Energy Generated for Use: Non-Renewable (OI1495)

NOTE: This metric will be deprecated in a forthcoming update to the IRIS Catalog of Metrics. Users are advised to instead report Energy Generated for Use: Total (OI9624) disaggregated by Primary Energy Source (OI3781), all options under Non-Renewable.

This metric is intended to capture the amount of non-renewable energy produced and used by the organization itself. For example, if an organization builds its own natural gas plant and uses this generated energy for its factories, it would report the amount of energy produced and used from that source under this metric.

Non-renewable energy sources include coal, natural gas, and crude oil derivatives, among other forms. Organizations may refer to the glossary for additional information.

Organizations wishing to report on the amount of renewable energy generated for sale should report Energy Generated for Sale: Renewable (PI5842).

In some contexts, this metric can serve as an indicator of whether the outcome being sought by an investor or organization is occurring (the WHAT dimension of impact). For more on the alignment of IRIS metrics to the five dimensions of impact, see IRIS+ and the Five Dimensions of Impact (https://iris.thegiin.org/document/iris-and-the-five-dimensions/). No single metric is sufficient to understand an impact; rather, metrics are selected as a set across all dimensions of impact. When possible, the selection of metrics to measure and describe the five dimensions should be based on best practice and evidence.