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ScoredACRTransport / Fleet EfficiencyMICHIGAN, USRegistry: Crediting endedGeneral Methodologyv2.1

Truck Stop Electrification, Michigan

Developer: IdleAir

ACR-142 ↗

#226of 1692 in United States#144of 958 in American Carbon Registry (ACR)

Crediting ended

The crediting period has ended. Credits already issued exist; no new ones will be issued unless the crediting period is renewed.

American Carbon Registry: “COMPLETED”

Assessment

CarbonMeld document-based assessment

01020304 Overall 6.0 / 10
Integrity 🔒 Transparency 🔒 Claim Safety 🔒 Documentation 🔒
Dimension scores are locked — the faint arcs are empty tracks, not zero scores.

Scale 0–10 · method weights: integrity 35% · transparency 25% · claim safety 25% · documentation 15%.

Scored2026-09-13medium confidenceLatest verified monitoring: 2010-01-31

evidence:4/4registry documents analyzed · 3red flags

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Analysis

The IdleAir truck-stop electrification project in Michigan is a technology-based fleet-efficiency credit with VVB-confirmed additionality and no carbon-stock reversal risk. However, the project-specific modeled baseline, multiple material findings (calculation errors, misapplied eGRID subregions, credits outside the crediting period), and a monitoring-method contradiction between reports temper confidence in the underlying data quality. All corrective actions were addressed, and the verified ERR matches the claimed figure for the 2007–2010 monitoring period.

Red Flags

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Findings

Risk Indicators

Additionality

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Leakage

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Evidence

Eligibility & market

What can you claim with this credit?

Four checks buyers ask about, from the registry and the Integrity Council (ICVCM).

  • Airlines (CORSIA)

    No CORSIA label on the registry

    Not usable for airlines' CORSIA obligations.

    Source: registry label

  • Integrity label (ICVCM CCP)

    No ICVCM information

    No CCP label and no ICVCM decision found for this project's methodology.

  • Removal or reduction

    Emission reduction or avoidance

    Prevents or reduces emissions — fits contribution claims, not SBTi neutralisation.

    Source: methodology

  • Paris Agreement (Article 6)

    No Article 6 authorization

    No corresponding adjustment: the host country can also count this reduction towards its own target.

    Source: registry label

Information only, from public sources. Claim rules (CORSIA, SBTi, EU rules on green claims) change: check them before making a public claim. Since 27 September 2026, EU consumer rules do not allow “climate neutral” product claims based on offsets.

Registry labels last checked:2026-09-27

Credit Vintages

IssuedRetiredAvailable
2007
1,0651,0650
2008
1,7851,653132
2009
1,1391,1390
2010
95950
Total4,0843,952132

Retired by

Organisations named as beneficiaries in the registry's public retirement records.

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Analysis ProvenanceGeneral Methodologyv2.1
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