Municipalities Joining the Green Communities Program

(1) Municipalities that receive electric distribution service from a municipal light plant with a service territory limited to one municipality and where there are no investor-owned electric distribution company customers, may join the Green Communities Program under 225 CMR 25.05(1) if the municipal light plant that provides electric distribution service to the municipality has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(b). The Department will accept the following documentation to demonstrate that the requirement has been met: 3/29/24 225 CMR - 265 (Mass. Register #1518, 3/29/2024) 225 CMR: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY RESOURCES 25.05: continued A signed copy of an agreement between the trust administrator, the municipality, and the municipal light plant that provides electric distribution service to the municipality defining the terms of the municipal light plant's contributions to the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund. (2) Municipalities that receive electric distribution service from a municipal light plant with a service territory limited to one municipality and where there is at least one investor-owned electric distribution company customer may join the Green Communities Program under 225 CMR 25.05(2) by either of the following methods: (a) Providing proof that the investor-owned electric distribution company customer in the municipality pays into the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund. The Department will accept the following documentation to demonstrate that the above requirement has been met: 1. a letter from the investor-owned electric distribution company verifying that they provide electric distribution service to the property; and 2. property card(s) or other information from the municipality demonstrating that the customer's property is located in the municipality. (b) Providing proof that the municipal light plant has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(b). The Department will accept the following documentation to demonstrate that the above requirement has been met: a signed copy of an agreement between the trust administrator, the municipality, and the municipal light plant that provides electric distribution service to the municipality defining the terms of the municipal light plant's contributions to the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund. (3) Municipalities that receive electric distribution service from a municipal light plant with a service territory that covers more than one municipality and where there are no investor-owned electric distribution company customers, may join the Green Communities Program under 225 CMR 25.05(3) by any of the following methods: (a) Providing proof that the municipal light plant has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(b); or (b) Providing proof that the municipality has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(c). The Department will accept the following documentation to demonstrate that the requirement has been met: a signed copy of an agreement between the trust administrator, the municipality, and or the municipal light plant that provides electric distribution service to the municipality defining the terms of the municipal light plant's contributions to the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund. (4) Municipalities that receive electric distribution service from a municipal light plant with a service territory that covers more than one municipality and where there is at least one investor-owned electric distribution company customer, may join the Green Communities Program under 225 CMR 25.05(4) by any of the following methods: (a) Providing proof that the municipal light plant has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(b); or (b) Providing proof that the municipality has adopted the renewable energy charge pursuant to M.G.L. c. 25, § 20(c). The Department will accept the following documentation to demonstrate that the above requirement has been met: a signed copy of an agreement between the trust administrator, the municipality, and the municipal light plant that provides electric distribution service to the municipality defining the terms of the municipal light plant's contributions to the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund. (c) Providing proof that the investor-owned electric distribution companycustomer pays into the Massachusetts Renewable Energy Trust Fund. The following documentation is required to prove this requirement has been met: 1. a letter from the investor-owned electric distribution company verifying that they provide electric service to the property; and 2. property card(s) or other information from the municipality demonstrating that the customer's property is located in the municipality. (PAGES 267 THROUGH 280 ARE RESERVED FOR FUTURE USE.) 3/29/24 225 CMR - 266