Energy Efficiency measures in DMRC Phase II stations

Audit Analysis

This Gold Standard energy-efficiency project at Delhi Metro Phase II stations uses a combined additionality test and smart-meter monitoring, but suffers from a project-specific baseline, a 0% leakage deduction with contradictory justifications across documents, and an unconfirmed VVB identity. Three material contradictions (leakage basis, ERR magnitude, crediting period) and ten open material findings from the 2015 verification report indicate moderate data-reliability concerns that temper confidence in the 12,195 tCO₂e figure.

Project Description

Red Flags

• ⚠Crediting period differs between the PDD (2010–2019) and the verification report (2012–2021), a two-year shift that affects the pro-rata ERR expectation and the validity of the baseline window.
• ⚠Leakage is recorded as 0% with a 'deemed negligible' justification in the monitoring report, yet the stakeholder consultation document describes it as 'quantified'—an unresolved contradiction that weakens the leakage treatment.
• ⚠The VVB name is not stated in any extracted document, making independent verification of the additionality test and the ERR calculation impossible to confirm.
• ⚠Ten material findings and three corrective actions were raised in the 2015 verification report (e.g., missing logbook scans, negative values in the per-unit energy efficiency factor), indicating the monitoring data was not fully robust at the time of verification.

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