Baseline Emissions

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A Baseline is made up of emissions from individual sources. Therefore, a Direct Participant must identify the sources it is bring into the Scheme (its Source List) before it can calculate Baseline emissions. There are six steps to identifying the Source List, and a further two steps to calculating the Baseline. Direct Participants should keep a written record of the decisions at each step: 

 Identify all sources over which it has management control 

Separate the sources in step one into their different industrial sectors. Decide which sectors will be brought into the Scheme. 

Identify the subset of the sources in step two that have verifiable emissions data for the Baseline period.