|**Headings**|**RISE ID**|<br>**Our ID**|**Question**|
|---|---|---|---|
||3.2.3|re_3_2_3|Are thereprovisions to compensate seller if offtake infrastructure is not built in time?|
||3.2.4|re_3_2_4|Are there mechanisms to compensate REprojects for lostgeneration due to certain curtailments afterproject commissioning?|
||3.2.5|re_3_2_5|Is the compensation due because of curtailment actually given out.|
||3.3.1|re_3_3_1|Is there a biofuels blendingmandate or other obligation to use biofuels?|
||3.3.2|re_3_3_2|Are there sustainabilitycriteria which biofuels which contribute to the mandate must meet?|
||3.3.3|re_3_3_3|If there is a plan for producing biofuels in the country, has this included an assessment of sustainability impacts (e.g. against the GBEP Sustainability<br>indicators)includingan assessment of impacts on food security.|
||3.3.4|re_3_3_4|Is there at least one scheme to encourage use of electric/hybrid vehicles?(e.g. Tax benefit to consumers and manufacturers, etc.)|
||3.4.1|re_3_4_1|Are there any policies to encourage deployment of anyrenewable energyheatingand coolingtechnologies?|
||3.4.2|re_3_4_2|Are there specific measures(financial support orpromotion)designed to encourage the use of renewables in the heatingand coolingsectors?|
||3.4.3|re_3_4_3|Are opportunities for renewable heatpromoted alongside energyefficiencymeasures in buildings and/or industry?|
||4.1.1|re_4_1_1|Is competition used to ensure large scale REgeneration(projects >10MW)is cost competitive(e.g. through auctions for PPA’s)?|
||4.1.1.1|re_4_1_2_1|Is there a schedule for future bids/auctions available for investors?|
||4.1.1.2|re_4_1_2_2|Is there apre-qualificationprocess to select bidders?|
||4.1.2.3|re_4_1_2_3|Are tariffs indexed(inpart or in whole)to an international currencyor to inflation?|
||4.1.1.4|re_4_1_2_4|Are thereprovisions to ensure full and timely project completion(e.g. bid-bonds,project milestones)|
||4.1.1.5|re_4_1_2_5|Areprojects awarded through auctions/bids online/on track to be online on stated date?|
|Attributes of financial and<br>|4.1.1.6|re_4_1_2_6|Have auctions/bids met stated target for installations?|
|regulatory incentives (AI)|4.2.1|re_4_2_1|Can smallproducers(residential, commercial rooftopPV,etc)connect to thegrid?|
||4.2.2|re_4_2_2|Are contracts with fixed tariffs available for suchproducers?|
||4.2.3|re_4_2_3|Is there a schedule or clear rules(e.g. capacitybased limits)for adjustingthe tariff level over time?|
||4.2.4|re_4_2_4|Are different tariffs available for different technologies and sizes of thegenerationplant?|
||4.2.5|re_4_2_5|Is there a mechanism to control the capacitybuilt under each tariff?|
||4.2.6|re_4_2_6|Are tariffs indexed(inpart or in whole)to an international currencyor to inflation?|
||5.1.1|re_5_1_1|Does the countryhave agrid code that clearlyspecifies connectionprocedures?|
||5.1.2|re_5_1_2|Do the connectionprocedures meet international bestpractices?|
||5.1.3|re_5_1_3|Does thegrid code include measures or standards addressingvariable renewable energy?|
||5.1.4|re_5_1_4|Are there rules definingthe allocation of connection costs?|
||5.1.5|re_5_1_5|Is the type of the connection cost allocationpolicyconsidered shallow(grid operatorpays for connection costs)?|
||5.2.1|re_5_2_1|Are there rules that allow electricity customers to purchase power directly from a third party (i.e. an entity other than the designated utility in a service<br>area)?|
|Network connection and use<br>|5.2.2|re_5_2_2|Do the rules define the size and allocation of costs for use of the transmission and distribution system(e.g. wheelingcharges, locationalpricing?)|
|(NC)|5.3.1|re_5_3_1|Does the countrycarryout regular assessments of the flexibilityof the electricity grid and the issues relatingto renewables integration?|
||5.3.2|re_5_3_2|Can renewable energy projects sell into balancing/ancillaryservices?|
||5.3.3|re_5_3_3|Are there rules for exchanging power between balancing areas that penalize variable renewable energy, e.g. through imbalance penalties? (only scored<br>in countries with multiple balancingareas)|
||5.3.4|re_5_3_4|Are thereprovisions in thepower exchange rules that allow forplant forecasting?(onlyscored in countries with multiple balancingareas)|
||5.3.5|re_5_3_5|Does the country integrate high quality forecasting for any variable RE resources (either through subscription service or provided by national agencies)<br>into their dispatch operations?|

49