The Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (APS) was established as of January 1, 2009, under the Green Communities Act of 2008. The APS offers an opportunity for Massachusetts businesses, institutions, and governments to receive an incentive for installing eligible alternative energy systems, which are not necessarily renewable, but contribute to the Commonwealth's clean energy goals by increasing energy efficiency and reducing the need for conventional fossil fuel-based power generation. Like the Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), this program requires a certain percentage of the state's electric load to be met by eligible technologies, which for the APS include Renewable Thermal (RT) technologies, Combined Heat and Power (CHP), flywheel storage, fuel cells and efficient steam technologies. Eligible facilities generate Alternative Energy Certificates (AECs), and the annual percentage requirement increases by 0.25% per year indefinitely.
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