page 1 Reykjavik Workshop on Renewable Electricity Certificates Jon Hov Lauritzen Chairman AIB Board 16 th September 2005
page 2 Presentation of the AIB l History l Members l Organisation l Strategy l Activities l Requirements for membership
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)
page 4 RECS Neither GO & RECS TSO (8) Regulator (2) Independent (4) AIB Member Countries – by type ? ? ?
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
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 : RECS “test phase” First set of rules; registries interlinked l 2002: AIB founded l : EECS Several types of energy certificate Multi-purpose certificates New, clearer rules l : CHP certificates, disclosure, biodiesel, biogas, support… AIB History
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
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
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
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
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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