1. page 1 Reykjavik Workshop on Renewable Electricity Certificates Jon Hov Lauritzen Chairman AIB Board 16 th September 2005

2. page 2 Presentation of the AIB l History l Members l Organisation l Strategy l Activities l Requirements for membership

3. page 3 What is the Association of Issuing Bodies? Mission: “ The Association of Issuing Bodies is the leading enabler of International energy certificate schemes” Membership of AIB is voluntary Supported systems are: à à voluntary (RECS) à à mandatory (GoO, Directive 2001/77/EC)

4. page 4 RECS Neither GO & RECS TSO (8) Regulator (2) Independent (4) AIB Member Countries – by type ? ? ?

5. page 5 AIB Organisation Issuing Bodies Board Norway (chair) Netherlands France Germany Workgroup Operational Rules Chair: NL Workgroup Operational Quality Chair: DK Workgroup Systems Chair: NL Secretariat Market parties Workgroup Governance Chair: AT Workgroup PR Chair: CH Task Force Business Model Task Force Hub General meeting President: W Boltz Austrian Regulator Chair of CEER Single Energy Market workgroup

6. page 6 l Early 1990’s: swap deals l Mid 1990’s: renewable benefit commoditised  Dutch “Groenlabelsystem” (national only) l 1999: formation of RECS l 2001-2: RECS “test phase”  First set of rules; registries interlinked l 2002: AIB founded l 2003-5: EECS  Several types of energy certificate  Multi-purpose certificates  New, clearer rules l 2005-7: CHP certificates, disclosure, biodiesel, biogas, support… AIB History

7. page 7 Strategy l Customers and Stakeholders   AIB shall be the preferred European organisation for the international standardisation of certificate administration   AIB shall be an independent coordinator for companies responsible for certificate systems

8. page 8 Strategy l l Products and Services   AIB shall promote and support safe and secure transfer of certificates between member organisations   AIB shall collect and disseminate reliable information relating to the certificate activity of its members   AIB shall seek to meet the requirements of members and stakeholders for products and services   AIB shall continually seek to raise the quality and scope of its products and services   AIB shall respect the privacy and confidentiality of data

9. page 9 Work Group activities l WG Governance  Articles of Association  Internal Regulations  Liability l WG Operational Rules  Procedures and Rules for Operation (PRO)  Chapters: GoO, RECS, Disclosure l WG Operational Quality  PRO Framework Protocol  Redemption Statement  Assessment Panels for Periodic Reviews

10. page 10 Work Group activities l WG Systems  Business Process Model for System implementation  Interface specification (hub)  Interface testing procedures l WG Public Relations  Annual Report  Web site  Develop information services

11. page 11 Becoming a member 1.Appoint independent Issuing Body 2.Draft Domain Protocol (DP), setting out:  How to overcome any conflicts between national law and the PRO  How to audit generation plant  How to calculate net energy generated  How to verify monthly energy declarations  Complex procedures (e.g. biomass, pumped hydro)  Timing 3.Appoint agents  Accreditation, audit, meter data collection, registry administration 4.Gain approval of DP from AIB 5.Install and commission registry system 6.Successfully complete integration tests with other systems 7.Start issuing and transferring certificates 8.Membership fee:  €5,000 (€20,000 > 1 million certificates issued) per year  + 1 eurocent per certificate issued  Maximum €40,000 / year

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