Rongnichu Hydroelectric Project (RHEP), India
[]
Host party(ies) India
Methodology(ies) ACM0002 ver. 12
Standardised Baselines N/A
Estimated annual reductions* 317,737
Start date of first crediting period. 01 Jan 14
Length of first crediting period. 7 years
DOE/AE TÜV NORD CERT GmbH
Period for comments 21 Jan 11 - 19 Feb 11
PP(s) for which DOE have a contractual obligation Madhya Bharat Power Corporation Ltd.
The operational/applicant entity working on this project has decided to make the Project Design Document (PDD) publicly available directly on the UNFCCC CDM website.
PDD PDD (1151 KB)
Local stakeholder consultation report: N/A
Impact assessment summary: N/A
Submission of comments to the DOE/AE Compilation of submitted inputs:
RHEP Hydro
•	When is the board meeting and date of investment decision? It is not explicitly mentioned in the PDD.  
•	The Meth mentions that if investment analysis option is used, apply the following: 

a)	Apply an investment comparison analysis, as per Step 3 of the .Combined tool to identify the baseline scenario and demonstrate additionality., if more than one alternative is remaining after Step 2.

b)	Apply a benchmark analysis, as per Step 2b of the .Tool for the demonstration and assessment of additionality. If more than one alternative is remaining after Step 2 and if the remaining alternatives include scenarios P1 and P2.

But PP failed to apply like this. Pls. clarify.

•	PLF should be based on EB48 Annex 11guideline which says The plant load factor provided to banks and/or equity financiers while applying the project activity for project financing, or to the government while applying the project activity for implementation approval; (b) The plant load factor determined by a third party contracted by the project participants (e.g. an engineering company); But PDD doesn’t demonstrate how PLF has been arrived at. 
•	Whether PLF includes machine shutdown, machine availability. Whether grid availability is accounted for in the calculation of gross generation. To my surprise, critical parameter like PLF is missing from the PDD. How DOE has allowed this. 
•	Common practice analysis should be based on EB 39 Annex 10 (Additionality tool). Each step of common practice analysis should be fulfilled as per tool.

•	Emission reduction calculation should be based on EB 50 Annex 14 “Tool for emission factor for the electricity system.
•	Electricity generated by the project, auxiliary consumption, transmission losses, transformer losses, net electricity exported to India, net electricity exported to the grid. These parameters to be monitored continuously and to be cross checked with sale receipts.
Submitted by: A.Flower


The comment period is over.
* Emission reductions in metric tonnes of CO2 equivalent per annum that are based on the estimates provided by the project participants in unvalidated PDDs