WAC 194-37-110   Renewable resource energy reporting.  Each utility shall submit a renewable resource energy report to the department by June 1 of each year, beginning in 2012. Reporting requirements vary, as follows, depending upon how the utility elects to comply with chapter 19.285 RCW.

     (1) Universal renewable energy reporting requirements. The renewable resource energy report shall include the following information:

     (a) The utility's annual load for the two years preceding each renewable energy target year and the average load for those two years.

     (b) The amount of megawatt-hours needed to meet the utility's annual renewable energy targets identified in RCW 19.285.040. These annual targets are established as a percentage of the utility's average retail load for the two years prior to the renewable energy target year: Three percent of each year 2012 through 2015; nine percent of each year 2016 through 2019; and fifteen percent for year 2020 and each year thereafter.

     (c) The names of the eligible renewable resource facilities and/or the vintage (year in which associated power was generated) of renewable energy credits by generator that the utility owns or with which the utility has a contract dated no later than January 1 of the target year; and the estimated annual quantity (megawatt-hours) of eligible renewable resources or RECs that will be produced, or has been produced, through these resources or contracts to meet its annual targets.

     (i) A utility may count any purchases of:

     (A) Electricity from BPA that are generated by eligible renewable resources, for which no RECs have been created or, if RECs have been created, for which the RECs have been or will be retired by BPA on behalf of the utility; or

     (B) RECs from the BPA generated by eligible renewable resources to meet all or any portion of its annual eligible renewable resource targets.

     To document the annual amount of power supplied by BPA from eligible renewable resources, the utility may rely on BPA's determination of the portion of its power supply provided by eligible renewable resources during a calendar year for which no RECs have been created, or, if RECs have been created, that the RECs have been or will be retired by BPA on behalf of the utility.

     (ii) The list of resources will identify any resource that both commenced operations after December 31, 2005, and meets the apprenticeship construction practice standards as adopted by the council per WAC 194-37-120(1), thereby earning a 1.2 multiplier credit on its electricity output.

     (iii) The list of resources will identify any resource that meets the definition of distributed generation and that the utility owns or contracts for the associated REC, thereby earning a 2.0 multiplier credit on the electricity output.

     (d) A utility that does not meet the renewable energy requirements in RCW 19.285.040(2), the financial requirements in RCW 19.285.050, or the financial requirements in RCW 19.285.040 (2)(d) shall include the following information in its June 1 report of each year beginning in 2014:

     (i) The quantity of eligible renewable resources acquired by December 31 of the target year;

     (ii) The quantity of RECs acquired from the target year, the year prior or the year subsequent to the target year; or

     (iii) The combination of (d)(i) and (ii) of this subsection.

     (e) The most recent final audit report(s), if any, that evaluate(s) the utility's compliance with chapter 19.285 RCW and the information reported per this chapter.

     (2) Renewable energy target reporting.

     (a) A utility that meets the renewable energy requirements in RCW 19.285.040(2) shall include the following in its June 1 report of each year beginning in 2014.

     (i) Demonstration that it acquired:

     (A) By January 1 of the target year, megawatt-hours of eligible renewable resources and that those megawatt-hours were actually generated by December 31 of the target year.

     (B) By January 1 of the target year, RECs produced during the target year, the year prior or the year subsequent to the target year; or

     (C) Any combination of (a)(i)(A) and (B) of this subsection, in amounts sufficient to meet the percent of load target for the calendar year two years prior. Utilities may report shortfalls in expected generation from resources documented in (a)(i)(A) of this subsection and production of RECs documented in (a)(i)(B) of this subsection and may document that the shortfalls were offset by additional purchases of RECs or eligible renewable resources.

     (ii) Documentation of the amount of megawatt-hours purchased or generated, the amount of WREGIS-certified RECs purchased and the names of the respective eligible renewable facilities that produced the associated power, specified by the year it was generated.

     (b) The utility may, in addition, submit a copy of its fuel mix report, per chapter 19.29A RCW, for each target year.

     (3) Resource cost reporting.

     Each year that a utility does not meet the renewable energy target requirements in RCW 19.285.040, but meets the financial requirements in RCW 19.285.050, the utility shall include the following information in its June 1 report of that year:

     (a) Its annual revenue requirement for the target year;

     (b) The annual levelized delivered cost of its eligible renewable resource(s) reported separately for each resource;

     (c) The annual levelized delivered cost of its substitute resources and the eligible renewable resource with which it is being compared;

     (d) The total cost of renewable energy credits to be applied in the reporting year;

     (e) The percentage of its annual revenue requirement invested in the incremental cost of eligible renewable resources and the cost of RECs; and

     (f) The most current information required by WAC 194-37-160 used for this financial demonstration.

     (4) Nonload growing utility reporting.

     Each year that a utility does not meet the renewable energy target requirements in RCW 19.285.040 (2)(a), but meets the financial requirements in RCW 19.285.040 (2)(d), the utility shall report to the department each June 1 its:

     (a) Annual revenue requirement for the target year;

     (b) Weather-adjusted load for each of the three years immediately prior to the target year;

     (c) Delivered cost of its eligible renewable resource(s), RECs or a combination of both for the target year to be applied to the one percent of annual revenue requirement, reported separately for each resource;

     (d) Quantity of megawatt-hours for each target year for which the utility:

     (i) Commenced or renewed ownership of nonrenewable resources after December 7, 2006; or

     (ii) Made electricity purchases from nonrenewable energy resources, incremental to its annual electricity purchases made or contracted for prior to December 7, 2006. Sources of power for daily spot market purchases are not counted; and

     (e) List of RECs that the utility acquired, in addition to any RECs purchased in (c) of this subsection, to offset nonrenewable purchases listed in (d) of this subsection.

     (5) Reporting of uncontrollable events.

     For any target year that a utility demonstrates to the auditor that it did not meet the annual renewable resource requirements in chapter 19.285 RCW due to events beyond the reasonable control of the utility per RCW 19.285.040 (2)(i), the utility shall summarize these events in its June 1 report to the department immediately following the target year.



[Statutory Authority: RCW 19.285.080(2). 08-07-079, § 194-37-110, filed 3/18/08, effective 4/18/08.]