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EnergyTag has working groups and subgroups each with their own scope and mandate. To learn more about each group, please refer to the corresponding Working Group page:

 Working Group 1: Standard & Guidelines

📑Summary

  • Key Goal: Develop a uniform international Standard for GC Schemes and Matching.

  • Main Activities:

    • Standard creation and consultation,

    • Help define Assessment and Verification process,

    • GC Registry API Specification creation.

  • Done so far:

  • Next Steps:

    • Continuous improvement of Standards.

    • API Spec update.

  • Contribution Options:

    • Participate in standards updates (review/editing teams).

    • Get audited against the Standard.

    • Implement the API.

📋 Get Assessed by EnergyTag

GC Issuer Assessment

If you are a GC Issuer seeking EnergyTag compliance for your GC Scheme, please follow these steps:

GC Matching Claim Verifier Assessment

We are currently finalizing the Assessment process for Claim Verifiers.

🔗Key People & Links

  • Chair: Phil Moody

  • Secretary: Killian Daly

  • Operations Coordinator: Yevheniia Kyrychenko

Read our Granular Certificates Guide for a simplified intro.

Refer to EnergyTag WG Planner to check the meeting timeline.

Contact

Emails: killian@energytag.org; yevheniia@energytag.org (for members only).

How to Join Working Group 1

  • Fill out the Sign-up form if you are new to the EnergyTag and Select WG1.

  • After that, you will:

    • Be added to the community WG1 mailing list.

    • Receive invitations to our meetings.

Our Standard Update subgroup meets every 2 weeks at 16:00 CET.

 Working Group 2: Market Development

📑Summary

  • Key Goal: Foster GC markets and case studies globally.

  • Main Activities:

    • Case Studies,

    • GCs in market design,

    • Webinar series on GC Markets.

  • Done so far:

    • Multiple working group meetings showcasing GC projects to 100s of stakeholders.

    • 29 EnergyTag Case Study Projects on 5 continents.

  • Next Steps:

    •  Further engagement with case studies,

    • GCs in market design.

  • Contribution Options:

    • Visit our Case Studies page showcasing hourly tracking projects.

    • Reach out at info@energytag.org to add your case study to our website.

    • Present your work on hourly matching to the Working Group.

🔗Key People & Links

  • Chair: Killian Daly

  • Operations Coordinator: Yevheniia Kyrychenko

Refer to EnergyTag WG Planner to check the meeting timeline.

Contact

Emails: killian@energytag.org; yevheniia@energytag.org (for members only).

How to Join

  • Fill out the Sign-up form if you are new to the EnergyTag.

  • After that, you will:

    • Be added to the community WG2 mailing list.

    • Receive invitations to our meetings, EnergyTag news and updates.

The meetings are held once every 6-8 weeks on Zoom.

 Working Group 3: Policy & Awareness

📑Summary

  • Key Goal: Ensure robust, granular clean electricity accounting in policy.

  • Main Activities:

    • Clean hydrogen in EU/US,

    • RED III update,

    • GHG Protocol update,

    • EU CBAM,

    • Various other topics listed in the Granular Policy Compass.

  • Done so far:

    • Successful campaign to enable Granular GOs in EU law.

    • Successful campaign to require hourly matching for EU Green hydrogen.

    • Ongoing contribution to US campaign for granular rules for clean H2.

    • Submitted multiple consultation responses (see Granular Policy Compass).

  • Next Steps:

    • Continued engagement in clean H2 certification in EU/US.

    • GHG Protocol Scope 2 campaign for granular accounting.

  • Contribution Options:

    • Reach out to inform us of important granular policy initiatives.

    • Inform EnergyTag of relevant policy initiatives and consultations.

🗣️ Help Us Advocate for GCs & 24/7

GC Policy Compass - share information on other important regulations.

🔗Key People & Links

  • Chair: Killian Daly

  • Operations Coordinator: Yevheniia Kyrychenko

Refer to EnergyTag WG Planner to check the meeting timeline.

Contact

Emails: killian@energytag.org; yevheniia@energytag.org (for members only).

How to Join

  • Fill out the Sign-up form if you are new to the EnergyTag.

  • After that, you will:

    • Be added to the community WG3 mailing list.

    • Receive invitations to our meetings, EnergyTag news and updates.

The meetings are held once every 6-8 weeks on Zoom.

 Granular Accounting Working Group
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❌ Ineffective Clean Energy Claims

The climate clock is ticking faster than ever before. Rapid decarbonization is a necessity for a cleaner future. Electricity alone accounts for 40% of emissions of CO2 emissions (IEA 2023 Report). The commercial and Industry (C&I) sector alone consumes 60% of electricity worldwide (IEA 2022). However, the options consumers have today to claim “100%” renewable energy are flawed as they do not respect the physical realities of the grid.

The path to 100% allows “annual” matching of consumption with clean supply, effectively allowing continued fossil reliance in certain hours of the year. There is also little consideration for whether the clean power could be delivered to the consumer. Energy Attribute Certificates are a critical tool for tracking unique claims to clean power globally, but, they are not time-stamped creating a significant barrier to more effective clean energy markets and more robust claims.  

💡Granular Certificates for Granular Matching

It’s time to fix clean energy markets and carbon accounting. Many academic studies (Princeton, Denmark Technical University, TU Berlin, IEA) and key stakeholders (EU, US Government, EU TSO) concluded that Granular Matching where sourcing time-stamped Granular Certificates match consumption in the same hour and within deliverable geographical boundaries is the solution for greater decarbonization, transparency and better reflection of grid realities. 

Crucially, hourly matching also creates new demand signals for the technologies needed to complement renewables such as storage and clean-firm which are too often ignored with annual matching strategies. That’s why EnergyTag was created, to enable standardization and promotion of Granular Certificates and Matching.

Incorporating Granular Carbon Accounting into the GHG Protocol is crucial for enhanced transparency. The ongoing review of the GHG Protocol that offers a unique opportunity to address loose carbon accounting issues.

📑Summary

  • Key Goal: Require Granular Accounting in updated GHG Protocol.

  • Main Activities:

    • Creating a Playbook for outlining a proposal for feasible implementation and transition to Granular Accounting, addressing key challenges. 

    • Enabling a common-voice and coordination venue for the GHGP Process going forward. 

    • Coordinate communications and efforts in advocating for Granular Accounting in Scope 2.

  • Next Steps:

    • Publish Granular Accounting Playbook.

    • Prepare concrete proposed changes to the GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance.

    • Hopefully participate in GHG Protocol Technical Working Group on Scope 2.

  • Contribution Options:

    • Reach out if you support Granular Accounting.

    • Help us advocate for Granular Accounting.

✏️ 5 Key Themes

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🔗Key People & Links

  • Chair: Killian Daly

  • Operations Coordinator: Yevheniia Kyrychenko

Contact

Emails: killian@energytag.org; yevheniia@energytag.org (for members only).

How to Join

Fill out the Interest Submission Form, we will reach out!

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