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Electric Utilities Sector Supplement - Global Reporting Initiative

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Sustainability <strong>Reporting</strong> Guidelines & <strong>Electric</strong> Utility <strong>Sector</strong> <strong>Supplement</strong><br />

Product Responsibility Performance Indicators<br />

Aspect: Customer Health and Safety<br />

A d d<br />

PR5<br />

Practices related to customer satisfaction,<br />

including results of surveys measuring<br />

customer satisfaction.<br />

EU<br />

Co r e<br />

Co r e A d d<br />

EU<br />

PR1<br />

PR2<br />

Life cycle stages in which health and safety<br />

impacts of products and services are<br />

assessed for improvement, and percentage of<br />

significant products and services categories<br />

subject to such procedures.<br />

<strong>Electric</strong> Utility <strong>Sector</strong>-Specific Commentary on<br />

PR1 Indicator Protocol:<br />

For electric utilities the following categories<br />

should also be assessed:<br />

• Resource planning<br />

• Generation<br />

• Transmission<br />

• Distribution<br />

• Use<br />

State the processes for assessing community<br />

health risks including monitoring, prevention<br />

measures and, if applicable, long term healthrelated<br />

studies.<br />

Identify community health risks that are<br />

assessed such as:<br />

Compliance with exposure limit(s) to electric<br />

fields (in kV per m) and magnetic fields (in μT)<br />

where available, for members of the public and<br />

employees in the areas in which the reporting<br />

organization operates.<br />

Total number of incidents of non-compliance<br />

with regulations and voluntary codes concerning<br />

health and safety impacts of products and services<br />

during their life cycle, by type of outcomes.<br />

EU25. Number of injuries and fatalities to the public<br />

involving company assets, including legal<br />

judgments, settlements and pending legal<br />

cases of diseases.<br />

Aspect: Marketing Communications<br />

Co r e<br />

A d d<br />

PR6<br />

PR7<br />

Programs for adherence to laws, standards,<br />

and voluntary codes related to marketing<br />

communications, including advertising,<br />

promotion, and sponsorship.<br />

Total number of incidents of non-compliance<br />

with regulations and voluntary codes<br />

concerning marketing communications,<br />

including advertising, promotion, and<br />

sponsorship by type of outcomes.<br />

Aspect: Customer Privacy<br />

A d d<br />

PR8<br />

Total number of substantiated complaints<br />

regarding breaches of customer privacy and<br />

losses of customer data.<br />

Aspect: Compliance<br />

Co r e<br />

PR9<br />

Monetary value of significant fines for noncompliance<br />

with laws and regulations concerning<br />

the provision and use of products and services.<br />

Aspect: Access<br />

EU26. Percentage of population unserved in licensed<br />

distribution or service areas.<br />

Co r e Co r e<br />

Co r e<br />

Co r e<br />

EU27. Number of residential disconnections for<br />

non-payment, broken down by duration of<br />

disconnection and by regulatory regime.<br />

EU28. Power outage frequency.<br />

EU29. Average power outage duration.<br />

EU<br />

Aspect: Product and Service Labeling<br />

Co r e<br />

PR3<br />

Type of product and service information<br />

required by procedures, and percentage of<br />

significant products and services subject to<br />

such information requirements.<br />

Co r e<br />

EU30. Average plant availability factor by energy<br />

source and by regulatory regime.<br />

A d d<br />

PR4<br />

Total number of incidents of non-compliance<br />

with regulations and voluntary codes<br />

concerning product and service information<br />

and labeling, by type of outcomes.<br />

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