The Public Service Commission’s (“PSC” or “Commission”) recently enacted Uniform Business Practices for Distributed Energy Resource Suppliers (“UBP-DERS”) Order establishes multiple tiers of regulatory oversight based on the characteristics of a DER provider’s business model. For entities engaged in residential sales of community distributed generation (“CDG”) subscriptions and on-site mass market distributed generation (“DG”) installations, the UBP-DERS requires, among other things, registration with the PSC, compliance with marketing and advertising standards, inclusion of specified terms and disclosures in sales agreements, and customer complaint procedures/reporting requirements.
Pursuant to the Commission’s UBP-DERS Order, all CDG and on-site mass market DG providers must file a completed registration form, including sample contracts and bills, in conformance with the UBP-DERS regulations. DER providers must submit these materials by April 2, 2018. For more information regarding the registration process, please see our most recent Energy Client Alert.