Green e certified equivalence

Make sure that some one gets a copy of the Green-e Energy Standard and addresses the major provisions in regarding equivalency with the product being purchased.

These include:
- qualifying sources
- age of renewables
- accounting system (vintage, double counting, etc.)
- not produced as the result of a mandate (voluntary market)
- any other provisions that apply

International projects obviously do not have to meet the location criteria in the Standard. Provide a narrative or table describing how the product being purchased meets each of the applicable provisions of the Standard.

Hi Marcus,
My client has signed up to a renewable energy tariff, and we are investigating whether there is scope to get the 2 Green Power credits for the LEED certification (CS 2009). But no project I have had before has ever attempted this, so new territory for us all.
I started to demonstrate the alternative’s equivalency to the quality standards established for Green-e Energy products as you recommended:
• Green-e Energy National Standard v2.3, Sections II, III (excluding G), IV (excluding A), and V
• Green-e Energy Code of Conduct and Customer Disclosure Requirements – Sections III-VII

So I started making this direct comparison of the Green-e requirements against the procured renewable energy tariff. I thought that a schedule of requirements may be the simplest way for energy supplier to comment, but the result is pretty large and cumbersome; any chance you can take a look and see if you have any good ideas on how to condense / consolidate into the key issues?

The comparative table you emailed to me is a good way to demonstrate equivalency. I think the key provisions are the ones I listed above.