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Utility – utility which generates electricity and provides energy use data. The Utility is not part of the blockchain or channel. It provides data with the same authentication process, such as Green Button, as it already does.
Auditors – trusted third-party which calculates CO2 emissions from utility energy use and published data sources
Customers – customers of the utility who used electricity and need to get their CO2 emissions data

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In the United States, the Emissions & Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID) is a source of audited emissions factors for different utilities and grids.

Interactions

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Customer requests CO2 emissions from Auditor

Customer requests CO2 emissions calculation from Auditor
Customer authorizes the third party auditor to access his data from the utility
Auditor gets the utility bill and applies government carbon emissions data to calculate emissions and puts them on the channel.
Auditor grants access to the channel, initially to the customer and the utility, but also to other trusted parties.
Customer gets data from the channel and uses it for his own total CO2 emissions calculations.

The first step is to set up the channel, with the following organizations:

Each Auditor will have its own Orderer, Peer Node, and Certificate Authority.

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Customer contacts Auditor to request that its CO2 emissions from its Utility bill be calculated.

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Auditor publishes the Customer's CO2 emissions on the channel.

Later, the CO2 emissions can be accessed by

Note also that:

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Customer access channel to obtain his calculated CO2 emissions.

The first step is to set up the channel, with the following organizations:

Each Auditor will have its own Orderer, Peer Node, and Certificate Authority.

Later additional parties could be added to support the channel

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Each time CO2 emissions data is stored on the channel, it will have the following data:

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