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Funding Resources
Funding Resources
| WA Renewable Portfolio Standard | |
|---|---|
| Type of Incentive | Environmental Regulations |
| Eligible States | WA |
| Eligible Technology | Backpressure Turbine, Boiler, Combustion Turbine, Condensing Turbine, Extracting Turbine, Fuel Cell, Microturbine, Other, Reciprocating Engine, Heat Recovery Generator, Stirling Engine |
| Eligible Fuel | # 2 Fuel Oil, # 6 Fuel Oil, Biogas, Biomass, Coal, Hydrogen, LFG, Municipal Solid Waste, Natural Gas, Other, Tire-Derived Fuel, Waste heat Recovery |
| Eligible Project Size | All (MW) |
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| Size of Award |
In 2006, Washington State passed a Renewable Energy Standard (RES) by ballot initiative I-937. The RES requires electric utilities that serve more than 25,000 customers in the state to generate 15 percent of their electric load from new renewables by the year 2020. The RES starts at three percent of a utility's load for 2012 to 2015, rising to nine percent for 2016 to 2019, and 15 percent from 2020 forward. High-efficiency cogeneration owned and used by a retail electric customer to meet its own needs may be counted toward conservation targets. DG may also be counted as double the facility's electrical output if the utility owns the facility, has contracted for the DG and associated RECs, or has contracted to purchase only the related RECs. Renewable resources include electricity produced from: water; wind; solar energy; geothermal energy; landfill gas; wave, ocean, or tidal power; gas from sewage treatment facilities; biodiesel fuel (must meet specified standards); and biomass energy based on animal waste or solid organic fuels from wood, forest, or field residues, or dedicated energy crops. Utilities subject to the standard must also pursue all available conservation that is cost-effective, reliable, and feasible. Specifically, by January 1, 2010, utilities must (1) identify achievable cost-effective conservation potential through 2019, with reviews and updates every two years for the subsequent 10-years; and (2) establish and meet biennial targets for conservation. High-efficiency cogeneration owned and used by a retail electric customer to meet its own needs may be counted toward conservation targets. Although some exemptions apply, a utility's failure to meet the energy conservation or renewable energy targets will result in an $50/MWh administrative penalty (adjusted annually for inflation) paid to the state of Washington. |
| Start Date | 11/7/2006 |
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| Minimum Efficiency(%) |
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| Additional Information | On or before June 1, 2012, and annually thereafter, each utility must file a report with the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission and the Department of Commerce regarding its progress in meeting its conservation and renewable resource targets during the preceding year. |
| Web Site |
http://www.cted.wa.gov/site/1001/default.aspx  |
| Additional Web Site |
http://www.dsireusa.org/library/includes/ incentive2.cfm?Incentive_Code=WA15R&state=WA&CurrentPageID=1&RE=1&EE=1 |
| Primary Contact |
Meg O'Leary 906 Columbia Street, SW PO Box 42525 Olympia, WA 98504 U.S.A. Meg O'Leary (meg.oleary@commerce.wa.gov) (360) 725-3113 |