{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1438","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 34-1438","heading":"Application of renewable energy credits.","body":"(a)\nAn electricity supplier may use accumulated renewable energy credits to meet the renewable energy portfolio standard by submitting them to the Commission as evidence of compliance.\n\n(b)\nA renewable energy credit may be sold or otherwise transferred.\n\n(c)\nExcept as authorized under section (d) of this section, a renewable energy credit shall exist for 3 years from the date created; provided, that a renewable energy credit from a solar energy system meeting the requirements of § 34-1432(e)(1) shall exist for 5 years from the date created.\n\n(d)\nA renewable energy credit may be diminished or extinguished before the expiration of 3 or 5 years pursuant to subsection (c) by:\n(1)\nThe electricity supplier that received the credit;\n(2)\nA nonaffiliated entity of the electricity supplier:\n(A)\nThat purchased the credit from the electricity supplier receiving the credit;\n(B)\nTo whom the electricity supplier otherwise transferred the credit; or\n(3)\nDemonstrated compliance by the generating facility with the requirements of § 34-1433(i).","path":["Title 34. Public Utilities.","Chapter 14A. Renewable Energy Portfolio Standards."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/34-1438","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"7ce1655e402619d5b64e4e06e22b3f499fced79235af07c601d2b855d6d85d47","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1437","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-34-1439"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}