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STUDY COMMITTEE C3, System Environmental Performance 26 August 2008

WG C3-02 : “Sustainable Development Performance Indicators”

SC C3 reporting

Paris, August 26, 2008


Scope of Work (ToR content)• to initiate information exchanges between WG members

concerning Sustainable Development Performance Indicators,

• to extend the information exchange to TSO not represented in the WG

• to prepare a general overview of TSO experiences regarding Sustainable Development Performance Indicators (State of the Art) (WG goal: 40 pages Technical Brochure),

• to share best practices.

• after this work, Generation Sustainable Development Performance Indicators will be studied.


Meetings

• Kick-Off meeting during Paris CIGRE session, on September 1st , 2004

• 2nd meeting in Curitiba (Brasil) on October 20th, 2005

• 3rd meeting during Paris CIGRE session, on August 28th , 2006

• 4th meeting in Mossel Bay (South Africa) on October 30th, 2007


Membership

Mr. Ricardo Furtado BRA EPE RegularMrs. Mirian Regini Nuti BRA EPE ObserverMr. Antonio Negri ITA CESI – Italian Electric Experimental Centre ObserverMr Vander Tumiatti ITA Sea Marconi Technologies RegularMr. Shintaro Yokokawa JAP Kansai Electric Power Company ObserverMr. Koji Toyama JAP Kansai Electric Power Company RegularMr Francisco Parada POR Rede Eléctrica Nacional RegularMr André Vallée thenGlen singleton

CAN Hydro-Quebec Trans Energie Regular

Mr. Etienne Serres FRA RTE – National Electricity Grid of France RegularMrs. Fiona Havenga RSA ESKOM Transmission RegularMichel Nederlandt BEL ELIA RegularMrs Mercedez Vasquez SP Red Eléctrica de España CorrespondingMr Henk Sanders NL Tennet Regular

Participation :

• SC C3-02: M. DU FOUR (Belgium), M. NAKAGAMI (Japan)

• SC C3 members: Ms BODLUND (Sweden), M. WYSS (Switzerland), M. ENOCH (Nederland), MARTIN (Australia)


Achievements• Analysis of guidelines available at the beginning of the study

– Sustainability Reporting Guideline (Global Reporting Initiative) V2– Environmental Performance Indicator guidelines for the Australian

Electricity Industry (ESAA) – Guidance notes on environmental benchmarking indicators for the

electricity sector (EA)– Sustainability in the Electricity Supply Industry: Phase 1 Report

(WSDBC).

• Analysis of guidelines available issued during the study (late 2006 and early 2008)– Sustainability Reporting Guideline (Global Reporting Initiative) V3– GRI Electric Utility Sector Supplement – Draft version (GRI)– Sustainability Reporting Guidelines & Electric Utility Sector Supplement

Pilot Version


References• GRI V2 as best existing reference but as no

Sector Supplement were available, the WG had to use others guidelines

• Issue of GRI V3 and a draft of the Electric Utility Sector Supplement late 2006: Indicators have to be reviewed, but 90 % of the work can be considered as valid.

• Issue of a combined version of GRI V3 and the Electric Utility Sector Supplement beginning 2008.


General comments• Environmental indicators are specific to TSO, and have to

be distinguished from those dealing with generation. For instance– Waste (radioactive waste or ashes vs PCB, iron,concrete ...)– Emissions (NOx, SOx, CO2 vs SF6)– Significant spills (radioactive leaks vs oil leaks)Important risk for TSO to have their environmental impacts

hidden by Generation ones.

• Other indicators should apply (Economic and Social) whatever the company type (TSO, integrated utility, Genco...)


Curitiba and Paris Achievements• Indicators ranking during 2005 Curitiba

meeting in order to focus on the most important ones:– Environment: 10 Indicators out 35 GRI Indicators– Social: 6 Indicators out 49 GRI Indicators– Economic: 8 Indicators out 13 GRI Indicators

• Final draft report sent in July 2007, describing in details the indicators, how to measure them, and examples (GRI V2 compliant...)


Mossel Bay Achievements• Analysis of the difference between GRI V2 and GRI

V3:– Which GRI V2 selected indicators have been modified,

deleted ...– Which GRI V3 indicators are new and are relevant

• Analysis of the Draft Electric Utility Sector Supplement– Which indicators are relevant

• Selection of the new indicators for the final report (6 from the GRI V3, 10 from Draft Electric Utility Sector Supplement)


GRI V2 -> GRI V3 impact on the previously selected indicators

• Major changes on Economic Indicators• Small impact on other indicators• See Excel file “WG GRIV2 selection vs GRIV3.xls

sent in September


GRI V2 -> GRI V3 impact on the previously selected indicators

• GRI V2 Selected Indicators deleted in GRI V3– GRI V2 EC4 Percentage of contracts that were paid in accordance with

agreed terms => No equivalent – GRI V2 EN33 Performance of suppliers relative to environment. =>

No equivalent.– GRI V2 EN25 Impacts of activities and operations on protected and

sensitive areas => the information is now captured in other biodiversity indicators particularly GRI V3 EN12 and 13.

– GRI V2 LA5 Practices on recording and notification of occupational accidents and diseases => Included in GRI V3 LA7

– GRI V2 PR8 Mechanisms related to customer satisfaction => Included in GRI V3 PR5


Environmental Indicators Selection

• New GRI V3 indicator:– EN18 [Add] ?: Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas

emissions and reductions achieved

• Draft sector supplement:– EU14 ?: Percentage of area under Integrated Pest

Management– EU21 ?: Long-term strategy for managing and eliminating

high level and low level in service PCBs– EU22 ?: Expected completion date and projected costs of

remediation of all known contaminated sites


Social Indicators Selection

• New GRI V3 indicator:– LA12 [Add] ?: Percentage of employees receiving regular

performance and career development reviews– LA14 [c] ?: Ratio of basic salary of men to women by

employee category– SO8 [c] ? : Monetary value of significant fines and total

number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations

– PR9 [c] ? : Monetary value of significant fines for non-compliance with laws and regulations concerning the provision and use of products and services


Social Indicators Selection

• Sector Supplement:– EU25 ?: Participatory decision making processes

with communities and outcomes of engagement– EU28?: Exposure limit(s) to electric fields (in kV

per m) and magnetic fields (in μT) for members of the public and employees in the areas in which reporting organization operates.

– EU29?: Number of injuries and fatalities to the public including diseases involving utility assets.


Economic Indicators Selection

• New GRI V3 indicator:– EC2 [c] ?: Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for

the organization’s activities due to climate change

– EC3 [c] ?: Coverage of the organization's defined benefit plan obligations.

– EC4 [c] ? : Significant financial assistance received from government

– EC5 [Add] ? : Range of ratios of standard entry level wage compared to local minimum wage at significant locations of operation

– EC6 [c] ? : Policy, practices, and proportion of spending on locally-based suppliers at significant locations of operation

– EC7 [c] ? : Procedures for local hiring and proportion of senior management hired from the local community at significant locations of operation


Economic Indicators Selection

Sector Supplement:– EU4 ?: Process and methodologies used to assess existing and future demand,

such as integrated resource planning– EU5 ?: Planned capacity (MW), dispatching and/or generation mix (MWh)

against projected electricity demand over the long term– EU6 ?: Approach used for peak load management including load shedding– EU7 ?: Customer or supply interruptions (as defined by IEEE recognized

standard reliability indicators)– EU8 ?: Approach to Research and Development (R&D), including R&D goals,

investment mechanisms and processes for implementation– EU9 ?: Research and Development expenditure by category as a percentage of

total research expenditure– EU10 ?: Research and Development expenditure as a percentage of net income– EU12 ?: Transmission and Distribution Loss Factor


Final AchievementsIndicators selected:

– Environment: 10 Indicators out 30 GRI Indicators + 1 from the draft Electric Utility Sector Supplement + 6 comments

– Social: 8 Indicators out 40 GRI Indicators + 5 from the draft Electric Utility Sector Supplement + 3 comments

– Economic: 5 Indicators out 9 GRI Indicators + 3 from the draft Electric Utility Sector Supplement out of 9.


Next steps for WG - proposals to SC C3

• Report approved by the WG members to SC C3 May 2008• Report submitted to SC C3 chairman for formal approval

by SC C3, May 2008• Waiting for the approval to go for Electra article

• Extend the work to generation field ??? (Environmental Indicators)

• WG members are more of the transmission part of the business Need for new members from generation (only two from Brasil and Switzerland since two years…)

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