The Association of Issuing Bodies has revised the way in which they display the statistics of EECS-GO countries. The new method of statistics will show a monthly summary by technology group per country.

RECS International is considering to organize a workshop in Oslo and is looking for input from members. 

The technical briefing is described on the RE100 website as, “…a technical deep-dive into corporate transparency and credibility, and shows companies how to accurately describe their use of renewable electricity.” 

Members are invited to take a quick look at some of the statistical analysis work for the 2015 trading of GOs. 

OFGEM published their decision on proof of UK consumption of overseas electricity following their consultation from 12 January 2016. Following the release of the document on 19 April 2016 OFGEM published a clarification on 28 April 2016 for 2015/2016 GOs and implicit trading.

The Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory has released their annual report describing the status of U.S. renewable portfolio standards.

Unicorn Systems launched the new registry HUB application for the Association of Issuing Bodies (AIB) during the weekend of March 5/6. With this milestone it means the transition from the old Atos system is now complete.

Thank you to everyone who participated in the RECs Market Meeting 2016. It is because of you that the event this year was such a success.

On March 7, 2016 Peter Niermeijer resigned as Secretary-General of RECS International. The former Deputy Secretary-General, Jared Braslawsky, was appointed to the position.