CDM project activity/programme of activities registration request review form (CDM-REGR-FORM) (Version 03.0)

Reference number of the proposed CDM project activity/programme of activities (PoA) submitted for registration	2948
Title of the proposed CDM project activity/PoA submitted for registration	Installation of Natural Gas based package cogeneration systems at industrial facilities in Gujarat by Gujarat Gas Company Limited (GGCL), India.
Please indicate, in accordance with paragraphs 37 and 40 of the CDM modalities and procedures, which validation requirement(s) may require review. A list of requirements is provided below. Please provide reasons in support of the request for review. Including any supporting documentation.
The following are requirements derived from paragraph 37 of the CDM modalities and procedures:
The participation requirements as set out in paragraph 28 to 30 of the CDM modalities and procedures are satisfied; Comments by local stakeholders have been invited, a summary of the comments received has been provided, and a report to the designated operational entity (DOE) on how due account was taken of any comments has been received; Project Participants have submitted to the DOE documentation on the analysis of the environmental impacts of the project activity, including transboundary impacts and, if those impacts are considered significant by the project participants or the host Party, have undertaken an environmental impact assessment in accordance with procedures as required by the host Party; The project activity is expected to result in a reduction in anthropogenic emissions by sources of greenhouse gases that are additional to any that would occur in the absence of the proposed project activity, in accordance with paragraphs 43 to 52 of the CDM modalities and procedures; The baseline and monitoring methodologies comply with requirements pertaining to methodologies previously approved by the Executive Board; Provisions for monitoring, verification and reporting are in accordance with decision 17/CP.7, the CDM modalities and procedures and relevant decisions of the COP/MOP; The project activity conforms to all other requirements for CDM project activities in decision 17/CP.7, the CDM modalities and procedures and relevant decisions by the COP/MOP and the Executive Board.
The following are requirements derived from paragraph 40 of the CDM modalities and procedures:
The DOE shall, prior to the submission of the validation report to the Executive Board, have received from the project participants written approval of voluntary participation from the designated national authority of each Party involved, including confirmation by the host Party that the project activity assists it in achieving sustainable development; In accordance with provisions on confidentiality contained in paragraph 27(h) of the CDM modalities and procedures, the DOE shall make publicly available the project design document; The DOE shall receive, within 30 days, comments on the validation requirements from Parties, stakeholders and UNFCCC accredited non-governmental organizations and make them publicly available; After the deadline for receipt of comments, the DOE shall make a determination as to whether, on the basis of the information provided and taking into account the comments received, the project activity should be validated; The DOE shall inform project participants of its determination on the validation of the project activity. Notification to the project participants will include confirmation of validation and the date of submission of the validation report to the Executive Board; The DOE shall submit to the Executive Board, if it determines the proposed project activity to be valid, a request for registration in the form of a validation report including of the project design document, the written approval of the host Party and an explanation of how it has taken due account of comments received.
There are only minor issues which should be addressed by the DOE/project participants prior to the registration of the project.
Additional information
1. The DOE is requested to further clarify the suitability of the internal company benchmark as an appropriate benchmark for the project activity in accordance with the paragraph 13 of the Guidance on the Assessment of Investment Analysis version 2.1, in particular, whether there is only one possible project developer, and application of internal company benchmark for similar projects with similar risks, developed by the same company 2. The PP is requested to justify and the DOE is requested to validate the appropriateness of the period of the assessment in the context of underlying project activity in line with paragraph 3 of Guidance on the Investment Analysis. 3. The DOE shall further substantiate: (i) the suitability of the input values applied in the investment analysis of each projects separately, in particular, total investment, electricity generation, monthly payment, electricity tariff, spare cost, lube oil cost, man power cost, and overheads in line with in line with paragraph 109 of VVM; and (ii) how the IRRs of the projects in the PDD differ from that in the Board resolution. 4. The PP shall conduct the sensitivity analyses for significant input values in line with paragraph 16 of Guidance on the Assessment of the Investment analysis, and same should be assessed by the DOE. 5. The DOE shall further substantiate how alternative 5, installation of a cogeneration system owned by the industrial plant, has not been considered as a plausible baseline scenario, in line with AM0014 v4. 6. The DOE shall ensure that the project description clearly states the differences resulting from the project activity compared to the pre-project situation in compliance with paragraphs 59 and 64 of VVM, in particular: (a) heat demand of each industrial plant in the baseline and the project activity, (b) heat generated by each cogeneration plant, (c) electrical efficiencies of power generation and thermal efficiency of heat generation in the baseline and the project activity, and (d) source of heat production to meet the balance heat demand of the industrial plants in case the project activity meets heat demand partially. 7. The PP shall ensure reporting for each cogeneration plant for all necessary monitoring parameters as per AM0014 v4.
Date	06 Feb 10