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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| MA Renewable Portfolio Standard | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Environmental Regulations |
| Eligible States | MA |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste heat Recovery |
| Eligible Project Size | All (MW) |
| Number of Awards | |
| Size of Award | Massachusetts's 1997 electric-utility restructuring legislation created the framework for a renewable portfolio standard (RPS). In April 2002, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) adopted RPS regulations that required all retail electricity providers in the state to utilize new renewable-energy sources for at least 1% of their power supply in 2003, increasing to 4% by 2009 and 15.0% by 2020. The RPS was significantly expanded by legislation enacted in July 2008 (S.B. 2768); this legislation established three separate standards -- a standard for "Class I" renewables, a standard for "Class II" renewables, and an alternative energy portfolio standard (AEPS). |
| Start Date | 4/1/2002 |
| End Date |
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| Additional Information | Effective on January 1, 2009, the alternative energy portfolio standard (AEPS) requires all retail electricity suppliers to provide annually a minimum percentage - to be determined by the DOER - of kWh sales to end-use customers in Massachusetts from "alternative energy generating sources." The minimum percentage is 0.75% of sales by 12/31/2009 and increases to 5.00% of sales by 12/31/2020. An additional 0.25% is required each additional year past 2020, indefinitely. Under the AEPS, alternative energy generating sources include: gasification with capture and permanent sequestration of carbon dioxide; combined heat and power (CHP); flywheel energy storage; any facility which substitutes any portion of its fossil fuel source with an equal to or greater portion of an approved alternative, paper-derived fuel source; energy efficient steam technology; and any other alternative energy technology approved by the DOER. |
| Web Site |
http://www.mass.gov/legis/laws/seslaw08/sl080169.htm  |
| Additional Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=MA05R&state=MA&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 |
| Primary Contact |
Howard Bernstein 100 Cambridge St. Suite 1020 Boston, MA 02114 U.S.A. Howard Bernstein (doer.rps@state.ma.us) (617) 727-4732 x 40155 (617) 727-0030 |