PoA for CFL lighting
(using AMS-II.C.)
A Case Study - Cuidemos
Mexico
May 2011
Project Overview – Cuidemos Mexico
• Distribution of up to 4 CFLs for free per household
• Gold Standard CERs
• Partners include Cool nrg, Standard Bank, Eneco, ING and local
retailers Comex and Coppel
• Supported my Mexican Government
• Positive impacts of 45m CFL campaign
– Reduction of 11.25m t CO2
– Households save US $247m p.a
– Mexican Government saves $300m p.a in electricity subsidies
• PoA registered: July 09
• CPA 1 completed in Puebla in
Nov 2009 – 1 million CFLs
• Issuance request: Apr 11
Elements of Success for Programmatic CDM
Integrated
Response
Post 2012
Uncertainty
Financing
UNFCCC
Documentation /
Process
Requirements
Policy
Certainty
DOE
Relationship
Programmatic
CDM
Stakeholder
Consultations
Validation/Verification
Timeframes
Specific
Methodological
Requirements
Secretariat
Communication
Innovative
Finance &
Projects
Lack of processes inhibiting PoAs
Our experience was there was no way to:
•
•
Financing
•
Upload a monitoring report
Upload a final verification report and thereby
join the completeness check queue
Gain visibility of Issuance process status
•
Update the monitoring plan (note: clarified in EB60)
$20m
•
Make the distinction on UNFCCC website
between the start date for individual CPAs as
opposed to the overall PoA [note: this issue has since
Travel
costs
been resolved]
Potential suggestions for addressing this
Work on the identified problems
 Take submissions or propose process where
straightforward
Define process for new problems as they occur
 Establish a contact person in case of process issue
 Agree set number of days that contact person will
respond
 Outline process for how issue will be dealt with
Stricter rules & interpretations make PoAs
difficult to get off the ground
PoA rules stricter than SSC rules
• Project design deviations, start dates
Requirements / interpretations or lack of make PoAs expensive,
unworkable
• Additionality: impact of mandatory laws
• Sampling: guidelines on 90/10
• Multi-country: site visits, CPAs
 Align PoA rules with SSC rules
 Clarity on additonality, sampling, multi-country PoAs
Wishlist
DOE liability
Additionality
Sampling
Multi- country
Contact person
Thank you
Lara Olsen
lara@coolnrg.com
+61 3 9387 2964