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Guarantees of Origin Disclosure regulations AIB Angela Puchbauer-Schnabel 04. June 2012

Guarantees of Origin Disclosure regulations AIB Angela Puchbauer-Schnabel 04. June 2012. 2009/72/EC Internal Electricity Market Directive – Art. 3 (9)

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Guarantees of Origin Disclosure regulations AIB Angela Puchbauer-Schnabel 04. June 2012

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  1. Guarantees of Origin Disclosure regulations AIB Angela Puchbauer-Schnabel 04. June 2012

  2. 2009/72/EC Internal Electricity Market Directive – Art. 3 (9) Basis for Disclosure: provides that „Member States shall ensure that electricity suppliers specify… to final customers… the contribution of each electricity source to the overall fuel mix and information on CO2 emissions and radioactive waste… „ 2009/28/EC Renewable Directive – Art. 15 Basis for GOs: introduces „GOs of electricity, heating and cooling produced from renewable energy sources and allows GOs to be used for the purposes of Art. 3(9) of Directive 2009/72/EC National: Austrian Electricity Act (ElWOG §§ 78 f.) Austrian Renewable Law (§ 10 f.) Austrian Disclosure by-law 2011 Legal obligations

  3. Austrian Database Green Power Settlement Agency Grid Operator Amounts of subsidised Green Electricity(contract with agency) Amounts of Renewable and Fossil Electricity Austrian Database EECS HUB Grid Operator Supplier Trader Plant operator Agent of plant operator

  4. Start 2003 Service provider: ATOS Functions: Issuing of certificates Transfer of certificates (Traders/suppliers) Cancellation of certificates Currently about 75 % of Austrian production registered Transparent and traceable High level of automation No costs for market participants (national level) Staff within E-Control: technical support (1 + deputy), 1 person coordination EU/national implementation Austrian Database

  5. Power plants with contract with green power settlement agency (subsidized electricity) Monthly registration Renewable declaration (by governor) Owner data Power plant data Power plants without contract Daily registration Owner data Power plant data Renewable declaration (by governor) or „accreditation declaration“ (Mandate of the agent) Amount of power plants registered: 2003: ~ 3,800 2007: ~ 6,000 2011: ~ 14,000 Registration of power plants

  6. Types of certificates issued in Austrian registry: Austrian GOs (renewable, fossil) For supported electricity For non-supported electricity EECS TÜV/RECS/OVE (change in legislation – acceptance for disclosure) Monthly issuing of certificates (PV annually) CSV-Files Upload grid operator Upload TÜV/OVE Upload E-Control (plants with contract green power settlement agency) Verification: plausibility checks (ATOS/E-Control) Issuing of certificates

  7. Sender provides certificates Beneficiary receives Email and takes over the certificates actively (3 working days) International transfer via AIB-HUB (special contract required, costs) No splitting possible! Transfer of certificates

  8. purpose disclosure = use of certificates Per plant and production month no reset possible Expiry: certificates expiry one year after production year. Not automatically cancelled in the system Annual disclosure declaration Cancellation of certificates

  9. Disclosure in Austria – general I • Legal background • EU-RL 2009/28/EG und EU-RL 2009/72/EG • ElWOG 2010 • ÖSG 2009/2012 • Disclosure by-law 2011 • Disclosure documentation since 2001 in Austria • Disclosure database operated by E-Control • central instrument to bring transparency in the origin of electricity production

  10. Disclosure in Austria – general II • Since 2005 checking within E-Control • Certificate based system for renewable, fossil, CHP (and nuclear) power plants • § 78 Abs. 2 ElWOG 2010: Suppliers who deliver electricity to final customers in Austria have the obligation to display the disclosure statement on the annual bill and on information- and advertising material • Basis: amounts delivered to final customers in 1 year (fiscal or calendar year) = supplier mix • Results for Austria: annual disclosure report by E-Control

  11. Disclosure 2010

  12. Disclosure statement – best practice

  13. Acceptance of RECS in Europe Source: AIB Website

  14. AIB-Member countries Members Formal applicant In discussion

  15. Registry inter-linkage BE(F) BE(B) BE(W) AT CH DE DK FI IS LU NO SE SI HUB FR IT NL ES PT Source: AIB

  16. Authorized Issuing Body = E-Control Measurement Bodies = Grid operators (140) „no“ communication with other registries: Blue Registry (discontinue) Ex domain cancellation (discontinued/past!) Future bilateral connections?? Austria in AIB

  17. Austria – AIB Trading volumes

  18. Suppliers/Traders: ~ 200 - 250 Plant operators: ~ 14,000 Grid operators: ~ 140 Users of the Austrian registry

  19. Kontakt Angela Puchbauer-Schnabel + 43 1 24 7 24 720 angela.puchbauer-schnabel@e-control.at www.e-control.at

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