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MassDEP Output Reporting

Certain facilities need to report their net electrical and/or steam output each year.
RGGI Net Output Reports are due March 1 annually.

Contacts

Output Reporting Questions?

Online

Contact MassDEP Email Output Reporting Questions? at marc.cohen@mass.gov

The Details   of MassDEP Output Reporting

How to submit   MassDEP Output Reporting

Email completed forms to:

michelle.blanchard@state.ma.us

See details below.

Next steps   for MassDEP Output Reporting

  1. What to Know

    The owners/operators of certain facilities in Massachusetts are required to report net electrical output and/or steam output to the Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) on an annual basis.

    RGGI Annual Net Output Reporting

    Massachusetts participates in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). This is an ongoing effort among Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States to develop and implement a regional carbon dioxide (CO2) cap-and-trade program aimed at stabilizing and then reducing CO2 emissions from large fossil fuel-fired electricity generating units.

    RGGI requirements are incorporated into the Massachusetts CO2 Budget Trading Program regulations at 310 CMR 7.70.  

    The owner/operator of a CO2 Budget Unit that at any time since January 1, 2005, has served electricity generators with nameplate capacity of 25 megawatt equivalents (MWe) or more is required to submit a RGGI Annual Net Output Report after each calendar year, providing annual net electrical and/or net steam output.

    NOx Ozone Season Net Output Reporting

    In response to a 2014 U.S. Court of Appeals decision, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) implemented the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSPAR) to supersede its Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR), effective January 1, 2015. The federal CAIR program, and consequently the MassCAIR program, ended as a result.

    MassDEP replaced the MassCAIR program with the MassNOx program effective March 9, 2018. Facilities are not required to report ozone season net output data under the MassNOx program.

  2. Review the Instructions

    Guidance on how to prepare the Net Output report(s) your facility is required to submit to MassDEP.

    Open PDF file, 34.42 KB,  Instructions: RGGI Annual Net Output Report (English, PDF 34.42 KB)

  3. Complete the Applicable Form(s)

    You may fill out and save Microsoft Word forms on your computer. PDF versions need to be printed out and completed by hand.

    Open DOC file, 116 KB,  Form: RGGI Annual Net Output Report (English, DOC 116 KB)
    Open PDF file, 32.92 KB,  Form: RGGI Annual Net Output Report (English, PDF 32.92 KB)

  4. Submit Your Report(s) to MassDEP

    Email completed form(s) by the March 1 annual reporting deadline to:

    marc.cohen@mass.gov

Contact   for MassDEP Output Reporting

Online
Contact MassDEP Email Output Reporting Questions? at marc.cohen@mass.gov

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