District of Columbia
Geographic Eligibility
Source must be located within the PJM region or an adjacent state to the PJM region or outside the PJM region or adjacent state but in a control area that is adjacent to the PJM Region, if the electricity is delivered into the PJM Region. New sources must be located within the PJM Region effective March 22, 2019.
Reporting Year
January 1 through December 31
Banking
On or after January 1, 2006 an energy supplier can receive and accumulate RECs. A Renewable Energy Credit shall exist for three years from the date created. Effective April 2019, Solar Renewable Energy Credits have a lifespan of 5 years.
Solar Requirement
Yes, included in Tier 1
Renewable Energy Sources
Tier I
Renewable sources include solar (including solar thermal), wind, qualifying biomass (>65% efficiency), methane from a landfill or wastewater treatment plant, geothermal, ocean, including energy from waves, tides, currents, and thermal differences, and a fuel cell that produces electricity from a Tier 1 renewable source generated from qualifying biomass or methane from a landfill or wastewater treatment plant.
Tier II
Renewable sources include hydroelectric power other than pump storage generation. For Tier 2 sources, the facility must have existed and been operational as of January 1, 2004.
| RPS Percentages |
| Compliance Year |
Tier I |
Tier II |
Solar |
| 2010 |
3.0% |
2.5% |
0.028% |
| 2011 |
4.0% |
2.5% |
0.40% |
| 2012 |
5.0% |
2.5% |
0.50% |
| 2013 |
6.5% |
2.5% |
0.50% |
| 2014 |
8.0% |
2.5% |
0.60% |
| 2015 |
9.5% |
2.5% |
0.70% |
| 2016 |
11.5% |
2.0% |
0.825% |
| 2017 |
13.5% |
1.5% |
0.98% |
| 2018 |
15.5% |
1.0% |
1.15% |
| 2019 |
17.5% |
0.5% |
1.85% |
| 2020 |
20.0% |
0.0% |
2.175% |
| 2021 |
26.25% |
|
2.50% |
| 2022 |
32.5% |
|
2.60% |
| 2023 |
38.75% |
|
2.85% |
| 2024 |
45.0% |
|
3.15% |
| 2025 |
52.0% |
|
3.45% |
| 2026 |
59.0% |
|
3.75% |
| 2027 |
66.0% |
|
4.10% |
| 2028 |
73.0% |
|
4.50% |
| 2029 |
80.0% |
|
4.75% |
| 2030 |
87.0% |
|
5.00% |
| 2031 |
94.0% |
|
5.25% |
| 2032 |
100.0% |
|
5.50% |
| 2033 |
|
|
6.00% |
| 2035 |
|
|
7.00% |
| 2037 |
|
|
8.00% |
| 2039 |
|
|
9.00% |
| 2041 |
|
|
10.00% |
Alternative Compliance Payments
| Tier 1 - $45/MWh |
| Tier 2 - $10/MWh |
Solar – $500 in 2011 through 2023; $400 in 2024 through 2028; $300 in 2029 through 2041; $100 in 2042 and thereafter.
|
Contacts
Roger Fujihara
DC Public Service Commission
1325 G Street NW
8th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Phone: (202) 626-0558
Fax: (202) 626-9174
Emil King
District Department of the Environment
1200 First Street, NE
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: (202) 870-7248
Fax: (202) 673-6725
Useful Links
District of Columbia Public Service Commission RPS