The Public Utility Commission this week announced the opening of a Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Program website as part of an ongoing effort to implement and enforce requirements outlined in the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Act of 2004.

“This is another implementation step to make information about AEPS available to the public in a user-friendly manner,” said PUC Chairman Wendell F. Holland. “The creation of this website furthers our efforts by making vital information on alternative energy more accessible. The information is now just a click away for companies, consumers and customer generators.”

The AEPS Act requires that a certain percentage of all electric energy sold to retail customers within the Commonwealth be derived from alternative energy sources. The act applies to both electric distribution companies and electric generation suppliers, who must demonstrate their compliance on an annual basis.

The AEPS website is managed by Clean Power Markets, a Comverge Co., which is an entity chosen by the PUC to act as a third-party administrator of the AEPS. The website:

· Provides a portal for the application and registration of alternative energy facilities that qualify for the AEPS program;

· Assists in the management of Alternative Energy Credits produced by small customer-owned generators and energy efficiency measures;

· Facilitates the trade of AECs from alternative energy sources and energy efficiency measures through a regional bulletin board;

· Acts as an aggregator for small customer generators to facilitate the creation of alternative energy credits from these small customer-owned generation sources; and

· Supports alternative energy sources with registration in PJM’s Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS).

For more information, visit Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards Program website.

4/4/2008