AIB Members

AIB membership is not the same as Hub connection! AIB membership consists of two phases : (1) AIB membership and (2) membership of the EECS Electricity and/or Gas Scheme including Hub connection.

Becoming an AIB member is a swift process for any issuing body with legal personality under its national law that fills out the application form and agrees to comply with the EECS Rules. This will be granted by the AIB Board and validated by the General Meeting. AIB Members pay the membership fee, they can vote and get access to the full Members section of the website.

Next step is application for Scheme membership of the EECS Electricity or Gas Scheme: preparing a Domain Scheme, by drafting a Domain Protocol setting out how the market will operate in that geographical domain and standard terms and conditions for accountholders. Further the member needs to get adequate insurance, sign a Hub Participant Agreement with the AIB including the terms of use for the AIB hub. In parallel, registry software or services is tested.

After a review of this Scheme application by the AIB, the member will gain Scheme Membership, and, connect to the AIB Hub. Only when this is completed, EECS GOs from other AIB countries can be imported into that Domain, and the member can issue and export EECS GOs.

This second phase of Scheme membership application can take from 6 months to 1 or 2 years, depending on the available resources, the status of the registry and whether national legislation needs to change.

You can find information about AIB members in the EECS fact sheets relating to members

• Member and Competent Authority codes are set out in Fact Sheet 4
• Addresses for EECS Rules notices are set out in Fact Sheet 6
• EECS scheme members: details of scheme members and products are set out in Fact Sheet 17 - EECS Scheme Members and EECS Products.