Method and system for determining the proof of power origin for production units produced by a power consuming device

A system for verifiably determining carbon emissions associated with a creation of a unit of production, the system comprising:

• a plurality of power sources, each power source of the plurality of power sources having a carbon emission rate per unit of energy and a respective source power meter associated therewith;
• a power & emissions source monitor configured to collect, log, and process input power data from the source power meters;
• one or more power-consuming device power meters configured to measure a power drawn by one or more power-consuming devices configured to make each unit of production;
• a power usage monitor to collect, log and process usage power data from the one or more power-consuming device power meters;
• at least one set of measurements to corroborate the uses of power by a mechanism other than directly measuring the power consumption;
• a mechanism to determine the emission content of the power sources based on data from the power & emissions sources monitor;
• a mechanism to determine the carbon emissions content per unit of production based on the power consumed per unit of production and the emission content of the power produced;
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• a mechanism to determine whether there are extraneous sources of power being utilized to produce the units of production by comparing the data from the power sources monitor and the power consumption monitor to detect imbalances between sources of power, the uses of power, and the uses of power corroborated by the at least one set of measurements.