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Government is considering two disclosure options for determining qualification based on electricity use. Both will use 2008 electricity for determining qualification (18). Government is considering whether, for the purposes of determining qualification, organisations should disclose:
Government is considering two disclosure options for determining qualification based on electricity use. Both will use 2008 electricity for determining qualification (18). Government is considering whether, for the purposes of determining qualification, organisations should disclose:2
1. the total half hourly electricity use in 2008. This would include voluntary automatic meters that produce half hourly data and pseudo half hourly meters.
1. the total half hourly electricity use in 2008. This would include voluntary automatic meters that produce half hourly data and pseudo half hourly meters.3
2. the total half hourly electricity use, or only the half-hourly electricity settled on the half hourly market if this alone is at least 6,000 MWh in 2008.
2. the total half hourly electricity use, or only the half-hourly electricity settled on the half hourly market if this alone is at least 6,000 MWh in 2008.4
Option 1 was proposed in the July 2008 CRC policy statement, and is reflected in Articles 13 to 27 of the Draft Order.
Option 1 was proposed in the July 2008 CRC policy statement, and is reflected in Articles 13 to 27 of the Draft Order.5
Option 2 is being considered after some organisations have questioned the benefit of disclosing all half-hourly electricity use, when electricity settled on the half-hourly market alone would take the organisation over the CRC threshold. Under this option, organisations whose 2008 half hourly settled electricity was below 6,000 MWh would still need to disclose their total half hourly metered electricity use.
Option 2 is being considered after some organisations have questioned the benefit of disclosing all half-hourly electricity use, when electricity settled on the half-hourly market alone would take the organisation over the CRC threshold. Under this option, organisations whose 2008 half hourly settled electricity was below 6,000 MWh would still need to disclose their total half hourly metered electricity use.6
Under both options, all organisations with at least 6,000MWh of half-hourly metered electricity would be included. The benefit of Option 2 is that it reduces administrative burden, without reducing scheme coverage.
Under both options, all organisations with at least 6,000MWh of half-hourly metered electricity would be included. The benefit of Option 2 is that it reduces administrative burden, without reducing scheme coverage.7
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18 2008 is not the baseline year, this is purely for determining which organisations are in the scheme.
______18 2008 is not the baseline year, this is purely for determining which organisations are in the scheme.
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