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Reykjavik Workshop on Renewable Electricity Certificates

Reykjavik Workshop on Renewable Electricity Certificates. Jon Hov Lauritzen Chairman AIB Board 16 th September 2005. Presentation of the AIB. History Members Organisation Strategy Activities Requirements for membership. What is the Association of Issuing Bodies?. Mission:

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Reykjavik Workshop on Renewable Electricity Certificates

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  1. Reykjavik Workshop onRenewable Electricity Certificates Jon Hov Lauritzen Chairman AIB Board 16th September 2005

  2. Presentation of the AIB • History • Members • Organisation • Strategy • Activities • Requirements for membership

  3. What is the Association of Issuing Bodies? Mission: “The Association of Issuing Bodies is the leading enabler of International energy certificate schemes” Membership of AIB is voluntary Supported systems are: • voluntary (RECS) • mandatory (GoO, Directive 2001/77/EC)

  4. AIB Member Countries – by type ? GO & RECS RECS Neither TSO (8) ? Regulator (2) Independent (4) ?

  5. AIB Organisation Market parties Issuing Bodies Board Norway (chair) Netherlands France Germany General meeting President: W Boltz Austrian Regulator Chair of CEER Single Energy Market workgroup Secretariat Workgroup PR Chair: CH Workgroup Governance Chair: AT Workgroup Operational Rules Chair: NL Workgroup Operational Quality Chair: DK Workgroup Systems Chair: NL Task Force Hub Task Force Business Model

  6. AIB History • Early 1990’s: swap deals • Mid 1990’s: renewable benefit commoditised • Dutch “Groenlabelsystem” (national only) • 1999: formation of RECS • 2001-2: RECS “test phase” • First set of rules; registries interlinked • 2002: AIB founded • 2003-5: EECS • Several types of energy certificate • Multi-purpose certificates • New, clearer rules • 2005-7: CHP certificates, disclosure, biodiesel, biogas, support…

  7. Strategy • Customers and Stakeholders • AIB shall be the preferred European organisation for the international standardisation of certificate administration • AIB shall be an independent coordinator for companies responsible for certificate systems

  8. Strategy • Products and Services • AIB shall promote and support safe and secure transfer of certificates between member organisations • AIB shall collect and disseminate reliable information relating to the certificate activity of its members • AIB shall seek to meet the requirements of members and stakeholders for products and services • AIB shall continually seek to raise the quality and scope of its products and services • AIB shall respect the privacy and confidentiality of data 

  9. Work Group activities • WG Governance • Articles of Association • Internal Regulations • Liability • WG Operational Rules • Procedures and Rules for Operation (PRO) • Chapters: GoO, RECS, Disclosure • WG Operational Quality • PRO Framework Protocol • Redemption Statement • Assessment Panels for Periodic Reviews

  10. Work Group activities • WG Systems • Business Process Model for System implementation • Interface specification (hub) • Interface testing procedures • WG Public Relations • Annual Report • Web site • Develop information services

  11. Becoming a member • Appoint independent Issuing Body • Draft Domain Protocol (DP), setting out: • How to overcome any conflicts between national law and the PRO • How to audit generation plant • How to calculate net energy generated • How to verify monthly energy declarations • Complex procedures (e.g. biomass, pumped hydro) • Timing • Appoint agents • Accreditation, audit, meter data collection, registry administration • Gain approval of DP from AIB • Install and commission registry system • Successfully complete integration tests with other systems • Start issuing and transferring certificates • Membership fee: • €5,000 (€20,000 > 1 million certificates issued) per year • + 1 eurocent per certificate issued • Maximum €40,000 / year

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