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Officials say older arrays no longer qualify for SRECs; equipment upgrades needed
Summary
Environment Department staff told the committee city-owned solar arrays are not producing SRECs because inverter equipment has failed and the arrays were installed in the early 2010s, a period after which SREC eligibility expired; funds could be used to reinstall inverters and reenergize arrays.
Chris Kramer told the committee the city's two city-owned solar arrays are not currently producing renewable energy certificates because critical inverter equipment is not functioning and some arrays are beyond the SREC eligibility window. "They're not even eligible to generate SRECs anymore," Kramer said, adding that the arrays still produce energy but current market certificates (RACs or other instruments) are less lucrative than first-decade SRECs.
Kramer said the proposed revolving-fund amendment would permit revenue from broader demand-response activities to be captured and used to help reenergize arrays and replace equipment where cost-effective, though he emphasized the work would be technical and incremental. The testimony framed the change as a housekeeping step to permit the city to collect and reinvest revenues from a wider set of municipal energy activities.
