1 Association of Issuing Bodies Phil Moody (Secretary General) Ankara – 28 April 2006 Setting up a National Framework

2 Setting up a national framework 1.Form a National Team (market parties & service providers) 2.Appoint an Issuing Body 3.Appoint Issuing Body’s agents (if necessary):  Production Registrar (validates generation plant)  Production Auditor (audits plant)  Central Monitoring Office (keeps the records) 4.Prepare national documentation 5.Gain the approval of Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) 6.Put registry systems in place 7.Start issuing and transferring certificates

3 1: Form National Team l Set up a National Team & infrastructure:  Decide which certificates to support  Harmonise EECS with national law & regulation  Appoint and manage an Issuing Body (IB) l Issuing Bodies are responsible for:  Ensuring PRO & Domain Protocol are observed locally  Inspecting participating Production Devices in its area  Issuing, transferring & redeeming certificates  Registering ownership of certificates in a database

4 2. Appoint Issuing Body l Government or the market makes the appointment l IB must be financially independent of market parties  May not profit from trade in certificates l IB applies for AIB membership  Subscribes to AIB articles  Provides organisational information  Pays membership fee l IB applies for membership of relevant schemes  RECS, RES-GoO etc

5 3: Appoint Agents Production Registrars: Production Registrars:  Verify generator energy declarations are accurate  Verify generators have observed PRO & Domain Protocols Production Auditors: Production Auditors:  Verify & audit compliance with EECS  Receive information about issued certificates from the IB  Tell the IB if issued certificates exceed generation capacity Central Monitoring Office (CMO): Central Monitoring Office (CMO): −Maintains a registry of production devices & issued certificates −Records ownership of certificates  Records status of certificates (transferable, redeemed, imported or exported)

6 4: Prepare National Documentation l Domain Protocol: rules supplementing the PRO for one country l Likely contents:  How the Energy Declaration is verified  Auditing Procedures  Calculation of net energy generated  Complex procedures (e.g. biomass, pumped hydro)  Timing l Draft standard terms & conditions of agreement with market parties l Assemble relevant legislation l Identify areas of deviation from the PRO

7 Example: Irish domain documents Source: AIB website (

8 5: Gain Approval of AIB l Send to AIB:  Draft Domain Protocol  Relevant legislation  Standard terms and conditions  Any deviation from the PRO l Reviewers confirm DP conforms to PRO l Applicant explains unclear provisions and/or amends DP l All members consider the DP l Approval given at next General Meeting

9 6: Put Registry Systems in Place l Develop a registry, or adopt package software or service:  RECSCMO(Nordic)  LogActiv(UK)  ETRANS(Swiss)  E-Certe(Belgian) l Customise registry software as appropriate l Populate database with (e.g.) trader names, generators l Complete systems integration testing with other IBs

10 7: Start Issuing & Transferring Certificates l Generators  Sign agreement with IB  Open account on registry  Send Energy Declaration to IB  Production Registrar verifies Energy Declaration  Sends meter data to IB  IB issues certificates l Market Participants  Open an account on registry  Sellers can o request transfer of certificates o move certificates into a “redemption account”

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