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Two new ideas on Standardised Baselines
1 Spalding-Fecher: Jt Workshop 2011 - SBLs
Randall Spalding-Fecher
CDM EB Joint Workshop: “current developments in standardised baselines”
13 March 2011
Pöyry Management Consulting
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Two new ideas
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• Mandatory vs voluntary SBLs: the relationship with stringency and environmental integrity
• “Normative” service level benchmarks: suppressed demand and providing for basic human needs
Voluntary vs mandatory SBLs: stringency and environmental integrity
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Source: Poyry
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Voluntary vs mandatory SBLs: stringency and environmental integrity
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Project approval under traditional approach to additionality
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Project approval under SBL set below industry average
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Voluntary SBLs could inflate credits even if set at industry average – must be mandatory
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Implications of lack of stringency – CER volume, not just approved projects
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Source: Poyry
“Normative” service level benchmarks are the best way to address suppressed demand for basic household services
• Suppressed demand, due to lack of access and high unit cost of services, means historical energy use is not a reasonable baseline
– E.g. switching from kerosene hurricane lamp to CFL gives 40 times the light for 2% of the unit cost!
• SSC WG have noted cases where this happens, and issues around how it could be addressed
• Project activity service level has major limitations – difficult to measure service directly – and may not initially reflect “satisfied demand”
• “Normative” service level benchmark is defined as minimum of level of service household should have and sets cap on service as well
• Convert this to emissions by identifying baseline technology• Eliminates the need to monitor baseline while providing reasonable,
objective baseline• Not appropriate for all sectors/technologies and still have to agree
the level
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“Suppressed demand” means historical energy use is not a reasonable baseline
• Includes both an “income effect” and “price effect”, but the latter is much more important– Lack of access and high cost of energy services relative to
household budget suppresses demand for energy services– Access to project technology dramatically increases energy service– “satisfied demand” = minimum level that households would demand
given reasonable price•Project may not realise “satisfied demand” right away
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Understanding suppressed demand – energy service demand
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Historical energy service
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Understanding suppressed demand – energy consumption
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“Normative” standardized approach
• Use “reasonable, adequate” service level as baseline activity level – reflect social view of development needs (i.e. MDGs, minimum water and energy requirements)
• Example: minimum lighting needed per day, minimum ambient indoor temperature for comfort, minimum potable water requirements
• Convert service level to energy and emissions using technology choice that is accessible to poor household – the next technology step (e.g. kerosene pressure lamps, not diesel generators)
• Advantages– No monitoring necessary for certain services because baseline is fixed– No baseline energy survey needed for these services– Recognises need for adequate services – no penalty for being poor– Does not require exhaustive data gathering process to establish SBL
• Challenges– How to define minimum service (both units and level) – still need some
form of stakeholder input and policy decision– How to define baseline technology to deliver that service
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Possible service standards for household energy services
Energy Service
Degree of Suppressed
DemandCurrent
applianceCurrent energy
sourcePossible service standard
Lighting Highhurricane lamp, candle kerosene lumens x rooms
TV High DC TVcar battery, generator? hours/week
Radio High DC Radiodry call, car battery hours/week
Cooking Low?none, or basic stove
biomass, kerosene ??
Water heating Med similar to cookingbiomass, kerosene Litres of hot water
Space heating Med similar to cooking biomass Ambient temperature indoor
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Thank you!
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