Greene® Energy Attestation From Generator Participating In A Tracking

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Green-e® Energy Attestation from Generator Participating in a Tracking
System
Cover Page
This Tracking Attestation is required for generating facilities that
both are registered with a renewable energy tracking system (ERCOT,
M-RETS, NARR, NEPOOL-GIS, PJM-GATS and WREGIS), and wish to denote
themselves within that tracking system as producing renewable energy
that may be used in a Green-e® Energy Certified product. Green-e
Energy is a voluntary program that provides consumer confidence in
renewable energy by certifying renewable energy products that meet
criteria developed by the Center for Resource Solutions (CRS). One
criterion is that sellers of certified products undergo an annual
sales and supply audit in which participants make the chain of
ownership of the renewable energy they sell transparent and verifiable
through the entire chain of custody back to the generating facility.
This attestation is part of that verification process.
Upon review of this form by Green-e Energy staff, a ‘Green-e Energy
Eligible’ box will be checked off in the facility’s tracking system
profile (where available). Acceptance of this form and the checking of
this box designate that the facility, as represented on this Tracking
Attestation, meets the eligibility criteria of the Green-e Energy
National Standard. However, this does not mean that the facility,
facility owner, facility’s output, or sale of facility’s output is
Green-e Energy Certified; it simply means that the facility’s output
may be used by certain renewable energy sellers to more easily make
Green-e Energy Certified sales. Only sellers that maintain contracts
with CRS, which administers Green-e Energy, are able to make Green-e
Energy Certified sales.
This form will remain in effect for the full term of the attestation
only so long as a generating facility is actively registered in a
tracking system and remains in compliance with all of that tracking
system’s rules. The maximum term of this form is three years, although
the owner of the generating facility or the entity to which facility
registration rights have been assigned may indicate a more limited
period of effectiveness on the form below. If facility information or
characteristics change, Green-e Energy requires that an updated
attestation be completed and submitted. The party completing and
signing this form must also notify Green-e Energy staff immediately in
writing if any of the following occurs: facility ceases to be
registered in the tracking system for any reason, violates tracking
system rules, or is ineligible under the most current version of the
Green-e Energy National Standard, including the definition of eligible
sources.
Please read through the attestation and fill out all of the following
pages, then return them to Green-e Energy. You do not need to print or
return this cover page. Green-e Energy reserves the right to reject
the attestation if any relevant field or box is not filled in. You may
scan and email the completed form to
[email protected], fax the completed form to
415-561-2105, or mail the completed form to:
Center for Resource Solutions
Attn: Green-e Energy Verification
P.O. Box 29512
San Francisco, CA 94129
Basic facility information will appear on the Green-e Energy web site
in order to allow potential buyers of your renewable energy to verify
that they may use your renewable energy in their Green-e Energy
certified products. This attestation is not a contract to make Green-e
Energy Certified sales. At this time there are no fees due to Green-e
Energy or CRS associated with the signing this form.
For more information about Green-e Energy, please visit
www.green-e.org. If you have any questions, please contact Green-e
energy staff at 415-561-2100. You may download electronic copies of
this form from http://www.green-e.org/verif_docs.html.

Green-e® Energy Attestation from Generator Participating in a Tracking
System
I. Facility and registration information
Name of Generation Facility (“Facility”):  
Renewable Resource Type (e.g. Wind, Solar, Geothermal):  
Company or Person that Owns Facility (“Owner”):  
Address of Facility:  
North American Electricity Reliability Corporation (NERC) region in
which Facility is located:1  
Tracking System in which Facility is registered (“Tracking System”): 

Facility Registration or ID Number within Tracking System:  
First Month and Year of Facility’s Generation Tracked in Tracking
System:  
Facility ID2:   EIA or QF? (check one)
Nameplate Capacity (MW):  
Date Facility was First Operational:  
Date of Capacity Upgrade or Repowering:3  
Contact Name:  
Title:  
Telephone:  
Email Address:  
Is Owner reporting its direct greenhouse gas emissions in a
cap-and-trade program?4
Yes; list the cap and trade program:  
No
Indicate where electricity is being delivered (name of purchasing
utility or load-serving entity; sold to spot market; etc.):  
Check box if electricity sale is part of a Qualifying Facility (QF)
contract
This form governs generation at Facility beginning on (“Start Date”)
(check one):
January 1 in the year of signature (this is the default if neither
checked)
Other (specify):  
This form will expire on (“Expiration Date”) (check one):
December 31 of the year 2 years after Start Date5 (this is the default
if neither checked)
Date earlier than December 31 of the year 2 years after Start Date
(specify):  
Statements on this form apply to all generation occurring between
Start Date and Expiration Date (“Effective Period”).6
If Facility has been registered in Tracking System by an entity other
than Owner, complete items 1 – 3 immediately below and have an agent
of the company or individual designated in Tracking System to manage
Facility’s account in Tracking System complete and sign this form. For
the purposes of this form, such a company or individual is referred to
as an “Account Manager”:7
1) Name of Account Manager as appears in Tracking System:  
2) Date that account management rights assigned to Account Manager
expire:8  
3) Account Manager has attached documentation9 accepted by Tracking
System and signed by both Owner and Account Manager authorizing
Account Manager to register Facility in Tracking System. (Account
Manager must attach form and check box)
II. Declaration
I, (print name and title)   (“Signatory”), authorized agent of
Owner / Account Manager (check one), declare that I have sufficient
knowledge and authority to make the following attestation for the
Effective Period of this document. I also declare the following
regarding Facility’s participation in Tracking System and regarding
Renewable Attributes (also called “Certificates”, “Renewable Energy
Certificates” or “RECs”) generated by Facility and tracked in Tracking
System:
1) all Renewable Attributes associated with electricity production by
Facility are fully aggregated and include all environmental benefits
of electricity generation by Facility as required by the Green-e
Energy National Standard (to the maximum extent permissible under
cap-and-trade programs, including all CO2 benefits, emissions offsets,
reductions and claims);
2) for transactions made within Tracking System only fully aggregated
Renewable Attributes are traded;
3) the Renewable Attributes of a particular MWh are sold, retired or
reserved only once;
4) the electricity co-produced with the Renewable Attributes is not
used on-site for powering electric generation equipment (parasitic
load);
5) the electricity that was generated with the Renewable Attributes is
delivered into the NERC region in which Facility is located;
6) to the best of my knowledge the Renewable Attributes or the
electricity that is generated with the Renewable Attributes are not
used to meet any federal, state or local renewable energy requirement,
renewable energy procurement, renewable portfolio standard, or other
renewable energy mandate by any entity other than the party on whose
behalf the Renewable Attributes are retired;
7) to the best of my knowledge the electricity that is generated with
the Renewable Attributes is not separately sold, separately marketed
or otherwise separately represented as renewable energy attributable
to Facility by any entity other than the party on whose behalf the
Renewable Attributes are retired; and
8) if Facility is located in Canada, it is EcoLogo certified
throughout Effective Period; if Facility loses EcoLogo certification
for any reason I will notify CRS immediately.
III. Additional statement required for and applicable to biomass
facilities only
1) I attest to one of the following (check either A or B):
A. I attest that no more than five percent (5%) fossil fuels and other
fuels that are not Green-e Energy eligible, measured on a BTU basis,
were or will be used, including as a start-up, pilot or supplemental
fuel, to produce the electricity and/or RECs in the above Green-e
Energy eligible biomass generation plant or biomass boiler;
B. I attest that Facility is registered in Tracking System as a
multi-fuel facility and abides by all multi-fuel provisions in
Tracking System’s operating rules.
2) I attest that Facility was and will remain in substantial
compliance with its operating permit regarding emissions during
Effective Period;
3) I attest that if this facility is subject to New Source Review as
defined in the Green-e Energy Standard, it was and will be compliant
with all standards pertaining to New Source Review during Effective
Period; and
4) I attest that Owner owns the renewable and environmental attributes
of biomass fuels at the time of the fuel’s use for electricity
generation. Listed below are all renewable fuels commonly used at
Facility and that Owner anticipates using at Facility; if renewable
fuels other than those listed below are used, Signatory will notify
the recipient of Renewable Attributes generated using the other fuels
in writing within 30 days of the fuel change and submit an updated
copy of this attestation to Green-e Energy.
Biomass Fuel Types Used by Facility
Name of Fuel Producer, or Origin/Source of Fuel
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
IV. Signature
As an authorized agent of Owner or Account Manager, Signatory declares
that they have the knowledge and authority to attest that the
statements on this form are true and correct. By signing this form,
Signatory is attesting that the statements and declarations herein
will remain true for Effective Period.
If any conditions change related to the information on this form prior
to Expiration Date, Signatory agrees to inform the Center for Resource
Solutions in writing as far in advance of the change as commercially
practicable.
____________________________________________  
Signature Date
 
Name, Title, and organization
 
Place of Execution
This form is used by the Center for Resource Solutions to verify the
accuracy of claims made by retail and wholesale marketers of renewable
energy. Center for Resource Solutions reserves the right to make
information on this form public. Such information may be needed to
identify facilities that meet the eligibility requirements in the
Green-e Energy National Standard.
1 If you are unsure of which region Facility is in, see
http://www.nerc.com/regional/
2 Enter Energy Information Administration (EIA) identification number
for the generating facility; if no EIA number, enter the
utility-assigned Qualifying Facility (QF) identification number
3 If applicable. Repowered facilities must meet Green-e Energy’s
criteria for repowering, available at http://www.Green-e
Energy.org/docs/Repowering_Defin_and_Instructions.doc
4 If so, then it is possible that the environmental attributes of
Facility’s generation are being counted toward compliance with such a
program and would therefore be ineligible for use in Green-e Energy
Certified sales. Contact the cap-and-trade program to check if
generation from Facility is being counted toward Owner’s participation
in such a program. See also the Green-e Energy National Standard.
5 For example, if the Start Date is May 1, 2010, Expiration Date will
be December 31, 2012.
6 Except in the case noted in footnote 7 below.
7 Only fill in this section if Owner and Account Manager have signed
the appropriate bi-lateral form required by Tracking System to
designate Account Manager as the sole manager of Facility’s Tracking
System account and sole recipient of Facility’s Renewable Attributes.
If there is no Account Manager, and Owner manages Facility’s account,
this section should be left blank, and Owner must complete this
attestation.
8 If this date is sooner than Expiration Date above, this date becomes
Expiration Date, and this Tracking Attestation form will expire on
this new Expiration Date.
9 Many tracking systems have specific forms for designating a party
other than the facility owner as having the right to register the
facility in the tracking system. In some cases contracts between Owner
and Account Manager are acceptable to the Tracking System, in which
case pertinent sections of such a contract may be submitted along with
the contract’s signature page(s).
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