What are CRS Listed™ facilities?
CRS Listed™ facilities are renewable electricity generation facilities that have all submitted Tracking Attestations to Center for Resource Solutions (CRS) and are registered in an approved electronic tracking system. CRS does not certify these or any other generation facilities and therefore supply from these facilities is subject to further verification during the annual Green‑e® Verification Audit process. Generators that submit Attestations are prohibited from claiming that they are “eligible” or “certifiable” or otherwise have any of the benefits associated with Green‑e® Energy certification. CRS Listed is not intended to be used for retail sales, by end-users or for renewable energy use claims.
How are they different from Green-e® Energy Certified RECs?
To understand what it means for electricity generating facilities to be CRS Listed™, it is best to first understand what it does not mean: it is not Green-e® Energy Certified.
Green-e® Energy certification is for sales of renewable energy certificates (RECs) and renewable electricity products. It does not certify electricity generating facilities themselves. That distinction matters because RECs include attributes beyond those arising from what generated them. Green-e® Energy certification looks beyond generation characteristics to other transactional aspects, in order to ensure the environmental benefits of REC and renewable electricity products can be fully claimed by purchasers.
The CRS Listed™ designation signals that a facility meets certain preliminary criteria towards its output being used in a Green-e® Energy Certified renewable energy product. This is intended to aid wholesale buyers when selecting where to source RECs or electricity generation. CRS Listed is not intended to be used for retail sales, by end-users or for renewable energy use claims.
