To conclude the transition from the PRO to the EECS Rules, the AIB Hub is being amended to reject transfers containing certificates which have been issued after a certain date and have missing mandatory fields.

With Powernext becoming an AIB member the easy, free-trade of Guarantees of Origin can take place between France and 19 other AIB-hub connected registries.

Eleven countries voted to approve the CEN/CENELEC Guarantee of Origin standard.

The Green Paper, “A 2030 framework for climate and energy policies” was in consultation until July 2nd, 2013.  

LEED has modified their Building Operations and Maintenance criteria with specific attention given to alternative compliance paths for European users.  The criteria now includes the ability to use EECS-GO Certificates for proof of renewable electricity consumption in Europe.

On June 21, the AIB has joined nine other European energy Associations in the adoption of an anti-fraud package created by the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN).

The recent legal opinion provided by The European Court of Justice Advocate-General Yves Bot has potential implications for the future of the Guarantee of Origin, something to which RECS International was interviewed for in the most recent June 24th Power In Europe by Platts,

Advocate-General Bot released an opinion on May 8th, 2013 for Case C-204/12, Essent Belgium NV v Vlaamse Reguleringsinstantie voor de Elektriciteits- en Gasmarkt (VREG).  This case, and opinion, could have significant implications  regarding the use of foreign produced electricity in a national target counting scheme. 

The residual mix calculation for 2012 has been released by the European project Reliable Disclosure Systems for Europe (Phase II).  The residual mix gives consumers increased insight into the origin  of their electricity consumption if they have not chosen a specific electricity product.