establish procedures by which electricity production not tracked by ISO-New England from customer-sited sources, including behind the meter production, may be included within the certificate program, provided such sources are located in New Hampshire. The procedures may include the aggregation of sources and shall be compatible with procedures of the certificate program administrator. The production shall be monitored and verified by an independent entity designated by the commission, which may include electric distribution companies.
III. The commission shall designate in a timely manner New Hampshire eligible renewable sources together with any conditions pursuant to this chapter to the certificate program administrator under paragraph I, with such sources being the recipient of all certificates issued for purpose of this chapter.
IV. (a) Certificates issued for purposes of complying with this chapter shall come from sources within the New England control area unless the source is located in a synchronous control area adjacent to the New England control area and the energy produced by the source is actually delivered into the New England control area for consumption by New England customers. The delivery of such energy from the source into the New England control area shall be verified by:
(1) A unit-specific bilateral contract for sale and delivery of a source's electrical energy to the New England control area that is in place for the time period during which renewable certificates are generated;
(2) Confirmation from ISO-New England that the sale of the renewable energy was actually settled in the ISO market system; and
(3) Confirmation through the North American Electric Reliability Corporation tagging system that the import of energy into the New England control area actually occurred.
(b) The commission may impose such other requirements as it deems appropriate, including methods of confirming actual delivery of the electrical energy into the New England control area.
Source. 2007, 26:2, eff. July 10, 2007. 2009, 86:2, eff. June 10, 2009.