API Sandbox

Contact for Fee Structure

Please visit our API page and contact an API Technical Specialist: Please email us at [email protected].

M-RETS REC: General Subscription

$2,500 / Year

The General Subscription is authorized to hold, transfer (both outgoing and incoming), and retire credits. Additionally, it can register and manage projects, receiving credits for approved generation. Uniquely, this is the only type of organization that can retire certificates to meet compliance requirements for any State or Provincial RPS programs that utilize M-RETS.

M-RETS REC: Market Administrator

Contact M-RETS Administrator for fees

Subscription is intended for organizations that facilitate the marketing, sale, and exchange of EACs within M-RETS organizations through a market platform that lists EAC inventories via the M-RETS API. To qualify as a Market Administrator, an organization must have its Participant Terms of Use approved by M-RETS and make these terms accessible for participant review at all times. Please reach out to [email protected] before registering this Subscription Type.

M-RETS REC: Program Administrator

No Fee

State or Provincial regulatory bodies, such as staff from public utility commissions and public service commissions, as well as administrators of voluntary market programs like Green-e, may be eligible for a Program Administrator Subscription. To determine your eligibility for this type of account, please reach out to the M-RETS System Administrator at [email protected].

If your organization already has established a Program Administrator Subscription, contact your account manager to receive an invitation to create a login.

M-RETS REC: Project Subscription

$750 / year

The Project Subscription is eligible to register EAC projects and obtain certificates for those initiatives. The Organization is allowed to hold, reserve and retire (voluntary) certificates, as well as initiate outgoing transfers. It is, however, prohibited from accepting incoming certificate transfers from other organizations.

M-RETS REC: Qualified Reporting Entity

No Fee

A Qualified Reporting Entity can either be an independent entity responsible for meter reading and reporting generation data or an affiliated entity with adequate internal separation to prevent conflicts of interest. They are required to adhere to the reporting standards established in the Operating Procedures.

Please reach out to [email protected] before registering this Subscription Type.

M-RETS REC: Small Project Subscription

$150 / year

A Small Generator Project is permitted to register Energy Attribute Certificates (EAC) projects with a cumulative nameplate capacity not exceeding 1.5 MW and can have certificates issued for those projects. The organization is authorized to hold, reserve and retire (voluntary) certificates, as well as initiate outgoing transfers. However, it is restricted from accepting incoming transfers of certificates from other M-RETS Organizations.

M-RETS RTC: General Subscription

$2,500 / year

The General Subscription is authorized to hold, transfer (both outgoing and incoming), and retire Energy Attribute Certificates (EAC). Additionally, it can register and manage projects, receiving certificates for approved generation. Organizations that are utilizing M-RETS to retire certificates to meet compliance requirements for any State or Provincial RPS programs that utilize M-RETS must use this subscription type.

M-RETS RTC: Generator Only Subscription

Free

Organizations with this subscription are authorized to register one or multiple renewable thermal generators and will receive Energy Attribute Certificates (EAC) issued for these generators. A Generator-Only Subscription is permitted to hold certificates, initiate outgoing transfers and withdraw certificates, specifically for use in external regulatory programs like the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard or the United States Environmental Protection Agency Renewable Fuel Standard. Although there are no annual fees for Generator-Only Accounts, transaction-based fees may be applied for the withdrawal of certificates.

M-RETS RTC: Independent Reporting Entity

No Fee

An Independent Reporting Entity (IRE) serves as a neutral party, such as a control area operator or third-party meter reader, and is not linked to the generator owners it represents, or is sufficiently independent in duty segregation to ensure no conflict of interest. IREs must sign an agreement with M-RETS, committing to precise data reporting and IRE Verification process per the Operating Procedures. This role is critical to upholding the integrity of certificate issuance and tracking. Please reach out to [email protected] before registering this Subscription Type.

M-RETS RTC: Market Administrator

Contact M-RETs Administrator for Fees

The Market Administrator Subscription is intended for organizations that facilitate the marketing, sale, and exchange of EACs within M-RETS organizations through a market platform that lists EAC inventories via the M-RETS API. To qualify as a Market Administrator, an organization must have its Participant Terms of Use approved by M-RETS and make these terms accessible for participant review at all times.

Please reach out to [email protected] before registering this Subscription Type.

M-RETS RTC: Program Administrator

No Fee

State or Provincial regulatory bodies, such as staff from public utility commissions and public service commissions, as well as administrators of voluntary market programs like Green-e, may be eligible for a Program Administrator Subscription. To determine your eligibility for this type of account, please reach out to the M-RETS System Administrator at [email protected].

If your organization already has established a Program Administrator Subscription, contact your account manager to receive an invitation to create a login.