Japan | RISE

Indicators	Score
High impact country, score not evaluated.

Indicators	Score
1. CLEAN COOKING NATIONAL PLANNING	0
2. IMPLEMENTATION SCOPE	0
3. STANDARDS AND LABELING	0
4. INCENTIVES AND ATTRIBUTES	0

Indicators	Score
1. GOVERNANCE	100
2. ELECTRICITY SECTOR RENEWABLES	64
3. HEATING AND COOLING RENEWABLES	94
4. TRANSPORT SECTOR RENEWABLES	100
5. LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RENEWABLES	100

Indicators	Score
1. ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOVERNANCE	77
2. INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL END USERS	100
3. PUBLIC SECTOR	100
4. INCENTIVES & MANDATES: ENERGY UTILITY PROGRAMS	63
5. FINANCING MECHANISMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY	100
6. MINIMUM ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS	92
7. ENERGY LABELING SYSTEMS	92
8. BUILDING ENERGY CODES	72
9. TRANSPORT SECTOR	75

Indicators

1ELECTRIFICATION GOVERNANCE AND PLANNINGN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

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Existence

Is there an officially approved national electrification plan?

Is the electrification plan developed based on demand assessment and/or geospatial least cost analysis?

Are there geospatial maps conveying the timeframe of planned grid extension?

Were there any public consultations while developing the plan?

Is there a provision for the plan to be periodically evaluated?

Are the electrification plan and the updates publicly available?

Does the plan detail how it will be funded?

Targets and implementation

Are there institution(s) responsible for carrying out the following functions:

Setting electrification strategy?

Setting electrification milestones and deadlines?

Coordinating generation, transmission, and distribution plans and their implementation?

Reporting progress towards the defined energy access target/milestones with periodic reports?

Is there a requirement for periodic progress reports tracking progress towards the defined energy access target?

Does the tracking get published?

Does the plan target a service level (e.g., power availability, number of guaranteed hours of power supply, etc.)?

Inclusion of decentralized energy solutions for specific groups

Does the electrification plan include decentralized energy solutions (either/or both mini grids and off-grid systems)?

Does the plan include productive uses (e.g., agricultural, commercial, and industrial activities)?

Does the plan include community facilities (e.g., health centers, schools, administrative buildings)?

Does the plan specifically address the electricity access of vulnerable groups (e.g., female-headed households, informally settled people, displaced people or any other vulnerable group identified in the country context)?

Does the plan encourage the leveraging of private-sector financing?

2GRID ELECTRIFICATION FRAMEWORKN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Funding support to grid electrification

Does the government have a dedicated funding line or budget for electrification (e.g., funded national program, budget item, rural electrification fund to finance grid extension)?

Are there capital subsidies paid to the utilities to provide distribution systems to rural areas/villages?

Funding support for consumer connections

Are there consumer financing mechanisms (i.e., utility loans, on-bill financing, micro-loans etc.) and/or direct subsidies available to support the payment of connection fees by consumers?

Are there consumer financing mechanisms targeting specifically vulnerable groups (e.g., low-income households, female-headed households, informally settled people, dsiplaced people and/or any other vulnerable group identified in the country context)?

Standards of performance on quality of supply

Does the government specify standards of performance on reliability (e.g. number of guaranteed hours per day, duration of the electricity, frequency of outages, etc.)?

Is there a reporting system in place to track standards compliance?

3MINIGRIDS FRAMEWORKN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Solar Hybrid Mini Grid Technology Strategy

Are there programs which aim to develop solar hybrid mini grid systems or support the development of solar hybrid mini grid systems?

Are there programs to support hybridization of diesel mini grids?

If the country has a national electrification strategy and/or plan, does it encourage development of "portfolios" of mini grids (i.e., clusters of mini grids developed and operated by the same developer) instead of site-by-site?

Do mini grid developers have access to geospatial data through an online platform, to help them plan their investments?

Is there a national or large-scale program to increase productive uses of electricity for mini grid customers?

Is there a national or large-scale program to engage with communities who are about to receive mini grid electricity or who have just recently received mini grid electricity, to increase awareness, uptake, and demand for electricity services?

Are there industry associations relevant to mini grid developers?

Financing Framework

Are there publicly funded mechanisms to secure results-based viability gap funding for operators?

Are there specific debt financing facilities available to support mini grid developers?

Are there specific risk-mitigation facilities (e.g., foreign exchange risk, first-loss guarantees) available to support mini grid developers?

Are there duty exemptions for mini grid systems and/or individual components?

Can mini grids be owned and/or operated by private companies?

Are there opportunities to develop mini grids through both top-down and bottom-up approaches? (Under a bottom-up approach, mini grid developers select their sites; under a top-down approach, the government selects the sites)

Workable Regulations

Are mini grids legally allowed to operate in the country?

Are there clear registration, permitting or licensing procedures for mini grid operators?

Do the regulations clarify what will occur when the main grid reaches a mini grid's service area?

Are mini grid operators legally allowed to charge a cost-reflective tariff, even if it is different from the national tariff?

Are there clear rules that prevent the regulatory authority from unilaterally changing the tariff without due cause and without warning?

Are there clear rules for how tariffs can be adjusted over time?

Are there publicly available technical and safety standards detailing the requirements for mini grids?

Are there publicly available quality of service standards for mini grids (e.g., minimum hours per day, minimum uptime, etc.)?

Are there e-government or other initiatives that reduce bureaucracy that are applicable to mini grids (e.g., one-stop-shop permitting; online processes for tariff submission/review/approval; etc.)?

4OFF-GRID SYSTEMS FRAMEWORKN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Private Sector Participation

Are there national programs that aim to develop markets for stand-alone systems or support the development of stand-alone system markets, leveraging and/or in cooperation with the private sector?

Financial Incentives

Are there duty or tax exemptions in place for stand-alone systems?

If yes, are there clear eligibility criteria for subsidies?

Is consumer financing, including PAYGO or MFIs, available to support consumers to purchase stand-alone systems?

Is there support for low-income households to purchase the system / are pro-poor subsidies in place?

Is there public financing available to companies, such as grant funding or concessional finance?

Is there a financing mechanisms to support the purchase of solar power appliances (either through consumers or companies)?

Standards and quality

Has the government adopted international quality standards for stand-alone systems?

Are there environmental regulations on the disposal of solar devices and stand-alone system products or components?

5CONSUMER AFFORDABILITY OF ELECTRICITYN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Cost of subsistence consumption

What is the cost per kWh that a residential consumer pays for the first 30 kWh of consumption per month? If there is a social/ lifeline/poverty tariff, please provide that tariff amount. Provide these details for the following years:

a. 2024

b. 2020

c. 2019

d. 2018

e. 2017

Affordability of the connection fee

What is the electricity connection fee for residential consumers? If there is a subsidy for consumers in the lowest income bracket, please provide the subsidized cost. Provide these details for the following years:

a. 2020

b. 2019

c. 2018

d. 2017

Policy to support low-volume consumers

Is there a mechanism to support grid-connected low-volume consumers such as social or lifeline tariff?

Is there a financing mechanisms for vulnerable groups (e.g. low-income households, female-headed households, informally settled people, displaced people and/or any other vulnerable group identified in the country context) regardless of the technology suppply (including grid, mini grid and off-grid)?

Indicators

1CLEAN COOKING NATIONAL PLANNINGN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Tracking

Does the government track household level data on cooking solutions?

Is the data publicly available?

Is the data sex disaggregated, either by distinguishing female-headed households or the main cook of the households?

Is the data available on fuel use, stove stacking and indoor/outdoor cooking?

Does the tracking involve checking if the stoves are used in a sustained manner?

Existence of plan

Is there a national or regional plan to scale up access to clean cooking solutions, or is access to clean cooking solutions covered as a part of any other government plan (regardless of the sector)?

If not, is there a draft plan that has been prepared, but not yet been approved?

If yes, does the plan currently in use allocate resources/funds for implementation?

Has the plan gone through public consultation?

Have public consultations taken the gender-based impact of cooking practices into account?

Are clean cooking goals linked to Nationally Determined Contributions (NDC)? If yes, are the timebound targets specified for various clean cooking solutions?

Institutional capacity

Are there agencies dedicated to the following functions? If yes, please indicate the years in which each institution was given the responsibility(-ies):

Is there a designated agency leading the formulation, as well as implementation, of clean cooking strategy/action plan in coordination with various agencies?

What is the name of the agency?

Is it a government agency or an independent body?

Is there a dedicated budget or funding line?

Is it public funding, private investment or donor support?

Setting, monitoring and enforcing standards for clean cooking solutions

What is the name of the agency?

Is it a government agency or an independent body?

Is there a dedicated budget or funding line?

Is it public funding, private investment or donor support?

Tracking access and adoption of clean cooking solutions

What is the name of the agency?

Is it a government agency or an independent body?

Is there a dedicated budget or funding line?

Is it public funding, private investment or donor support?

2IMPLEMENTATION SCOPEN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Targets and Implementation Aspects

Does the plan include the goal of reaching universal access to clean cooking for the population targeted in the plan?

Does the plan take into account geographical and demographical considerations ?

Does the plan include considerations and action items for involving women throughout the supply chain of clean cooking solutions?

Does the plan prioritize the most vulnerable consumers?

Does the plan incentivize transition to tier 3 and above cooking fuels and technologies?

Is the incentive concessional loan, subsidy, tax waiver or result based finacning?

Which cookstove technologies and type of fuels are mentioned in the plan?

Does the plan include renewable clean cooking fuels such as ethanol, biogas, solar cookers and bio-LPG?

Awareness strategy

Is there a targeted awareness raising strategy to drive adoption of clean cooking solutions?

Does the strategy take into account geographical and demographical considerations ?

Does the strategy have targeted messages for both men and women?

Does the strategy include health aspects?

Does the strategy aim to involve local community organizations?

Last mile distribution

Is there a last mile distribution strategy in place for cooking fuels?

Is there a last mile distribution strategy in place for cooking technologies?

Is there last mile distribution strategy for geographically remote areas, rural settlements or poor user segments?

Is there partnerships between public and private sources for last mile distribution?

Are there targeted incentives for last mile distribution to geographically remote areas, rural settlements and poor segments?

If yes, what kind of incentives are available?

3STANDARDS AND LABELINGN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Standards

Are there standards for the following aspects of clean cooking solutions:

Efficiency

Emissions

If yes, what kind of standards? (eg: PM 2.5)

Safety

Do the standards align with ISO tiers of performance for the following?

Efficiency

Emissions

Safety

Specify what types of fuels the standards for the following apply to and please indicate the year in which each standard was adopted.

Efficiency

Emissions

Safety

Monitoring and verification

Have the standards been adopted from external standards or developed domestically?

Are the standards mandatory, with a verification and enforcement procedure?

Does the program work with a standards testing facility or lab?

Does the stove testing facility or lab need to be accredited?

Have the standards been verified through field testing?

Labeling

Have labeling schemes been adopted for efficiency of clean cooking products?

Have labeling schemes been adopted from emissions of clean cooking products?

Is the labeling scheme for efficiency of clean cooking products mandatory?

Is the labeling scheme for emissions from clean cooking products mandatory?

Does efficiency labeling align with ISO tiers of performance?

Does emissions labeling align with ISO tiers of performance?

4INCENTIVES AND ATTRIBUTESN/A

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Consumer Financing mechanisms

Are there specific financing facilities available to support consumers to purchase clean cooking solutions? Please indicate the year in which each financing facility was first made available

Is it public funding, private investment or donor support?

Specify the aspects that apply:

Supplier

Consumer

Type of fuel

Specific stove technology

Is it public funding, private investment or donor support?

Are there social safety/security net programs covering cleaning cooking solutions for low income households?

Institutional incentives

Are there provisions to support public institutions in getting incentives/subsidies for clean cooking solutions? For e.g., for school meal programs.

Specify the aspects that apply:

Consumer

Type of fuel

Specific stove technology

Are there programs for commercial entities to invest in efficient, low-emission stoves? Please indicate the year in which each program was first made available

Supplier incentives

Are there duty exemptions, tax benefits, and/or subsidies to support clean cooking solutions suppliers? Please indicate the year in which each financing facility was first made available

Is it public funding, private investment or donor support?

Specify the aspects that apply:

Duty exemptions

Tax benefits

Subsidies

Other

Type of fuel

Specific stove technology

Is there business development support available for private sector for capacity building?

Are there targeted incentives for gender inclusion (for e.g., for women led businesses)?

Is there a fund supporting business innovation or R&D?

Indicators

1GOVERNANCE100

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Institutions and Meeting Targets

Is there an institution responsible for tracking progress in renewable energy development?

Yes

Is there any periodic reporting mechanism for renewable energy progress?

Yes

Is there a mechanism for adjusting renewable energy planning based on reporting of renewable energy deployment?

Yes

What is the Global Electricity Regulatory Index score?

Utility Transparency and Monitoring

Are the financial statements of the largest utility publicly available?

Generation

Yes

Transmission

Yes

Distribution

Yes

Retail sales

Yes

If yes, are they audited by an independent auditor?

Generation

Yes

Transmission

Yes

Distribution

Yes

Retail sales

Yes

Are the following metrics published in a primary official document (by the utility, regulator or ministry and/or government)?

Generation - Electricity available for sale to end-users

Yes

Transmission - Transmission loss rate

Yes

Distribution - Distribution loss rate

Yes

Retail Sales – Bill collection rate

Yes

Is the utility operating an incidence/outage recording system (or SCADA/EMS with such functionality)?

Yes

Is the utility measuring SAIDI and SAIFI or any other measurements for service reliability?

Yes

Are the measurements reported to the regulatory body?

Yes

Are the measurements available to public?

Yes

2ELECTRICITY SECTOR RENEWABLES64

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Electricity targets, laws, strategies and programs

Does a renewable energy target, either national or international (e.g. Nationally Determined Contributions, both conditional or unconditional) exist for electricity?

Yes

Does the country have a law/strategy/plan/programme to achieve the electricity targets?

Yes

Electricity quotas, mandates and certificates

Are there quotas, obligations and/or mandates for renewables in the electricity sector? (e.g. renewable portfolio standards)

Yes

Is there a framework to monitor and penalize non-compliance of the tradable system in the electricity sector?

Yes

Is there a renewable certificate tradable system for new projects that covers the electricity sector?

Yes

Is there a framework to monitor and penalise non-compliance of the tradable system in the electricity sector?

Yes

Electricity pricing instruments

Is there a schedule for future and systematic tenders/auctions available for investors?

Yes

Are the qualification documents and process to select bidders clearly and transparently available to investors (i.e. an auction website)?

Are there channels for the auctioneer to receive feedback from investors pre- and post-auction (i.e. public consultations)?

Is there a schedule or clear rules (e.g. capacity based limits) for adjusting the tariff level over time?

Yes

Are different feed in tariffs or premiums available for different technologies and sizes of the generation plant?

Yes

Is there a mechanism to control the capacity built under each tariff?

Yes

Is there net metering or net billing for renewables?

Is there a mechanism to prevent cross-subsidization among those customers who self-consume and those who do not?

Are there concessional loans that help overcome the high upfront cost of renewables in the electricity sector?

Market Design

Does the legal framework allow for private sector electricity generation?

Yes

Does the market follow an economic dispatch of power plants (locational marginal pricing, merit order)? (even without a competitive wholesale power market)

Is there a value-based approach in place that minimizes overall power system costs, not just RE generation costs alone?

Is the sector unbundled and liberalized so that the private sector can participate in transmission, distribution and retail and electricity customers can purchase power directly from a third party they choose?

Yes

Renewable grid integration

Are generation and transmission planning integrated and include the deployment of renewables?:

Does the grid code include measures or standards addressing variable renewable energy?

Are there rules defining the allocation of connection costs and are the connection cost allocation policy considered "deep" (supporting transmission connection for RE generation)?

Yes

Has the country used, carried out or produced geospatial planning or zoning guidance to inform the commercial development of the RE resource?

Yes

Has the geospatial planning or zoning guidance been carried out according to best practices by: i) being undertaken as part of a strategic environmental and social assessment or equivalent process; and ii) by making the outputs publicly available?

Yes

Does the country integrate high quality forecasting for any variable RE resources (either through subscription service or provided by national agencies) into their dispatch operations?

Yes

Risk Mitigation

Are PPA tariffs indexed to inflation?

Are consumers and prosumers exposed to time-dependent pricing (i.e. time-of-use tariffs)?

If the counterparty is a special purpose entity, is it underwritten by a government guarantee or are there other mechanisms to ensure credit worthiness (e.g. through a letter of credit, escrow account, payment guarantee, or other)?

Are there provisions to compensate seller if offtake infrastructure is not built in time?

Are there mechanisms to compensate RE projects for lost generation due to certain curtailments after project commissioning?

Yes

3HEATING AND COOLING RENEWABLES94

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Heating and Cooling targets, laws, strategies and programs

Does a renewable energy target, either national or international (e.g. Nationally Determined Contributions, both conditional or unconditional) exist for heating and/or cooling?

Yes

Does the country have a law/strategy/plan/program to achieve the heating and cooling targets?

Yes

Heating and Cooling quotas, mandates and certificates

Are there quotas, obligations and/or mandates for renewables in the heating and cooling sector? (e.g. solar water heater mandates)

Yes

Is there a framework to monitor and penalize non-compliance of the quotas and mandates in the heating sector?

Yes

Is there a renewable certificate tradable system for new projects that covers the heating and cooling sector?

Yes

Is there a framework to monitor and penalize non-compliance of the tradable system in the heating sector?

Yes

Are there bans on fossil fuels for heating (e.g. ban on natural gas appliances)?

Do national or local building codes set renewable energy requirements for heating and cooling?

Yes

Heating and cooling pricing instruments

Are there feed-in tariffs or premiums for heat (and power co-)generation?

Yes

Are there concessional loans that help overcome the high upfront cost of renewables in the heating and cooling sectors?

Yes

4TRANSPORT SECTOR RENEWABLES100

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Transport targets, laws, strategies and programs

Does a renewable energy target, either national or international (e.g. Nationally Determined Contributions, both conditional or unconditional) exist for transport?

Yes

Does the country have a law/strategy/plan/programme to achieve the transport targets?

Yes

Transport quotas, mandates and certificates

Are there quotas, obligations and/or mandates for renewables in the transport sector? (e.g. ethanol or biodiesel blends)

Yes

Do the renewable fuel standards cover:

Aviation

Yes

Shipping

Yes

Is there a framework to monitor and penalise non-compliance of the quotas and mandates in the transport sector?

Yes

Is there a renewable certificate tradable system that covers the transport sector?

Yes

Is there a framework to monitor and penalize non-compliance of the tradable system in the heating sector?

Yes

Do the tradeable certificates cover:

Aviation

Yes

Shipping

Yes

Transport pricing instruments

Are there concessional loans to encourage the use of any of the following non-fossil fuel powered modes of transportation?

Electric/hybrid vehicles, including 2/3 wheel vehicles

Yes

Biofuels

Yes

Hydrogen vehicles

Yes

Electrification of public transportation

Yes

Does public procurement in transport include the use of renewable carriers (e.g. use of renewable electricity for public transportation fleets)?

Yes

5LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD FOR RENEWABLES100

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Leveling the playing field for renewables

Is there GHG emissions coverage under any carbon pricing mechanism?

Yes

Is there a monitoring, reporting and verification system for greenhouse gas emissions in place?

Yes

Are there mechanisms to compensate or protect low-income households for the regressive effects of carbon pricing?

Yes

Has a fossil fuel subsidy removal reform been enacted?

Yes

Are there mechanisms to compensate or protect low-income households for the regressive effects of fossil fuel subsidy phase-out/removal?

Yes

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1ENERGY EFFICIENCY GOVERNANCE77

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

National energy efficiency legislation/ action planning

Is there a legal framework in place or a national action plan that aims to increase energy efficiency adoption?

Yes

Is there an energy efficiency goal or target at the national level?

Yes

Are there carbon reduction targets in place that include EE for the following sectors?

Residential sector

Yes

Commercial services sector

Yes

Transport sector

Yes

Industrial sector

Yes

Power sector

Yes

Are targets derived from detailed analysis that is publicly available?

Is there a requirement for periodic progress reports tracking data related to the efficiency target(s)?

Human capital and institutions

Are there governmental and/or independent bodies that carry out the roles listed below:

Setting EE strategy

Yes

Setting EE standards

Yes

Regulating EE activities of energy consumers

Yes

Certifying compliance with equipment EE standards

Yes

Certifying compliance with building EE standards

Yes

Selecting and/or approving third-party auditors tasked with certifying EE standards

Are energy efficiency programs developed based on market analyses with plans open to public consultation and periodic evaluation?

Yes

Are there professional certification/accreditation programs mandated for energy efficiency activities? Select all that apply:

Yes

Energy auditing/energy management

Yes

Monitoring and verification of energy consumption/savings

Yes

Building energy efficiency construction/design

Yes

Other

2INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL END USERS100

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Mandates for large consumers

Are there any of the following energy-efficiency mandates for large energy users?

Targets (e.g. kWh savings or lower energy intensity or carbon dioxide reductions, etc.)

Yes

Mandatory audits

Yes

Energy-management system (computer technologies to optimize energy use)

Yes

Energy Manager in the facility

Yes

Are there penalties in place for non-compliance with EE programs for large energy users?

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting of energy consumption in order to enforce and/or track progress of energy efficiency in large consumers' facilities?

Yes

Is there a measurement and verification program in place?

Yes

Incentives for commercial and industrial consumers

Is there a program to publicly recognize end users who have achieved significant energy savings measures?

Yes

Are there awareness programs or publicized case study examples of significant energy savings measures?

Yes

Does the program offer technical assistance (from a government or independent entity) to end users to identify energy savings investment opportunities?

Yes

Is there an energy efficiency mandate or incentive program for SMEs?

Yes

3PUBLIC SECTOR100

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Obligations for public infrastructure

Are there binding energy savings obligations for public buildings and/or other public facilities (may include water supply, wastewater services, municipal solid waste, street lighting, transportation, and heat supply)?

Yes

Is there a financing mechanism in place to support EE retrofitting in the public and/or private sector?

Yes

Is there a reporting mechanism to track and enforce energy savings in public sector facilities (either in-house or by a third party)?

Yes

Public procurement of energy efficiency products

Are there specific policies or mandated guidelines for public procurement of energy-efficient products and services on the following levels?

National level

Yes

Region/state/province level

Municipal/city/county level

Are there guidelines or tools to help identify energy-efficient options for procurement (eg: EE calculators, technical specifications, product rating catalogues)?

Yes

Do public budgeting regulations and practices allow public entities to retain energy savings at the following levels? Tick all applicable levels:

National level

Yes

Region/state/province level

Municipal/city/county level

4INCENTIVES & MANDATES: ENERGY UTILITY PROGRAMS63

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Utility EE Programs

Are there "mandated regulations" for utilities to carry out energy efficiency activities?

Yes

Are there penalties in place for non-compliance with EE requirements?

Yes

Are any of the following mechanisms available for utilities to recover costs associated with or revenue lost from mandated energy efficiency activities:

Public budget financing

Consumer surcharge

Decoupling

Utility Consumer Pricing and Information

Are electricity tariffs cost-reflective?

is there a metering mechanism in place that measures TOU within the residential, commercial services, and industrial sectors?

Residential sector

Real-time pricing

Yes

Variable peak pricing

Yes

Critical peak pricing

Yes

Seasonal rate

Yes

Peak-time rebates and/or time of day tariffs

Yes

Commercial services sector

Real-time pricing

Yes

Variable peak pricing

Yes

Critical peak pricing

Yes

Seasonal rate

Yes

Peak-time rebates and/or time of day tariffs

Industrial sector

Real-time pricing

Yes

Variable peak pricing

Yes

Critical peak pricing

Yes

Seasonal rate

Yes

Peak-time rebates and/or time of day tariffs

Do customers receive a bill or report which compares them to other users in the same region and/or usage class?

Residential customers

Commercial customers

Industrial customers

Do customers receive a bill or report that shows their energy usage compared to previous bills or reports over time?

Residential customers

Yes

Commercial customers

Yes

Industrial customers

Yes

Which of the following charges do electricity customers pay in the commercial services sector and in the industrial sector?

Commercial services sector

Demand (kW)

Yes

Reactive power (kVAr)

Industrial sector

Demand (kW)

Yes

Reactive power (kVAr)

5FINANCING MECHANISMS FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY100

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Financing mechanisms available in each sector

Are there "national financial coverage" mechanisms in place for energy efficiency activities in each sector?

Residential sector

Discounted "green" mortgages

Yes

On-bill financing/repayment

Credit lines and/or revolving funds with banks for energy efficiency activities

Energy services agreements (pay-for-performance contracts)

Yes

Green or energy efficiency bonds

Yes

Vendor credit and/or leasing for energy efficiency activities

Yes

Partial risk guarantees

Other

Commercial services sector

Discounted "green" mortgages

On-bill financing/repayment

Credit lines and/or revolving funds with banks for energy efficiency activities

Energy services agreements (pay-for-performance contracts)

Yes

Green or energy efficiency bonds

Yes

Vendor credit and/or leasing for energy efficiency activities

Yes

Partial risk guarantees

Other

Industrial sector

Discounted "green" mortgages

On-bill financing/repayment

Credit lines and/or revolving funds with banks for energy efficiency activities

Energy services agreements (pay-for-performance contracts)

Yes

Green or energy efficiency bonds

Yes

Vendor credit and/or leasing for energy efficiency activities

Yes

Partial risk guarantees

Other

What is the share of financial and/or non-financial institutions which offer credit lines for energy efficiency investments in each sector?

Yes

Residential sector

Yes

Commercial sector

Yes

Industrial sector

Yes

6MINIMUM ENERGY EFFICIENCY PERFORMANCE STANDARDS92

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Have minimum energy performance standards been adopted for?

Refrigerators

Yes

Heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (HVAC)

Yes

Lighting equipment

Yes

Industrial electric motors

Yes

Other industrial equipment and/or domestic appliances

Yes

Light vehicles

Yes

Verification and penalties for non-compliance

Refrigerators

Are the standards mandatory?

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance with standards?

Yes

Is there a place for "testing certification" of EE standards?

Yes

Is the verification of compliance with standards carried out by a "credible verification scheme" (such as an independent third party)?

Is there a penalty for non-compliance with energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Are the standards mandatory?

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance with standards?

Yes

Is there a place for "testing certification" of EE standards?

Yes

Is the verification of compliance with standards carried out by a "credible verification scheme" (such as an independent third party)?

Is there a penalty for non-compliance with energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Lighting equipment

Are the standards mandatory?

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance with standards?

Yes

Is there a place for "testing certification" of EE standards?

Yes

Is the verification of compliance with standards carried out by a "credible verification scheme" (such as an independent third party)?

Is there a penalty for non-compliance with energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Industrial electric motors

Are the standards mandatory?

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance with standards?

Yes

Is there a place for "testing certification" of EE standards?

Yes

Is the verification of compliance with standards carried out by a "credible verification scheme" (such as an independent third party)?

Is there a penalty for non-compliance with energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Other industrial equipment and/or domestic appliances

Are the standards mandatory?

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance with standards?

Yes

Is there a place for "testing certification" of EE standards?

Yes

Is the verification of compliance with standards carried out by a "credible verification scheme" (such as an independent third party)?

Is there a penalty for non-compliance with energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Light vehicles

Are the standards mandatory?

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance with standards?

Yes

Is there a place for "testing certification" of EE standards?

Yes

Is the verification of compliance with standards carried out by a "credible verification scheme" (such as an independent third party)?

Is there a penalty for non-compliance with energy efficiency standards?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency standards?

Yes

7ENERGY LABELING SYSTEMS92

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Have energy efficiency labeling schemes been adopted for?

Refrigerators

Yes

Heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (HVAC)

Yes

Lighting equipment

Yes

Industrial electric motors

Yes

Other industrial equipment and/or domestic appliances

Yes

Transport vehicles

Yes

Mandatory vs voluntary labeling system

Refrigerators

Are any of the above labeling schemes mandatory?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency labels?

Heating, ventilation and/or air conditioning (HVAC)

Are any of the above labeling schemes mandatory?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency labels?

Yes

Lighting equipment

Are any of the above labeling schemes mandatory?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency labels?

Industrial electric motors

Are any of the above labeling schemes mandatory?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency labels?

Yes

Other industrial equipment and/or domestic appliances

Are any of the above labeling schemes mandatory?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency labels?

Yes

Transport vehicles

Are any of the above labeling schemes mandatory?

Yes

Is there a periodic update of standards to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for energy efficiency labels?

Yes

8BUILDING ENERGY CODES72

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

New residential and commercial buildings EE

Is there a national heating or cooling strategy in place?

Yes

Is there a national standard or regulation for "near zero energy buildings"?

Yes

Are there energy efficiency codes for new residential buildings?

Yes

Are there energy efficiency codes for new commercial buildings?

Yes

Are there targets or incentives in place for green buildings?

Yes

What % of buildings are actually certified "green" or energy efficient according to the incentive scheme?

Existing buildings EE incentives and mandates

Are renovated buildings required to meet a building energy code, in residential and commercial sectors?

Residential sector

Yes

Commercial sector

Yes

Are the building energy efficiency standards required to be updated on a regular basis to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for building energy efficiency?

Is there a mandatory standardized rating or labeling system for the energy performance of existing buildings?

Yes

Are commercial and residential buildings required to disclose property energy usage at the point of sale or when leased?

Are large commercial and residential buildings required to disclose property energy usage annually?

Building EE verification and compliance

Are building energy efficiency standards required to be updated on a regular basis to reflect technological advances and changes in best practices for building energy efficiency?

Yes

Is commission testing for energy efficiency required for final building acceptance documentation?

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance with building energy efficiency requirements?

Is verification carried out by "credible verification scheme" (such as an independent third party)?

Yes

9TRANSPORT SECTOR75

Sub Indicators

Yes/No

Feedback

Private transport

Are there any mandate or incentive programs that support reduction of transport demands or shifts to more energy-efficient modes of transport for personal use, such as:

Regularly scheduled teleworking

Yes

Bicycle and/or other non-motorized schemes

Yes

Car sharing

Yes

Public transit subsidies for consumers

Yes

Congestion charges

Electric vehicle programs

Yes

Other

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance or progress of the program(s)?

Commercial and/or industrial transport

Are there any mandate or incentive programs that support reduction of transport demands or shifts to more energy-efficient modes of transport for commercial and/or industrial use, such as:

Heavy-duty vehicle fuel economy standards (data already collected in Indicator 10 can be scored here)

Yes

Freight rail mandatory fuel economy standards or efficiency incentives

Energy efficiency procurement standards or incentives for municipal rail and bus fleets

Yes

Efficient fuel-switching mandate or incentive programs for commercial/ industrial vehicle fleets

Other

Yes

Is there a requirement for periodic reporting to verify compliance or prog- ress of the program(s)?

Yes

Is there a national database or national reporting system to periodically track and report the following transport efficiency metrics:

Fuel per mile driven

Yes

Average distance traveled per vehicle

Yes

Distance traveled by public transit as a share of total passenger distance traveled

Yes

Vehicle miles traveled per capita

Yes

Policy Framework

Planning

-Electrification Plan

Grid Electrification

novalueElectrification Budget

novalueSubsidies for utility

novalueConsumer financing or subsidies

novalueGovernment-mandated performance standards

Mini grids

novalueMini-grids legally allowed

novalueAllowed to charge flexible tariffs

novalueRegulations/standards covering interconnection with main electricity grid

novalueMini Grids: Subsidies: whole system

novalueMini Grids: Subsidies: generators

novalueMini Grids: Subsidies: storage

novalueMini Grids: Subsidies: distribution

novalueMini Grids: Subsidies: other

novalueMini Grids: duty exemptions: whole system

novalueMini Grids: duty exemptions: generators

novalueMini Grids: duty exemptions: storage

novalueMini Grids: duty exemptions: distribution

novalueMini Grids: duty exemptions: other

novalueTechnical standards publicly available

novalueGovernment certifications: installers

novalueGovernment certifications: equipment

Stand-alone systems regulations and incentives

novalueNational support programs

novalueSubsidies: whole system

novalueSubsidies: solar modules

novalueSubsidies: other

novalueduty exemptions: whole system

novalueduty exemptions: solar modules

novalueduty exemptions: other

novalueFinancing mechanisms: for operators

novalueFinancing mechanisms: for consumers

novalueQuality standards

Affordability

novalueSupport for low-volume consumers

Policy Framework

National Plans

novalueEE legislation or action plan

novalueNational EE target: overall

novalueNational EE target: residential

novalueNational EE target: commercial

novalueNational EE target: industrial

novalueNational EE target: power sector

Customer billing and pricing

novalueReport electricity consumption to consumers: residential

novalueReport electricity consumption to consumers: commercial

novalueReport electricity consumption to consumers: indusdrial

novalueReport electricity price to consumers: residential

novalueReport electricity price to consumers: commercial

novalueReport electricity price to consumers: industrial

novalueTime of use pricing: residential

novalueTime of use pricing: commercial

novalueTime of use pricing: industrial

Large consumers

novalueMandatory energy usage tracking

novalueEE requirements: consumption tracking

novalueEE requirements: targets

novalueEE requirements: energy audits

novalueEE requirements: other

novalueEE incentives: financial incentives

novalueEE incentives: tax incentives

novalueEE incentives: other

Public entities

novalueEE obligations for public facilities

novalueEE public procurement requirements

Utilities

novalueMandates: generation

novalueMandates: T&D

novalueMandates: DSM

Standards and labeling

novalueEE standards: refrigerators

novalueEE standards: air conditioning

novalueEE standards: lighting

novalueEE standards: industrial electric motors

novalueEE standards: other industrial equipment

novalueEE standards: vehicles

novalueEE labels: refrigerators

novalueEE labels: air conditioning

novalueEE labels: lighting

novalueEE labels: industrial electric motors

novalueEE labels: other industrial equipment

novalueEE labels: vehicles

Building codes and incentives

novalueEE building codes: residential

novalueEE building codes: commercial

Policy Framework

Legal Framework

novaluePrimary legislation governing RE

novaluePrivate ownership of generation legally authorized

Planning

novalueRenewable energy target: overall

novalueRenewable energy target: biomass

novalueRenewable energy target: geothermal

novalueRenewable energy target: hydropower

novalueRenewable energy target: solar

novalueRenewable energy target: wind

novalueRenewable energy strategy

novalueGeneration plan including RE

novalueTransmission plan including RE

novalueVariable RE integration study complete

novalueResource maps: Biomass

novalueResource maps: Geothermal

novalueResource maps: Hydro

novalueResource maps: Solar

novalueResource maps: Wind

Incentives and Regulatory Support

novalueGeneration support scheme: feed-in tariff

novalueGeneration support scheme: competitive bidding

novalueGeneration support scheme: other

novalueFiscal incentives

novaluePriority dispatch

Network connection and access

novalueConnection cost rules

novalueThird party use of system

novalueGrid code covering RE

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