What is the Energy Generation and Distribution (or integrated) method?
Energy Generation and Distribution is a reduction method used for entities or subentities that produce electricity, steam, or hot/chilled water for export (sale) to other entities (and that also have emissions in the Base Period). Also known as the “integrated method,” this method simultaneously calculates emission reductions by evaluating changes in both emission intensity and avoided emissions. This method calculates emission intensity reductions based on Base Period sales levels, and avoided emission reductions on incremental sales levels above Base Period sales levels. Most electric utilities will be required to use this method to calculate emission reductions.
