Clean Energy Accounting Project
The Clean Energy Accounting Project (CEAP) develops standardized, stakeholder-reviewed clean energy and GHG emissions accounting guidance addressing outstanding questions in voluntary and regulatory markets.
As more companies and communities set goals to advance clean energy, they are often constrained by the lack of information on measuring clean energy and greenhouse gas (GHG) impacts. Center for Resource Solutions launched CEAP in 2020 to address these gaps by:
- Publishing consensus clean energy and GHG accounting guidance
- Documenting and promoting best practices
- Facilitating collaboration across leading organizations
- Developing education resources
- Providing technical assistance and verification services
“The increasing pace and scope of clean energy and greenhouse gas goals makes substantiating credible claims all the more important. CRS’s 20 years of leadership in renewable energy standard development and environmental innovation makes it exceptionally qualified to solve energy and greenhouse gas accounting questions that can complicate sustainable energy progress. The Clean Energy Accounting Project will be a crucial resource for organizations and government agencies working through the details of accounting for clean energy transactions and substantiating credible claims.”
—Holly Lahd, Lead Energy Program Manager, Target
Focus Areas
- Accounting for Clean Energy Use
- Hourly Renewable Energy Accounting
- Regulatory Policy
- Additional Resources
- Future Topics
Accounting for Clean Energy Use
- Accounting for Standard Delivery Renewable Energy [NEW]
This consensus report defines when consumers can claim to be using Standard Delivery Renewable Energy, explores variability across relevant data sources, and proposes credibility criteria and quality considerations for data sources and claims. Released March 9, 2021.- Webinar: CEAP Standard Delivery Renewable Energy. Presented Tuesday, March 16th, 2021. You can Watch the Video and View the Presentation [NEW]
- Data Sources: Accounting for Standard Delivery Renewable Energy [NEW]
- Recognition of Standard Delivery Renewable Energy in Different Programs and Standards [NEW]
- Making Credible Renewable Electricity Usage Claims
- Additionality and Renewable Energy Certificates: Understanding the Value of REC Claims
- Overview of International Voluntary Renewable Electricity Procurement and Public Claims
- Double Counting Best Practices. North American Association of Issuing Bodies
Hourly Renewable Energy Accounting
Regulatory Policy
- Overview of Renewable Portfolio Standard Design Options from the U.S. Experience
- Corporate and Voluntary Renewable Energy in State Greenhouse Gas Policy: An Air Regulator’s Guide
- Voluntary Renewable Energy Set-Asides for Cap-And-Trade
- Two Markets, Overlapping Goals: Exploring the Intersection of RPS and Voluntary Markets for Renewable Energy in the U.S. Clean Energy States Alliance (CESA)
- Tracking Emissions Associated with Energy Serving Load in the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) States: A Feasibility Study Regulatory Assistance Project (RAP)
- The Intersection between Carbon, RECs, and Tracking: Accounting and Tracking the Carbon Attributes of Renewable Energy Environmental Tracking Network of North America (ETNNA)
- Policies for Enabling Corporate Sourcing of Renewable Energy Internationally A 21st Century Power Partnership
Additional Resources
- Renewable Energy and Greenhouse Gas Accounting Glossary [NEW]
- The Legal Basis for Renewable Energy Certificates
Future Topics
- Renewable Energy Impact Metrics
- Clean Energy Storage
- Regulation Pathways for Beneficial Electrification
- Utility GHG Accounting Best Practices
CONTACT
For more information about CEAP or to suggest a topic for future consideration, please contact Peggy Kellen.
