Last Friday the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) announced that it would purchase any unsold SRECs deposited in the Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auction (SCCA) for $285 per SREC. Unlike the SCCA, this is a voluntary option. Depositors with SRECs in the SCCA will need to notify the DOER that they would like to take advantage of the offer by Wednesday, August 14th (an MA DOER set deadline). Any SRECs not purchased will be returned by the DOER to depositors’ accounts following the August 14 due date. Returned SRECs will be eligible to be transacted for 3 more years (2013, 2014, and 2015), but will not be eligible for any future Solar Credit Clearinghouse Auctions.

SRECTrade has made it easy for clients to sell their eligible SRECs to the DOER by including the DOER’s bid as a feature in their online account. SRECTrade clients with EasyREC accounts will need to log in to their accounts and indicate they would like to sell the applicable SRECs. All SRECs eligible for the DOER’s offer will sell for $285 per SREC, less SRECTrade’s EasyREC fees.

SRECTrade clients will have until Wednesday, August 14th at 9:00 am ET to log in to their SRECTrade account and opt to sell their eligible SRECs. Not all SRECTrade clients with facilities in Massachusetts are eligible for this transaction option. Only clients that had SRECs produced during 2012 and deposited in the SCCA are eligible.

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For additional information on the SCCA and the DOER’s bid for MA2012 SRECs please read our previous blog posts on the subject.