Module reference · Scope 2
Energy Data
Everything an organisation buys rather than burns: grid electricity, district heat, district cooling, on-site renewables and CHP, accounted location-based and market-based.
- Scope
- 2
- Standard
- GHG Protocol Scope 2 Guidance
- Categories
- Electricity, renewable energy, steam and hot water, chilled water, CHP
- Results
- Location-based and market-based, side by side
Categories
Purchased electricity
Grid electricity for a facility, with optional supplier, balancing authority and utility.
Renewable energy
On-site generation and certificates (RECs), which affect the market-based figure.
Steam and hot water
District heat network consumption.
Chilled water
District cooling network consumption.
Combined heat and power
On-site cogeneration outputs.
Electricity accounting
Every electricity record keeps the quantity as entered and a normalised MWh figure beside it, so differently metered sites compare. Two results are calculated: location-based (the grid where you consume) and market-based (your contract, certificates, or a residual mix).
| Resolution method | Meaning | Precision |
|---|---|---|
| Utility grid region | A match to the named utility or balancing authority | Highest |
| State grid lookup | A state-level figure | Good |
| Country level | A national average | Moderate |
| Hardcoded fallback | A last-resort national value | Lowest. Check before relying on it. |
The method is stored on each result and shown in the Region Source column, so imprecise figures are visible rather than hidden.
Where the grid factors come from
| Region | Publisher | Note |
|---|---|---|
| United States | EPA eGRID subregions | Location-based |
| Canada | ECCC consumption intensity, per province | Every Canadian facility needs a province set |
| Africa, including Nigeria | Ember, per country | Lifecycle basis; place above US EPA in your source order |
| United Kingdom, market-based | DESNZ Fuel Mix Disclosure residual mix | Market-based |
Note
Full detail, including how heat, cooling and CHP are handled, is in Scope 2 electricity and Heat, steam and cooling.
Record structure
Required: transaction date, quantity, unit and facility. After calculation, an electricity record also carries the resolved grid region and both factors. The electricity table can be filtered by goal category (all, goal subject, goal excluded) when a reduction target covers only some sites.