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Committee examines H.289 changes to renewable-energy credits and alternative-compliance rates
Summary
Legislative counsel walked the House committee through H.289 language that would expand the Renewable Energy Standard to include 'clean energy' credits, change alternative compliance payments for distributed generation, and direct the PUC to distinguish and disclose types of energy credits.
Legislative counsel told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee on March 14 that H.289 would add “clean” energy to the state’s existing Renewable Energy Standard and change how tradeable environmental attributes are recognized and disclosed.
Ellen Tchaikovsky, Office of Legislative Council, said the bill directs the Public Utility Commission to “amend and expand its system of renewable energy credits” to include clean-energy generation, to recognize credits monitored on the New England Generation Information System (GIS), and to provide processes for recognition of attributes that are not…
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