Myth #1: GHGP is a “24/7 mandate” that forces buyers to do 100% hourly matching. Factually incorrect. GHGP is a voluntary greenhouse gas accounting standard, not a target-setting organization or...
APAC
Vietnam Waited Years for DPPA, Now the CBAM Question Begins
DPPA became one of the most important missing pieces in Vietnam’s power market reform story. After years of discussion, Vietnam introduced its DPPA framework through Decree 80/2024/NĐ-CP and later refined...
APAC
Korea Hourly Matching Readiness Report: Hourly matching is both feasible and valuable for Korea
South Korea, the world's third-largest LNG importer, is confronting critical energy security risks, from extreme price volatility to grid instability. These are often caused by solar energy flooding the grid...
APAC
China Built Massive Clean Energy Capacity. What Comes Next?
China’s power sector is getting more complicated. As renewable penetration rises and market reforms move ahead, some of the limits of annual and monthly clean power claims are getting harder...
APAC
中国已建成大规模清洁能源装机，下一步怎么走？
中国电力行业正在变得越来越复杂。 随着可再生能源渗透率上升，电力市场改革持续推进，年度和月度绿电声明的局限性也越来越明显。这不只是一个理论上的问题。 (more…)...
APAC
India’s Draft National Electricity Policy 2026: Signals a Shift in Power System Thinking
From Adding Capacity to Managing the System For many years, the focus in India was clear - add capacity, expand access, and scale renewable energy. That made sense. The system...
APAC
How India’s Round-The-Clock Tenders Are Redefining Renewable Energy Procurement
The IEA shows that to successfully integrate high levels of renewables, storage, and flexibility are crucial. Interest in discussions around time-based matching, often framed as hourly matching, is growing. Many...
US
EnergyTag’s Testimony on Illinois Data Center Hearing
EnergyTag's Head of US Policy, Alex Piper, testified before the Illinois House Executive Committee during its subject-matter hearing on Data Center Energy Use. In his testimony, he explained why a...
US
The US Electron Accelerator
The demand growth challenge Today’s demand growth challenges in the US, led largely by planned data center growth, are bringing discussions of energy costs, availability, and affordability to dinner tables...
US
EnergyTag Testimony on Colorado’s Hourly-matched Data Centers Bill
EnergyTag testified in favor of this bill, highlighting the feasibility and necessity of the clean electricity matching requirements. The bill has been “held over” for further consideration and amendment. EnergyTag...
US
California Emissions Disclosure: First Steps & Future Details
Aligning with these global standards and ongoing updates to the GHGP Scope 2 rules will help ensure the program is effective and avoids duplicative reporting. See EnergyTag’s oral testimony to...
APAC
CBAM 2026 and the “Physical Hourly PPA” Shift
For Asia-Pacific (APAC) companies selling into Europe, CBAM is often seen as mainly affecting steel, aluminum, or cement. That is partly true — the bigger issue is electricity,1 which is...
GHGP
It Can Actually Be Quite Simple
Scope 2 accounting attracts complicated rhetoric, but it can also be simple Basic integrity matters, something today’s rules lack Beware of misleading fictions about what’s on table Impact matters, and...
