District Of Columbia § 34-1434 - Reporting requirements and compliance fee.
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§ 34-1434. Reporting requirements and compliance fee.
34-1434Each electricity supplier shall submit an annual compliance report to the Commission, by a date and in a form prescribed by the Commission.
Each report shall include clear and concise information that:
Demonstrates that the electricity supplier has complied with the applicable standard under and includes the submission of the required amount of renewable energy credits; or
Demonstrates the amount of electricity sales by which the electricity supplier fails to meet the applicable renewable energy portfolio standard.
Each report shall also include any other information that the Commission by regulation or order may consider relevant.
If an electricity supplier fails to comply with the renewable energy portfolio standard for the applicable year, the electricity supplier shall pay into the Fund a compliance fee of:
Five cents for each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required tier one renewable sources;
One cent for each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required tier two renewable sources; and
Fifty cents in 2011 through 2016; 35 cents in 2017; 30 cents in 2018; 20 cents in 2019 through 2020; 15 cents in 2021 through 2022; and 5 cents in 2023 and thereafter for each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required solar energy sources.
Beginning on March 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, energy companies that sell electricity in the District of Columbia shall file an energy portfolio report for the preceding calendar year with DDOE, which shall include a breakdown of the average cost per kilowatt hour of electricity that the company sold in the District of Columbia by source of generation, to include coal, gas, oil, nuclear, solar, land-based wind, off-shore wind, and other renewable sources. The breakdown of cost should also include the average capital cost per kilowatt, as well as the average fixed and variable costs associated with operations and maintenance per megawatt.
Repealed.
The District Department of the Environment shall publish on its website at least annually a report that describes progress towards the solar generation goals provided in the renewable energy portfolio standard and a comparison with other sources of energy used in the District. Each report shall detail the equitable distribution of resources consistent with the policy findings in .
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