Companies working to increase clean electricity use in their upstream supply chains have lacked guidance on how to design clean electricity procurement programs with comparable criteria and metrics that meet their unique needs while supporting global supplier action. This Clean Energy Accounting Project (CEAP) Guidance for Supplier Clean Electricity Procurement (the guidance) was designed through …

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This report provides an overview of the current readiness of established U.S. renewable energy certificate (REC) tracking systems to track on an hourly basis, based on interviews with the system operators. Topics include current capabilities, goals, challenges for implementation, and estimated timeframes. This report is intended to be a resource for stakeholders interested in learning …

CRS responded to three surveys and submitted two proposals addressing potential changes to the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol’s Corporate GHG emissions and accounting standards guidance. 1. Corporate Accounting and Reporting Survey Addresses identifying the primary goal of the standard, favoring the most precise data, and defining the emissions reductions claims enabled by the standard. Download …

CRS comments are focused on the Renewable Energy Claims (§ 260.15), Carbon Offsets (§ 260.5), and Certifications and Seals of Approval (§ 260.6) sections of the Guides, as well as claims not currently covered by the Guides.

CRS provided general feedback on the Request for Information regarding the Retail Supply of Carbon Pollution-Free Electricity (CFE) to inform the United States Government’s (USG’s) procurement of CFE to meet the objectives of Executive Order 14057 focused on the availability of Energy Attribute Certificates and best practices for claiming standard delivery CFE.

CRS’s comments pertain to a utility-specific carbon intensity (CI) value of electricity and book-and-claim accounting for biomethane and hydrogen.

The UNECE Portal on Standards for the SDGs features a CRS case study of Bank of America’s purchase of renewable energy certificates (RECs) that were certified by Green-e® Energy. In 2019, Bank of America purchased enough Green-e® certified RECs to match 100% of its North American operations, including retail locations, ATMs, data centres, and corporate …

CRS’s comments pertain to the overall viability and desirability of different certificates within the Proposal and their impacts on existing markets and program, with specific concerns regarding the disaggregation of energy attributes and the creation of multiple new certificates.

CRS submitted information on the topics of REC Accounting and REC Retirement as addressed in the Application, and in response to comments made by the Commissioners in their discussion about RECs under HB 2021 following public comment at the November 1, 2022 Public Meeting.