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Scope 2 in the Hot Seat: What Hourly Matching Will Mean for Renewable Energy Buyers | Trellis

Headed to @trellisgroup.bsky.social #GreenBiz2026?

Catch WattTime’s Chandni Sinha Das in the following session:
Scope 2 in the Hot Seat: What Hourly Matching Will Mean for Renewable Energy Buyers.

📆 Wednesday, February 18 at 3 PM
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Data-driven climate action in America can make up for the Trump slump How smarter prioritization of straightforward voluntary actions can slash 20% of global carbon emissions

If you think climate progress is defunct under Trump — think again.

Here are four actionable strategies for the private sector that could reduce up to 100 Gt of emissions without any government support. @projectdrawdown.bsky.social

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In the ongoing Scope 2 carbon accounting debate, perhaps you’ve found yourself asking the question: “What does the research say?”

This meta-study takes a look at the results of impact accounting vs. hourly matching: watttime.org/wp-content/u...

The Scope 2 revolt at the GHG Protocol Experts flag concerns over proposal to update guidance on carbon accounting methodologies

Greater accuracy ≠ greater impact for emissions claims. Claims are what is said on paper, while impact is how the real world changes based on what is actually done. For Scope 2 emissions reporting, shouldn't climate impact be the bottom line?
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A yellow and white graphic titled "WEBINAR ALERT: Navigating the Greenhouse Gas Protocol's Scope 2 Public Comment Period." Three headshots are centered for Chandni Sinha Das, Impact Accounting Manager, Gavin McCormick, Executive Director, and Henry Richardson, Senior Analyst of WattTime. Wednesday, January 14th, 10 am PT, 1 pm ET.

📣 LAST CALL FOR THE GHGP SCOPE 2 COMMENT PERIOD WEBINAR! 📣

This Wednesday, January 14, at 10 am PT/1 pm ET, is the final webinar on “Navigating the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Scope 2 comment period: What you need to know.”

Register here:
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Texture and WattTime Deliver Real-Time Emissions Intelligence for Operational Decision-Making Texture and WattTime have partnered to bring real-time marginal CO₂ emissions intelligence directly into the Texture platform. Energy services companies can view emissions impact alongside normalized ...

We’re excited to announce a new partnership with Texture, which is making real-time operational marginal emissions data available to partners using the Texture Platform.
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Harvard professor and power systems expert William Hogan writes about the false promise of physical power matching for GHG accounting in this new letter. whogan.scholars.harvard.edu/sites/g/file...

Unfortunately, given the physical realities of power grid infrastructure, one cannot simply trace electrons from a single source to its destination. This problem is not new to the current GHGP Scope 2 debate — it has been understood for decades.

Name an idea that sounds good in theory, but would never work in practical terms.

We’ll go first: proving deliverability from power grid generation to consumption.

Navigating the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Scope 2 public comment period: What you need to know Webinar recording from live session on December 5th, 2025. On October 20, The Greenhouse Gas Protocol (GHGP) released once-in-a-decade proposed revisions to its Scope 2 accounting framework for public comment. These revised guidelines are expected to change not only how organizations report on their emissions, but also incentivize different procurement behaviors as companies attempt to reach ambitious clean energy and climate goals. The core GHGP Scope 2 proposal includes a local-only hourly matching requirement for inventory accounting, along with a separate proposal for voluntary consequential or impact accounting. Today, however, these proposed guidelines remain largely theoretical to most organizations. Stakeholders need a clear and comprehensive understanding of how GHGP Scope 2 changes will directly impact them, as well as how potential changes will impact grid decarbonization in the real world. WattTime’s Gavin McCormick, Henry Richardson, and Chandni Sinha Das share an overview of the currently proposed GHGP Scope 2 accounting revisions and explain how they might affect companies’ Scope 2 emissions totals, renewable energy procurement costs, real-world emissions impacts, and more. They ensure participants are equipped with the necessary information to engage meaningfully in the GHGP open comment period before it closes on January 31, 2025. KEY RESOURCES: Scope 2 accounting calculator: https://calculator.gridemissionsdata.io/ Impact accounting tool: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1TgLk_HvsJn3G8oZgrdnQgwkI-3qjqRNpPJ-yL9cSYsY/edit?gid=2092329375#gid=2092329375 WattTime additional resources and FAQs: https://watttime.org/ghg-protocol-revision/

Watch the recording: Navigating the Greenhouse Gas Protocol’s Scope 2 public comment period — what you need to know. And stay tuned for two more webinars coming in January to help you meaningfully engage in the public comment period. www.youtube.com/watch

Corporate greenwashing risk | Trellis What you need to know about GHG Protocol’s proposed Scope 2 accounting revision.

“...voluntary clean energy buyers cannot afford for the GHGP’s proposed Scope 2 revisions to saddle them with reporting guidelines that embed accounting that dangerously flirts with greenwashing.”

Learn how here in @trellisgroup.bsky.social: trellis.net/article/corp...

Turning back the clock on corporate clean energy procurement progress Three ways hourly matching could sink corporate clean energy momentum and global climate action.

Read about this pivotal moment, what’s at stake with the current proposal, and how you can take part in the process via @latitudemedia.bsky.social www.latitudemedia.com/news/turning...

In fact, the proposed GHG Protocol Scope 2 rules could actually have the unintended consequence of sinking corporate clean energy momentum and global climate action.

But the future of this impactful trend is uncertain. With changes to the guidelines by which most companies account for their clean energy purchases underway, the market is poised for a shake-up.

Corporate clean energy procurement in the US alone has surpassed 130 GW, driving more than 40% of clean energy capacity additions to the US grid in the past decade.

One thing is clear: voluntary clean energy procurement is a major driving force of the energy transition.

If you’d like to jump straight into the calculator, check it out here: calculator.gridemissionsdata.io

Curious How GHG Protocol Scope 2 Accounting Changes Might Impact Your Reporting? This New Calculator Can Help. There are times when an obscure or otherwise esoteric change in business policy or operations can result in surprisingly outsized impacts.In the late 1980s, American Airlines removed a single olive fr...

All through the GHG Protocol Scope 2 revision process, we’re delivering resources to help you take part in the feedback process — like a simple calculator that allows companies to see what the proposed changes would really mean for them. Read the latest in @heatmap.news heatmap.news/sponsored-po...

It’s Scope 2 season! While you may not find Scope 2 carbon accounting rules to be as cheerful as the holiday season, they sure are impactful.

In order to simulate a real-world example of hourly matching vs. impact accounting, REsurety used a new #Scope2 calculator to compare results.

That tool will be publicly available soon, stay tuned!

Are Your Carbon Emissions Goals at Risk? Learn how proposed changes to Scope 2 clean energy procurement and reporting requirements may change your corporation's impact.

Are your renewable energy and climate strategies at risk?

A new case study from REsurety walks through how procurement strategies and processes could be upended if the proposed revisions to the #GHGProtocol Scope 2 rules pass. resurety.com/are-your-car...

Hourly matching without additionality has little to no impact on emissions reductions - WattTime Hourly matching only accelerates renewable energy progress if additionality is part of the standard The current proposal for an hourly matching standard in the Greenhouse Gas Protocol Scope 2 reportin...

Not surprising, since all studies on the topic agree that without requiring additionality, other reporting requirements wouldn’t lead to emissions reductions.

Our new study models various requirements with and without #additionality.
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Hourly matching without additionality (what’s currently included in the GHGP Scope 2 proposal) has little to no impact on emissions reductions.

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