§ 34-1434 — Reporting requirements and compliance fee.

(a) Each electricity supplier shall submit an annual compliance report to the Commission, by a date and in a form prescribed by the Commission.

(1) Each report shall include clear and concise information that:

(A) Demonstrates that the electricity supplier has complied with the applicable standard under § 34-1432 and includes the submission of the required amount of renewable energy credits; or

(B) Demonstrates the amount of electricity sales by which the electricity supplier fails to meet the applicable renewable energy portfolio standard.

(1A) In calendar years 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 each report shall also include:

(A) The number of contracts that are exempt from changes to the renewable energy portfolio standard pursuant to section 4 of the Renewable Portfolio Standard Expansion Amendment Act of 2016, effective October 8, 2016 (D.C. Law 21-154; D.C. Official Code § 34-1434, note) , the length of each exempt contract, and the amount of electricity associated with each exempt contract; and

(B) The number of contracts that are exempt from changes to the renewable energy portfolio standard pursuant to section 101(b)(2) of the CleanEnergy DC Omnibus Amendment Act of 2018, passed on 2nd reading on December 18, 2018 (Enrolled version of Bill 22-904), the length of each exempt contract, and the amount of electricity associated with each exempt contract.

(2) Each report shall also include any other information that the Commission by regulation or order may consider relevant.

(c) 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:

(1) Five cents for each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required tier one renewable sources;

(2) One cent for each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required tier two renewable sources; and

(3) For each kilowatt-hour of shortfall from required solar energy sources, the following amounts:

(A) Fifty cents in 2016 through 2023;

(B) Forty-eight cents in 2024;

(C) Forty-six cents in 2025;

(D) Forty-four cents in 2026;

(E) Forty-two cents in 2027;

(F) Forty cents in 2028;

(G) Thirty-eight cents in 2029;

(H) Thirty-six cents in 2030;

(I) Thirty-four cents in 2031;

(J) Thirty-two cents in 2032;

(K) Thirty cents in 2033 through 2041; and

(L) Ten cents in 2042 and thereafter.

(c-1) A compliance fee required pursuant to subsection (c) of this section shall be paid to DOEE for deposit into the Fund between October 1 and November 1 following the year the electricity supplier failed to comply with the renewable energy portfolio standard.

(d) 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 DOEE, 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.

(e) Repealed.

(f) The DOEE 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 § 34-1501.01 .

Legislative History

Apr. 12, 2005, D.C. Law 15-340, § 6, 52 DCR 2285; Oct. 22, 2008, D.C. Law 17-250, § 301(c), 55 DCR 9225; Oct. 20, 2011, D.C. Law 19-36, § 2(b), 58 DCR 6837; Dec. 13, 2013, D.C. Law 20-47, § 3, 60 DCR 15138