Climate Change as a Driver for Energy Efficiency

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Climate Change as a Driver for Energy Efficiency

• Dec. 3, 2004
• Diane Wittenberg
• Pres., CA Climate Action Registry

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California Climate Action Registry

• Nonprofit organization created by state
• Helps organizations inventory and report their
  GHG inventories
• Building new skill sets
• Encourages and protects early GHG reductions
• Works to harmonize GHG accounting standards

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Registry Tools

• General Reporting Protocol
• An operational handbook based on WRI/WBCSD
  guidelines
• Certification Protocol
• Goal Low cost, transparent certification that
  can hold value over time
• CARROT Climate Action Registry Reporting Online
  Tool

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Registry Participants

• Largest sector power producers
• Utilities
• Merchant generators
• Renewable generators
• Manufacturing/business
• Eastman Kodak
• BP
• Nummi (Toyota/GM jt. Venture)
• Government, non-profit
• NRDC, ED, UCS all report their emissions

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CA Registrys Next Steps

• Multi-State Programs with Northeast and Northwest
  States
• Global Register for the World Economic Forum
• Creating a project registry module
• Creating a corporate governance program for
  pension funds regarding power producers

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Carbon Adders

• Adding a putative price for carbon into
  loading factors for procurement encourages energy
  efficiency and renewables

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Role of the Registry in Procurement Strategy

• Help in measurement and verification over time
• Initial savings accurate, but out years fall off
• Keep track of the extra lamps, fans, heaters,
  aquariums
• Potential role in bundling savings
• Help track aggregated efficiency projects
• Incentives for mid-size projects

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Role of the Registry in Cap and Trade Regime

• Track and verify inventories and reductions
• Track and verify off-sets
• Energy Efficiency could be an offset
• Need an accounting protocol
• Ownership issues
• Double counting issues
• big tent approach to solving climate change if
  aggregate smaller projects

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Contact Information

• Diane Wittenberg
• President
• California Climate Action Registry
• 515 South Flower Street, Suite 1305
• Los Angeles, CA 90071
• [phone]
• Diane_at_climateregistry.org
• www.climateregistry.org