Info Report Check
Submission incomplete:
1: Scope: The monitoring report does not contain the values of the monitored parameters used to calculate baseline, project and leakage emissions as well as other parameters required by the applied methodology and the registered monitoring plan as per PS version 09.0 paragraphs 247 and 248 (a) (c) (d) (e) (f).
Issue: To calculate the grid emission factor, ex post option is chosen. Current monitoring period covers years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. It is observed that for years 2012, 2013 and 2014 data vintage y is used, whereas for year 2015 data vintage y-1 is used. It is also noted that for the first monitoring period (01/04/20110 - 31/12/2011), data vintage y is used with the latest emission factor for year 2010-11 being applied for both years as the emission factor in the previous year (2009-10) being higher than the applied emission factor. Monitoring report, page 14 further states that as the Emission reductions are being claimed for CP2 credits starting from 1 January 2013 till 30th September 2015 therefore the Emission Factor corresponding to year 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 is applicable for calculating the Emission Reductions of corresponding vintage. However, as the latest emission data from Central Electricity Authority is available till 2013-14 therefore the
Emission Factor for year 2012-13 and 2013-14 is calculated separately. The PP is requested to explain how this approach to calculate the grid emission factor for 2015 is in line with paras 39(b) and 70(b) of "Methodological tool: Tool to calculate the emission factor for an electricity system, version 05.0" which requires the same data vintage (y, y-1 or y-2) throughout all crediting periods. It is also be noted that same requirement is maintained since version 2.0 of the Tool. Further, in absence of data for 2015, why the monitoring period is not limited to years 2012, 2013 and 2014 to use data vintage y.

2: Scope: The verification and certification report does not list each parameter required by the monitoring plan and does not provide an statement on how the DOE verified the information flow for these parameters including the values in the monitoring reports as per VVS version 09.0 paragraphs 393 and 409 (e).
Issue: To calculate the grid emission factor, ex post option is chosen. Current monitoring period covers years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015. It is observed that for years 2012, 2013 and 2014 data vintage y is used, whereas for year 2015 data vintage y-1 is used. It is also noted that for the first monitoring period (01/04/20110 - 31/12/2011), data vintage y is used with the latest emission factor for year 2010-11 being applied for both years as the emission factor in the previous year (2009-10) being higher than the applied emission factor. Monitoring report, page 14 further states that as the Emission reductions are being claimed for CP2 credits starting from 1 January 2013 till 30th September 2015 therefore the Emission Factor corresponding to year 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15 is applicable for calculating the Emission Reductions of corresponding vintage. However, as the latest emission data from Central Electricity Authority is available till 2013-14 therefore the Emission Factor for year 2012-13 and 2013-14 is calculated separately. The DOE is requested to explain how this approach to calculate the grid emission factor for 2015 is in line with paras 39(b) and 70(b) of "Methodological tool: Tool to calculate the emission factor for an electricity system, version 05.0" which requires the same data vintage (y, y-1 or y-2) throughout all crediting periods. It is also be noted that same requirement is maintained since version 2.0 of the Tool. Further, in absence of data for 2015, why the monitoring period is not limited to years 2012, 2013 and 2014 to use data vintage y. Further, the DOE shall also explain how CARs 3 and 5 are closed.