; or (I) hydrokinetic energy. (10) Retail electric supplier (A) In general The term retail electric supplier means a person that sells electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other than resale during the preceding calendar year. (B) Sales to parent companies or affiliates For purposes of this paragraph, sales by any person to a parent company or to other affiliates of the person shall not be treated as sales to electric consumers. (b) Compliance For calendar year 2020 and each calendar year thereafter, each retail electric supplier shall meet the requirements of subsection (c) by submitting to the Secretary, not later than April 1 of the following calendar year, 1 or more of the following: (1) Federal renewable energy credits issued under subsection (e). (2) Certification of the renewable energy generated and electricity savings pursuant to the funds associated with State compliance payments as specified in subsection (e)(4)(F). (3) Alternative compliance payments pursuant to subsection (h). (c) Required annual percentage increase (1) In general Except as provided in paragraph (2), for each of calendar years 2020 through 2035, the required annual percentage increase of the base quantity of electricity of a retail electric supplier that shall be generated from renewable energy resources, or otherwise credited toward the percentage requirement pursuant to subsection (d), shall be the applicable percentage specified in the following table: Required Amount Calendar Year percentage 2020 1.5 2021 2.0 2022 2.0 2023 2.0 2024 2.0 2025 2.0 2026 2.0 2027 2.0 2028 2.0 2029 2.0 2030 2.5 2031 2.5 2032 2.5 2033 2.5 2034 2.5 2035 2.5. (2) Application to certain retail electric suppliers In the case of a retail electric supplier that sells less than 1,000,000 megawatt hours of electric energy to electric consumers for purposes other than resale during the preceding calendar year, for each of calendar years 2020 through 2035, the required annual percentage increase of the base quantity of electricity of the retail