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We are purchasing green power through the local utility but it is not able to provide or sign a two-year contract because of restrictions applied to the utility. Can we still meet the credit requirements with our current purchased green power covering the

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What time period do purchased RECs and offsets need to cover? Do we need to cover the performance period plus an additional two years after that?

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EBOM-2009 EAc4:On-Site and Off-Site Renewable Energy

Confused about Perf periods and 2-yr contract for offsite REC's

We purchased REC's (Texas products) for backdates 3/13 to 3/14 AND going forward 3/14 to 3/15 to cover both the Perf Period AND the 2 yr contract requirement for the credit. BUT, the REC's are Green-e "certifiable" and not "certified" right now because they cannot "certified" until they are retired in 3/15. So how am i going to submit the Green-E certification documentation in the application (around Oct 2014) if they are not retired/certified until 3/15?

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Tristan Roberts
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Tue, 10/07/2014 - 01:44

Wendy, the key thing is that the purchases comply with Green-e certification standards. Buying RECs from a Green-e provider, as discussed in the credit language, should do the trick. I think you may be splitting hairs over "certifiable" Green-e RECs. 
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Kathryn West
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Tue, 10/07/2014 - 13:19

There's no reason to think they won't be retired. It should be fine. The org. that manages Green-e kicks providers out if they don't retire the right amount & type of RECs on their customers' behalf. To me the contract should say Reporting Year (RY) 2014/2015 Green-e RECs. I personally wouldn't want the word "certifiable" in there. All green-e RECs are understood to be retired at some future point in time. If a REC was already retired by the time you signed the contract that would indicate that it could no longer be "used." I think you're going way beyond what the reviewers are looking for and would caution you against trying to learn all the green-e rules :) It's hard for some people even in the REC industry to understand the reporting years. The contract requires that the RECs be retired. It would be extremely out of the ordinary for the supplier to breach the contract by not retiring the RECs--that's their whole business. They get audited and they would no longer be able to sell Green-e products if they broke the rules. Best of luck with this credit!

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