PURCHASE ORDER AGREEMENT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES (RECS) THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED:…
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Award details
- Award ID
- HSFE4013P0250
- Contractor
- Awarding agency
- Department of Homeland Security
- Sub-agency / office
- Federal Emergency Management Agency
- Award amount
- $0
- Period of performance
- Aug 1, 2013 – Nov 4, 2013
- NAICS
- 221121 — Electric Bulk Power Transmission and Control
- PSC
- PSC 6115
- Place of performance
- DC
Public award description
PURCHASE ORDER AGREEMENT FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES (RECS) THAT MEET THE REQUIREMENTS AS SPECIFIED: THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 DEFINES "RENEWABLE ENERGY" AS ELECTRIC ENERGY GENERATED FROM SOLAR, WIND, BIOMASS, LANDFILL GAS, OCEAN (INCLUDING TIDAL, WAVE, CURRENT, AND THERMAL), GEOTHERMAL, MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE, OR NEW HYDROELECTRIC GENERATION CAPACITY ACHIEVED FROM INCREASED EFFICIENCY OR ADDITIONS OF NEW CAPACITY AT AN EXISTING HYDROELECTRIC PROJECT. RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATES, ALSO KNOWN AS "GREEN TAGS", "GREEN CERTIFICATES", AND "RENEWABLE ENERGY CREDITS", ARE TRADABLE INSTRUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED TO MEET RENEWABLE ENERGY TARGETS AND COMPLIANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR RENEWABLE ENERGY POLICIES. A RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE REPRESENTS THE GENERATION OF ONE MEGAWATT-HOUR (MWH) OF ELECTRICITY FROM AN ELIGIBLE SOURCE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. EACH RENEWABLE ENERGY CERTIFICATE DENOTES THE UNDERLYING GENERATION ENERGY SOURCE, LOCATION OF THE GENERATION, YEAR OF GENERATION, ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS, AND OTHER CHARACTERISTICS ASSOCIATED WITH THE GENERATOR. FEMA SHALL, VIA THIRD PARTY SOURCE, PURCHASE 4,800 RENEWABLE CERTIFICATES FOR 4,800 MWHS TO MEET REQUIREMENTS OF THE ENERGY POLICY ACT OF 2005 AND EXECUTIVE ORDER 13423; 7.5% OF TOTAL ELECTRICITY CONSUMED AT GOVERNMENT FACILITIES' WILL COME FROM RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES. SOURCES OF ENERGY MUST HAVE BEEN IN SERVICE AFTER JANUARY 1, 1999. ENERGY MAY BE, RELATIVE TO LOCATION OF FEMA FACILITIES, GENERATED LOCALLY OR NATIONALLY.
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