How Purchased Electricity should be reported if Purchased Renewables are also purchased through a PPA
If the facility purchases grid electricity in addition to purchased renewables, the additional grid electricity purchased should be reported under purchased electricity.
Example
Facility A uses 100 MWh of Electricity within the facility, out of which 60MWh is from purchased renewables connected to a PPA, and the remaining 40MWh is directly taken from the Electricity service provider without any renewable attributes.
The Facility should report their electricity consumption as below,
- Purchased Electricity = 40,000 kWh
- Purchased Renewables = 60,000 kWh
How Purchased Electricity should be reported if EACs are also purchased and retired from an external party without any power purchase agreement for purchase of renewable electricity
The facility should report their purchased electricity under the purchased electricity category.
The quantity of EACs purchased and retired under the facility name will need to be reported under a separate question in the Site section.
No deduction or addition of electricity usage is required in this situation, the facility's GHG emissions will be calculated by the system, taking into consideration the GHG emissions from purchased electricity and the GHG reduction credits relevant for the purchased and retired EACs.
Example
Facility B uses 100 MWh of Electricity within the facility and also purchased and retired 40MWh of EACs.
The Facility should report their electricity consumption as below,
- Purchased Electricity = 100,000 kWh
- Report 40 MWh under the EAC question.
The facility should not report any quantity under Purchased Renewables.
How Purchased Electricity should be reported if Purchased Renewables are also purchased through a PPA by the facility, and the relevant EACs for the purchased renewables are also retired under the facility name.
The facility should report their purchased electricity under the purchased electricity category.
The facility should report their purchased renewables and answer the relevant sub-questions under purchased renewables category.
Since the EACs for the purchased renewables are also retired under the facility name, the facility should answer “Yes” to the sub-question on ownership of the purchased renewables.
The associated EACs of the Purchased Renewables should not be reported under the EAC question in the Site section as the consumption and GHG reduction have already been considered when reporting both the consumption information.
Example
Facility C uses 100 MWh of Electricity within the facility, out of which 60MWh is from purchased renewables connected to a PPA and associated EACs are also retired under the facility name, and the remaining 40MWh is directly taken from the Electricity service provider without any renewable attributes.
The Facility should report their electricity consumption as below,
- Purchased Electricity = 40,000 kWh
- Purchased Renewables = 60,000 kWh
The facility should not report any EACs under the EAC question in the Site section.
How Purchased Electricity should be reported if Purchased Renewables are also purchased through a PPA by the facility, and additional EACs are purchased and retired under the facility name to offset the associated Scope 2 emissions from purchased renewables.
The facility should report their purchased electricity under the purchased electricity category.
The facility should report their purchased renewables under the purchased renewables category.
The PPA should state that the ownership of the Renewable Energy or associated GHG Offsets are also transferred to the facility when purchasing the purchased renewables, if so, the facility should answer “Yes” to the sub-question on ownership of the purchased renewables in the Site section.
The additional EACs purchased and retired under the facility name should be reported under the EAC question in the Site section.
Example
Facility D uses 100 MWh of Electricity within the facility, out of which 60MWh is from purchased renewables connected to a PPA and additional EACs are retired under the facility name for the remaining 40MWh that the facility purchases from the electricity service provider.
The Facility should report their electricity consumption as below,
- Purchased Electricity = 40,000 kWh
- Purchased Renewables = 60,000 kWh
- In this case, The facility should report the 40MWh of EACs under the EAC question.
No deduction or addition of electricity usage is required in this situation, the facilities' GHG emissions will be calculated by the system, taking into consideration the GHG emissions from purchased electricity, the purchased renewables and the GHG reduction credits relevant for the purchased and retired EACs.
How Purchased Electricity should be reported if a facility generates onsite renewable electricity and sells it to the grid without using it onsite, but registers the onsite renewable electricity under an EAC scheme and retires it under the facility name.
The facility should report their purchased electricity under the purchased electricity category.
The EACs registered and retired under the facility name should be reported under the EAC question in the Site section.
The facility should not report the onsite generated renewable electricity under any of the onsite renewable electricity categories.
Example
Facility E uses 100 MWh of purchased electricity within the facility, and generates 20MWh of onsite solar PV electricity and exports the renewable electricity to the grid, while registering the onsite renewable electricity under an EAC scheme and retires them under the facility name,
The Facility should report their electricity consumption as below,
- Purchased Electricity = 100,000 kWh
- In this case, The facility should report the 20MWh of EACs under the EAC question in the Site section.
The facility should not report any consumption under Onsite Solar PV or deduct any electricity consumption from the purchased electricity.
How Purchased Electricity should be reported if a facility generates onsite renewable electricity and uses it onsite, and also registers the onsite renewable electricity under an EAC scheme and retires it under the facility name
The facility should report their purchased electricity under the purchased electricity category.
The facility should report the onsite generated renewable electricity under the relevant onsite renewable electricity categories.
The EACs registered and retired under the facility name should not be reported under the EAC question in the Site section.
Example
Facility F uses 100 MWh of Purchased Electricity within the facility, and generates 20MWh of onsite solar PV electricity and uses it onsite, also while registering the onsite renewable electricity under an EAC scheme and retires them under the facility name,
The Facility should report their electricity consumption as below,
- Purchased Electricity = 100,000 kWh
- Onsite Solar PV = 20,000kWh
- Also indicate within the sub-question for onsite solar PV that the facility has not sold the EACs to an external party.
In this case, The facility should not report the 20MWh of EACs under the EAC question.
How Purchased Electricity should be reported if a facility generates onsite renewable electricity and uses it onsite, and also registers the onsite renewable electricity under an EAC scheme and sells it to another organization which retires the credits under their name
The facility should report their purchased electricity under the purchased electricity category.
The facility should report the onsite generated renewable electricity under the relevant onsite renewable electricity categories.
The facility should not report the EACs under the EAC question in the Site section.
Example
Facility G uses 100 MWh of Purchased Electricity within the facility, and generates 20MWh of onsite solar PV electricity and uses it onsite, also it registered the onsite renewable electricity under an EAC scheme and sells EACs relevant for 15MWh to Facility H which retires them under Facility H. and the remaining 5MWh is retired under the Facility G.
The Facility should report their electricity consumption as below,
- Purchased Electricity = 100,000 kWh
- Onsite Solar PV = 20,000kWh
- Also indicate within the sub-question for onsite solar PV that the facility has sold 75% of the EACs to an external party.
In this case, The facility should not report the 20MWh of EACs under the EAC question, or even the 5MWh EACs that it retired under its own name.