What a monitoring plan is
A short document that says, for your installation:
- Where the boundary is (what counts as “the installation”).
- What flows in and out that touch emissions (fuels, feedstocks, products, precursors).
- How you measure each flow (meter, delivery note, invoice, lab test).
- Which calculation route you use (fuel-based, mass balance, direct measurement).
A simple two-page example
For a Ludhiana forging unit on an induction + natural gas route:
- Boundary: the shed, from gate to despatch.
- Flows: natural gas (meter at line), electricity (meter at the panel), billet intake (weighbridge), forged product (weighbridge).
- Measurement: direct meters where present, delivery notes otherwise.
- Calculation routes: fuel-based for natural gas; electricity reported at grid factor; billet precursor emissions carried from supplier where available.
CBAMWorks keeps a versioned monitoring plan per installation and attaches each year’s bills to it.