EEO Module in OSCAR

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EEO Module in OSCAR
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This presentation

• This presentation will look at
• streamlining objectives
• changes to the EEO Regulations to facilitate
  streamlining and implications for dual
  participants
• operation of the main components of the EEO
  module in OSCAR

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Reporting overlap EEO and NGERS

• NGER

EEO
Greenhouse gas emissions
Energy Data
Opportunities
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Streamlining Objectives

• Collect and report one set of energy use and
  production data to satisfy both EEO program and
  NGER system
• Provide a single reporting tool to do this and
  enable reporting of data specific to NGERS or EEO
• Provide EEO program participants with choice of
  taking up streamlining initiatives in the first
  five year cycle

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Amendment to EEO Regulations

• Changes to EEO regulations became effective 1
  July 2008 to
• coincide with the start of the NGER system

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Responsibility for energy use

• This is the key area that differed under EEO and
  NGER
• Under EEO regulations responsibility for energy
  use was defined as
• the last purchaser before use, or
• the producer if producing for own consumption
• EEO regulations were varied to assign
  responsibility for energy based on operational
  control to align with the NGER system

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Other Amendments

• Energy production and consumption to be
  reported separately
• Align energy content conversion factors
• Recognise NGER methodologies for meeting EEO
  energy use accuracy requirements

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Impact Operational Control

• For many EEO participants there will be no
  difference, however
• in cases where contractors operate facilities
  (eg mining or commercial property sector), last
  purchaser of energy may be different to party
  with operational control
• This would mean different parties being
  responsible for energy use under EEO and NGER

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Transitional Provisions

• Transitional arrangement give Corporate Groups
  the choice to
• take action to pick up on the streamlining
  initiatives
• or
• continue to carry out assessments and report as
  they have planned under existing Assessment
  Reporting Schedule

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Streamlining data entry in OSCAR

• Requirements
• Single Entity Tree
• Align reporting periods to financial year
• Enter data annually (or more often)

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Single entity tree

• Creating a single entity tree is essential to
  using OSCAR to report EEO program data to the
  Government and share energy data with NGERS.
• To plan and construct the entity tree you need
  to understand the organisational reporting
  requirements of NGERS and the options you have in
  relation to the entity types in OSCAR.
• Creating an entity tree that meets the NGERS
  requirements will also meet EEO Program
  requirements

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Single entity tree

• An entity tree is always headed by a
  controlling corporation
• Subsidiaries, Joint Ventures and Partnerships
  are collectively known as Group Members
• NGERS requires data to be entered at the
  facility, sub-facility or facility aggregate
  level and this data will be aggregated to Group
  Member and ultimately to the Controlling
  Corporation. Therefore your entity tree will need
  to reflect this requirement.
• Opportunities data can be entered at any level

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Aligning reporting periods

• For data up to 30 June 2008 data that does
  not come under the NGERS reporting requirements
  there is flexibility and reporting periods can be
  customised.
• Reporting periods must be financial year to
  align with NGERS reporting requirements.

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Annual reporting

• The Department has created a standard report in
  OSCAR to assist Corporate Groups prepare their
  public reports.
• As public reports are required annually, in
  order to use this report, Corporate Groups would
  need to report opportunities data on an annual
  basis at the same time as reporting energy data.
  

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Streamlining reporting in OSCAR

• Benefits
• Single entry energy use data
• Enter opportunities data with the same
  reporting tool
• Opportunity to trial OSCAR in readiness for
  NGERS
• Retrieve your data for Public reporting

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Working with Companies

• EEO Client Liaison Officers will provide
  assistance to set up accounts in OSCAR by
• Creating the Controlling Corporation
• Creating contact details
• Enabling access for group contacts to create
  the remainder of entity tree
• NGER and EEO staff will be available to provide
  general advice on construction of entity tree,
  however final decision rests with the Controlling
  Corporation

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Working with Companies

• EEO has also
• developed a user manual for Corporate Groups in
  consultation with DCC will be loaded on the web
  site by end October 2008 and available in PDF
  when an account is established.
• is conducting face to face training for late
  October/early November
• discussing other training opportunities with
  DCC eg. e-learning
• will continue to provide assistance via the EEO
  hotline and through CLOs

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EEO Module

• HOW TO USE THE EEO MODULE IN OSCAR