Division 4.1 Categories of costs

Member States shall establish and describe the following separate cost categories to be used:

1. (a)

   Initial investment costs;

2. (b)

   Running costs. These include costs for periodic replacement of building elements and might include, if appropriate, the earnings from energy produced that Member States may take into account in the financial calculation;

3. (c)

   Energy costs shall reflect overall energy cost including energy price, capacity tariffs and grid tariffs;

4. (d)

   Disposal costs if appropriate.

For the calculation at macroeconomic level, Member States shall in addition establish the cost category:

1. (e)

   Cost of greenhouse gas emissions. These shall reflect the quantified, monetised and discounted operational costs of CO₂ resulting from the greenhouse gas emissions in tonnes of CO₂ equivalent over the calculation period.