MASSACHUSETTS AND
RHODE ISLAND RENEWABLE
ENERGY MARKETING
PROGRAMS
Thomas G. Robinson
Deputy General Counsel
National Grid USA
June 13, 2003
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SIGNATORIES
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Division of Energy Resources
Massachusetts Technology Collaborative
Conservation Law Foundation
Associated Industries of Massachusetts
Center for Ecological Technology
Community Energy, Inc.
Conservation Services Group, Inc.
Green Mountain Energy Company
Massachusetts Energy Consumers Alliance
Sterling Planet, Inc.
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REGULATORY BODIES AND
REQUIREMENTS
• Massachusetts
– Department of Telecommunications and Energy
• Environmental Disclosure
• Market Development
– Division of Energy Resources
– Attorney General’s Office
• Rhode Island
– Public Utilities Commission
– Attorney General’s Office
• General
– New England Generation Information System
– Green-e requirements (as administered by the Center
for Resource Solutions)
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OBJECTIVES
• Provide a Marketing Platform to Support Renewable
Energy Development
• Stimulate the Retail Market for Residential and Small
Commercial Customers
• Provide a Green Option for National Grid’s Standard
Offer and Default Service Customers in MA; Standard
Offer and Last Resort Service Customers in RI in MA;
Standard Offer and Las Resort Service Customers in RI
• Enable Participating Customers in MA to Realize Federal
Tax Deduction through MTC’s MA Cleaner Energy
Choice Program
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HOW THE PROGRAM WORKS
• National Grid creates a GIS sub-account for each of the
renewable supplier’s upgrade products
• The renewable supplier sells its upgrade products product
to standard offer and default service customers (MA) and/or
standard offer and last resort service customers (RI)
• The renewable supplier buys GIS certificates matching
sales to participating customers to match sales to
participating customers and deposits them in National Grid
GIS sub-accounts created on behalf of the renewable
supplier GIS sub-accounts created on behalf of renewable
supplier
• The renewable supplier is responsible for environmental
disclosure and regulatory compliance
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HOW TO PARTICIPATE
• Register as electricity broker in Massachusetts,
supplier in Rhode Island
• Complete testing of EBT transactions
• Buy GIS certificates matching customer sales
• Sign up National Grid residential and small
commercial customers
– 1.7 million National Grid customers in Rhode Island
and Massachusetts
– 1.5 million National Grid customers in New York
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