Section 21.09 - Annual Compliance Filings for Retail Electricity Suppliers(1)Date of Annual Compliance Filing. For each Compliance Year, the Retail Electricity Supplier annually shall file an annual Compliance Filing with the Department no later than the first day of July, or the first Business Day thereafter, of the subsequent Compliance Year.(2)Contents of Annual Compliance Filing. For each Retail Electricity Product, the Filing shall document compliance with the provisions of 225 CMR 21.07 and 21.08 to the satisfaction of the Department and shall include, but not be limited to, the following: (a)Total Electrical Energy Sales to End-use Customers. Documentation of the total MWhs of electrical energy allocated by the Retail Electricity Supplier to End-use Customers in the Compliance Year.(b)Electrical Energy Sales to End-use Customers by Product. Documentation of the total MWhs of each Retail Electricity Product allocated to End-use Customers in the Compliance Year, verified by an independent third party satisfactory to the Department, consistent with the Guidelines. Such allocation is defined as the quantity of the Retail Electric Supplier's certificates obligation that the Retail Electric Supplier correctly allocated or should have allocated to each of the Retail Electric Supplier's Massachusetts retail subaccounts at the NEPOOL GIS, in compliance with all relevant provisions of Part 4 of the NEPOOL GIS Operating Rules, or any successor rules, as specified in the Guideline on the Determination of Sales to End-use Customers. The Department shall keep product information confidential to the extent permitted by law.(c)Clean Peak Energy Certificates Allocated from the Compliance Year. Documentation of the total MWhs of each Retail Electricity Product allocated to End-use Customers that were derived from Clean Peak Resource generation during the Compliance Year.(d)Clean Peak Energy Certificates Allocated from Banked Compliance. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any quantity of Clean Peak Resource Generation Attributes banked from previous years pursuant to 225 CMR 21.08(2) that are used to demonstrate compliance with the CPS Minimum Standard in the current Compliance Year;(e) Alternative Compliance Credits. Allocation by Retail Electricity Product of any Alternative Compliance Credits claimed pursuant to 225 CMR 21.08(3)(a), along with a copy of any Alternative Compliance Payment receipt(s); and(f)Attributes Banked for Future Compliance. Identification of any quantity of Attributes from Clean Peak Resource Generation, that the Retail Electricity Supplier anticipates claiming for purposes of Banked Compliance in subsequent years under the Banked Compliance provisions of 225 CMR 21.08(2).(g)Exempt Contracts under Minimum Standard. Identification of any contract for a specific term of years that was executed before January 1, 2020, and its terms including, but not limited to, the execution and expiration dates of the contract and the annual volume of electrical energy supplied.Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1423, eff. 8/7/2020.Amended by Mass Register Issue 1533, eff. 10/11/2024 (EMERGENCY).