Solar Renewal Energy Certificates Auction Timeline Increases Flexibility

VALLEY FORGE, Pa., Jan. 20, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- PJM EnviroTrade has expanded the bid and offer period in its monthly Sage auction of solar renewable energy certificates to provide greater flexibility to market participants. Additionally, sellers can offer currently eligible certificates from any year.

"The change results from our market participants' feedback, which we appreciate," said Adrien Ford, president of PJM EnviroTrade. "We're affording participants more liberty regarding placing their bids and making their offers, and we're excited to include additional products and enhance our service offerings by adding more vintages of certificates to the Sage auction."

The Sage auction now will be executed on the third Wednesday of the month, instead of the second Wednesday of the month, with results posted the following day at 10 a.m. Additionally, the seller offer window will open immediately following the end of the prior month's auction, which provides sellers with several more days to enter solar renewable energy certificates (SRECs) into the upcoming auction. The buyer bid window will open immediately following the end of the sell volume window allowing buyers several days to post bids. The auction timeline is posted on the PJM EnviroTrade website under Sage Auction Information.

In addition, all currently eligible vintages of SRECs now can be offered in the Sage auction rather than just from the current year. For example, in a state where an SREC has a three-year lifetime, any SREC that has been generated in the most recent three vintage years would be eligible for sale in that state. SREC eligibilities will be noted so that buyers are aware of the vintages they are purchasing.

The price and volume offer window for the auction conducted in February 2011 will be open for sellers from 12:00 a.m. on Thursday Jan. 20, until 11:59 p.m. February 10. Sellers may update the price of existing offers from 11:59 p.m. February 10 until 11:59 p.m. February 15. The Sage auction bid window for buyers will be open from 12:00 a.m. February 11 until 11:59 p.m. February 15. The Sage auction will run on February 16 with results posted February 17.

A training session will be held on February 1. Registration is available on the PJM EnviroTrade website, www.pjmenvirotrade.com.

PJM EnviroTrade, whose ultimate parent company is PJM Interconnection, facilitates environmental transactions. The Sage auction is PJM EnviroTrade's initial service for transactions in the solar renewable energy certificate market. PJM EnviroTrade's mission is to provide innovative, transparent and secure platforms for environmental transactions supported by expert staff and superior customer service. Visit PJM EnviroTrade at www.pjmenvirotrade.com

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