OAR 330-160-0020
Establishment of Renewable Energy Certificate System

(1)

Renewable energy certificates that are issued, monitored, accounted for and transferred by or through the regional renewable energy certificate system and trading mechanism known as the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS) shall be the only renewable energy certificates that can be used by an electric utility or electricity service supplier to establish compliance with the Oregon Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS).

(2)

All entities that wish to demonstrate compliance or participate in the renewable energy certificate system associated with the Oregon RPS must establish and maintain accounts in good standing with the WREGIS renewable energy certificate system. These entities must comply with all information, data reporting and verification requirements of the WREGIS Operating Rules dated July 15, 2013, including costs required for compliance. These accounts must be established before January 1, 2009 or before the earliest vintage of Certificate to be used to comply with the Oregon RPS, whichever is later.

(3)

All entities that wish to demonstrate compliance or participate in the renewable energy certificate system associated with the Oregon RPS must participate in the system in accordance with the WREGIS Operating Rules dated July 15, 2013. The Operating Rules for WREGIS are publicly available from the WREGIS web site at www.wregis.org.

Source: Rule 330-160-0020 — Establishment of Renewable Energy Certificate System, https://secure.­sos.­state.­or.­us/oard/view.­action?ruleNumber=330-160-0020.

Last Updated

Jun. 8, 2021

Rule 330-160-0020’s source at or​.us