However, The Reduction in Emissions

ANAO Report No.11 2014–15 The Award of Grants under the Clean Technology Program 98 Table 4.2: Indicator one rating scale: predicted reduction in carbon emissions intensity Date applicable: Start of the programs to June 2012 Date applicable: June 2012 to the end of the programs Rating Score reduction reduction 1 4.2 1 2 2 8.4 1 to 2 2 to 4 3 12.6 2 to 3 4 to 7 4 16.8 3 to 4 7 to 10 5 21.0 4 to 6 10 to 15 6 25.2 6 to 8 15 to 20 7 29.4 8 to 11 20 to 35 8 33.6 11 to 15 35 to 60 9 37.8 15 to 20 60 to 80 10 42.0 20 and over 80 and over Source: ANAO analysis of the department’s carbon scoring tool.

4.23 The

second version of the rating scale was adopted following a meeting of the IA committee in May 2012 at which the committee members’ discussion was as follows: [Committee member one] was concerned the current indicator 1 scoring is too “tough”. The applicant would only ever achieve the top score if they achieved 80 reduction which may be unrealistic… However, the 6040 split between indicator 1 and 2 seemed fine. [Committee member two] suggested we come up with a new scoring system to reward the really good applicants but not punish the ones that have already done a lot of energy efficiency measures. [Committee member three] suggested a logarithmic scale for the score, and the committee members agreed.

4.24 As

the discussion demonstrates, committee members considered that the reduction in carbon emissions intensity that could be achieved by different manufacturers would be driven by the extent to which those manufacturers had already implemented emissions reductions measures. This approach was reflected in the logarithmic scale developed to score the predicted percentage reduction in carbon emissions intensity Figure 4.2. ANAO Report No.11 2014–15 The Award of Grants under the Clean Technology Program 99 Figure 4.2: The logarithmic scale for indicator one Source: ANAO analysis of logarithmic scale used for indicator one that was developed by the Clean Technology Investment Committee and the department.