Additionality tests generally have two components that must be confirmed by the verification body: a legal requirement test and a performance standard test. The legal requirement test ensures that eligible projects (and/or the GHG reductions/removals they achieve) would not have occurred anyway in order to comply with federal, state or local regulations, or other legally binding mandates. Projects that are not legally required may still be non-additional if they would have been implemented for reasons other than generating revenue from the sale of carbon offsets or simply to reduce GHG emissions.
ADDITIONALITY TESTS
