Info Report Check
Submission incomplete:
Scope: The verification report does not contain an indication whether data were not available because activity levels or non-activity parameters were not monitored in accordance with the registered monitoring plan? In such cases, does the verification report detail the actions taken by the DOE to ensure that the most conservative assumption theoretically possible has been made.
Issue: The verification report states that between 18/12/2012 and 15/01/2013 there was no measurement of the electricity consumption from the grid by the project activity. Further, it states that the average daily consumption during the monitoring period was calculated and then multiplied by the number of missing days. However, the verification report does not contain adequate information on how the DOE has verified the appropriateness of the estimation of the electricity consumption in accordance with VVS v07 paragraph 290 (a), in particular:
(1) whether this is a temporary deviation from the monitoring plan in line with Appendix 1 of the Project standard v07, paragraph 3; in which case it should have raised a CAR for the project participants to comply with the requirement for estimating estimate these parameters assuming that the source of the GHG emissions operated at maximum capacity for the full period of the missing data, including an addition of 10% to account for transmission and distribution losses.; or
(2) whether the alternative estimation approach taken by the project participant is accepted by the DOE; in which case it should have submitted a request for deviation prior to submitting the request for issuance for approval by the Board.