R2: Granular & Flex
What this route does.
Route 2 turns two real assets almost every modern site can produce into cash: hour- and location-stamped clean-energy attributes (I-REC/GO/hourly/24×7) and grid flexibility (VPP/DR events from batteries or responsive inverters). It runs ex-post and under one-claim law: a kWh can fund either an energy attribute or a carbon ton—never both. No evidence → no token → no settlement.
PoV in Action
Verify
EDMA counts verifications only when independent roles attest to the same evidence:
Attributes lane: metering operator + independent auditor (and, where used, grid/operator feed for sanity checks).
Flex lane: aggregator/program operator + independent auditor confirm baseline, dispatch signal, and measured response for the event window.
Storage adds checks that charge came from the declared source window and that discharge respects round-trip constraints. Any anomaly (time drift, impossible energy balance, missing signatures) fails here.
Gate
After Verify, the PoV Gate applies three tests in code before any state change:
Quorum present (required roles, live keys).
Equality of evidence (every counted verification references the same evidenceHash and window).
One-Claim exclusivity (the derived claimId hasn’t finalized anywhere on EDMA).
Fail any test → no mint / no issue / no settlement.
Proof mint
Attributes:
On pass, EDMA mints ETT (non-transferable 1 per 10 kWh) for the verified windows. When deposits reach 1 MWh, EDMA mints the recognized attribute unit (I-REC/GO/hourly/24×7), and — on buyer instruction — can transfer/retire in the external registry. Issue/retire IDs are anchored on-chain; consumed ETT are stamped & locked so the energy cannot be reused for carbon. (One-claim law.)
Flex:
For a verified DR/VPP event, EDMA mints a Response Proof (non-transferable) that binds baseline, dispatch, and measured delta to the event window. This proof does not consume ETT; it is the admissible trigger for program disbursement.
List & Settle
Attribute sales: marketplace trade settles in $EDM; 4% total fee (2% buyer + 2% seller) applies; 50% burns automatically.
Flex disbursements: a program payout executes when the Response Proof passes the gate; the route’s settlement fee in EDM applies; 50% burns.
If a payer lacks EDM, the transaction reverts (proofs stay intact). Any later revocation drops quorum → affected assets/disbursements auto-freeze until rectified.
List & Settle
The issued asset can be listed on the Token/NFT marketplace with full lineage (evidence → attestors → proof → registry issue). Settlement is in $EDM under route policy. If an upstream attestation is later revoked, dependent listings and transfers auto-flag/freeze until rectified; lineage remains append-only.
Price & cadence
Attributes in voluntary markets often clear at low single-digits $/MWh, rising when buyers demand hourly, location-matched proof or bundled strips; the upside is stronger when storage allows perfect hour-matching. Flex is the bigger driver at the household scale: availability and event payments accrue on a monthly cadence once enrolled.
Illustrative ranges (today):
UK: SEG 12–16 p/kWh on exports; battery flex £50–£250/yr.
EU (e.g., DE): generic GOs €0.5–€1/MWh; hourly bundles €20–€60/yr for a 10 MWh home; battery flex €50–€300/yr.
US (non-SREC; CA proxy): voluntary attributes $1–$5/MWh; VPP events (ELRP) ~$2.00/kWh, yielding ~$700–$2,000+/yr for engaged battery homes.
AU (post-STC): attributes often A$0–A$30/yr; retailer VPP A$300–A$1,100/yr.
JP: aggregator VPP ¥10,000–¥60,000+/yr (program-dependent).
Program Mapping & Issuance
UK home (≈4.8 MWh/yr; ~50% export).
Attributes: £288–£400/yr;
add battery flex £50–£250/yr;
combined ~£335–£735 net after the 2% seller fee in EDM.
Germany home (≈10 MWh/yr).
Generic GO €5–€10/yr;
hourly bundles €20–€60/yr;
plus flex €50–€300/yr → €55–€360 net.
California home (≈15 MWh/yr; 2× Powerwall).
Attributes $15–$75/yr;
VPP (e.g., 25 events × 15 kWh × $2.00) ~$750/yr → $700–$2,000+ net.
Australia home (post-STC).
Attributes A$0–A$30/yr;
VPP A$300–A$1,100/yr → A$300–A$1,100 net.
The app pre-fills local tariffs and program rates and shows your EDM fuel gauge so claims never stall.
Integrity & one-claim
One-claim law in code. A kWh can back either an attribute or a carbon ton—never both. If you later want Route 4 (carbon), any overlapping attributes are retired/immobilized first and those external IDs are linked on-chain. Consumed ETT are non-transferable. Flex revenues never spend your kWh claim.
Storage provenance. When batteries time-shift energy, the discharge hour is cryptographically linked to source ETT. Hourly certificates can thus match consumption truthfully without re-using the same energy twice.
User journey
Connect once (data + KYC), keep a small EDM buffer (the app suggests $20–$40), deposit to the Attributes Pool or enable Auto-Deposit, opt-in to Flex if you have a battery, pick steady vs opportunistic sales, and claim payouts in stablecoins. Every value-moving action uses EDM; 50% of all fees burn on-chain with region-level burn hashes published. 
What the marketplace shows
Listings for Route-2 attributes display the PoV-Verified badge, R2 tag, hour/location granularity, any storage linkage, the claimId, evidenceHash, and the external issue/retire ID—enough for auditors to follow evidence → attestations → ETT → attribute issue → transfer/retire in minutes. Flex payouts are program disbursements, not listed tokens.
Cross-links
Marketplace → Tokens: Listing / Match & Settle / Compliance
Marketplace → Trade: not applicable (R2 flex disburses; EMTs are for commodity milestones)
PoV Layer: quorum, equality, one-claim, revocation lifecycle
Fees & Tokenomics: 4% total, 50% burn, EDM buffer & denomination floor
Bottom line. Route 2 packages when/where your clean kWh happened and how your battery helped the grid—then proves both on-chain. Corporates get the hourly provenance they buy; grids get real flexibility; owners get predictable payouts. And because EDM is both gas and fee, every verified action that moves value also tightens supply via burn. 
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