MBE certified — NMSDC
Relevant for public sector and large corporate procurement.
Pennsylvania Tier II specialist
Single-market focus, not a national broker with a PA line item.
Primary-source guidance
Every regulatory claim on this site cites 52 Pa. Code or the AEPS Act. Verify any of it.
Aligned compensation
Percentage of revenue generated. No project, no fee.
From energy project to AEC payment in 5 steps
Pennsylvania's Tier II Alternative Energy Credit (AEC) market lets building owners, CHP operators, and energy efficiency project developers turn verified electricity savings into recurring revenue. The process runs through the PennAEPS portal and PJM's Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS). Here's exactly how it works — and where Emergent Energy manages each step for you.
Project eligibility review
Determine whether your project qualifies for Tier II AECs. Qualifying project types include: LED lighting retrofits, HVAC system upgrades, variable frequency drives (VFDs), building envelope improvements, combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and other measures producing measurable kWh savings. Projects must be located in Pennsylvania and must remain operational and verifiable. Emergent Energy conducts a custom eligibility assessment and revenue projection before any agreement is signed.
PennAEPS application & PUC certification
Submit an application to the Pennsylvania Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (PennAEPS) program, administered by InClime on behalf of the PA PUC. The application documents project type, location, equipment specifications, and measurement and verification (M&V) methodology. Emergent Energy prepares and submits the full application package on your behalf.
PJM-GATS registration
Once the PUC certifies your project, it is registered in PJM's Generation Attribute Tracking System (GATS) — the official registry for AEC issuance and tracking in Pennsylvania. Emergent Energy manages all GATS account setup and project registration. Typical timeline from application submission to GATS registration: 60–120 days.
Monthly AEC issuance
After registration, your project generates one AEC for every 1,000 kWh of verified electricity savings or generation. AECs are issued monthly into your GATS account. Projects carry a deemed operating life of 15 years, meaning a qualifying project generates AECs and associated revenue for up to 15 years.
Market sale & payment
Emergent Energy aggregates your AECs and executes market sales to Electric Generation Suppliers (EGSs) and utilities that need Tier II credits to meet their PA AEPS compliance obligations. You receive payment net of our aggregation fee. We handle all compliance documentation, transfer records, and GATS account management.
Typical timeline
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Submit your project details for a free eligibility review. No obligation — we'll tell you exactly what your project is worth before any agreement is signed.
Request free evaluationWhat an aggregator actually does
The registration path is public. Here is the work it involves.
GATS account setup and ongoing maintenance
Establishing a generator account, entering generation data monthly, managing certificate creation and transfer. Ongoing administrative load for an organization whose business is not certificate administration.
Buyer relationships and price discovery
A single facility with 2,500 AECs has no visibility into where the market is trading and no leverage in a negotiation. Aggregated volume has both. Tier II is not an exchange-traded product — price is what you can find, and finding it is the work.
Documentation assembly
Under 52 Pa. Code § 75.64, the administrator's 30-day clock starts only on a complete application. Incomplete applications are returned. Knowing what complete means is the difference between one round and three.
Attribute ownership review
Reading a PPA, energy services agreement, or ESCO contract for assignment language before an application is prepared rather than after it is rejected. § 75.13(i) provides a default in favor of the customer-generator, but the contract governs.
Aggregation
Portfolio registration makes projects economic that would not justify standalone overhead. A 500 MWh measure produces roughly $13,000 annually — meaningful inside a portfolio, marginal on its own.
None of this is proprietary. It is time, relationships, and having done it before. Whether that is worth a share of the revenue is a reasonable question, and the answer depends on how you value your own time.