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ANAO Report No.11 2014–15 The Award of Grants under the Clean Technology Program 100 foundation for benchmarks or key performance indicators for emissions reduction measures in the manufacturing sector; and  the scores allocated to each application did not demonstrate how much better the application was when compared to another. For example, the highest rating of 10 equated to an intensity reduction of at least 80 per cent, but an applicant could achieve half that rating a score of 5 with a reduction of one eighth of the size that is 10 per cent. 117 Grant funds per tonne of carbon abated

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maximum of 28 points was available for the grant funds requested per tonne of carbon abated and, as shown in Table 4.3, there were three versions of the rating scale that the department applied to allocate a score for this indicator. The rating scale applicable from June 2012 to July 2013 was used for more than 80 per cent of applications. 117 In this regard, even where the ranking of applications is not undertaken, the use of a scoring methodology to identify the relative merits of applications contributes to a broader understanding of which projects appear to have merit and which projects lack merit.  ANAO Report No.11 2014–15 The Award of Grants under the Clean Technology Program 101 Table 4.3: Indicator two rating scale: grant funds requested per tonne of carbon abated Date applicable: Start of the programs to June 2012 Date applicable: June 2012 to July 2013 Date applicable: July 2013 to the end of the programs Rating Score tonne tonne tonne 1 2.8 100 and over 90 and over 22.5 and over 2 5.6 90 to 100 80 to 90 20 to 22.5 3 8.4 80 to 90 70 to 80 17.5 to 20 4 11.2 70 to 80 60 to 70 15 to 17.5 5 14 60 to 70 50 to 60 12.5 to 15 6 16.8 50 to 60 40 to 50 10 to 12.5 7 19.6 40 to 50 30 to 40 7.5 to 10 8 22.4 30 to 40 20 to 30 5 to 7.5 9 25.2 20 to 30 10 to 20 2.5 to 5 10 28 0 to 20 0 to 10 0 to 2.5 Source: ANAO analysis of the department’s carbon scoring tool.

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application of a single fixed scale to determine the score allocated for grant funds per tonne of carbon abated also presented challenges in differentiating the degree of merit associated with applications. Specifically, the indicator value was primarily influenced by the amount of funding requested by the applicant, which was capped at:  50 per cent for applicants that:  had covered emissions from facility operations of 25 000 tonnes or more, but less than 100 000; or  were seeking less than 500 000 and had a turnover of less than 100 million in the last financial year;;  33 per cent for applicants that sought between 500 000 and 10 million or sought less than 500 000 and had a turnover of more than 100 million in the last financial year; or  25 per cent for applicants that sought more than 10 million. ANAO Report No.11 2014–15 The Award of Grants under the Clean Technology Program