California Climate Action Registry Overview

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California Climate Action RegistryOverview

• Contact
• Diane Wittenberg, President
• diane_at_climateregistry.org
• Jill Gravender, Technical Director
• jill_at_climateregistry.org
• www.climateregistry.org
• [phone]

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CA Registry Goals

• Support Credible, Nationwide Registry
• Transparent and defensible
• Extensive participation
• Influence Global Debate on Registries
• Help Develop and Mature GHG Accounting,
• Reporting, and Certification Standards

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Registry Status

• Began Operations 9/01 in Los Angeles
• Initial Two Years Funded by CA Energy Commission
  Grant and Foundations
• Board Appointed by Governor Davis
• Will adopt General Protocol June 2002
• Data Base Completed Fall 2002
• Registry Enrollment Begins Fall 2002

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California Registry Provides

• Reporting and Certification Protocol
• Rules for registering emissions
• Formulas/ recommended software / default emission
  factors
• Backup documentation required
• Certification requirements to establish baseline
  and register annual emissions

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How CA Registry Is Different

• Minimum State-wide Reporting
• Not at project or facility level only
• Initial Focus on Emissions, not Reductions
• Baseline and Gross Annual Emissions
• Productivity ratios or efficiency measures
• Report Both Direct and Indirect Emissions
• Require Certification of Results
• Qualify technical assistance providers and
  certifiers

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How CA Registry is Different

• State Will Defend Certified Data
• Access to Agency Technical Expertise
• Public process for programmatic development
• Review alternatives to required protocol
• Share Best Practices/ Successful Strategies
• Leader in Inventory Standards and
• Best Practices

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CA Registry Will Provide

• Support to Participants
• Workshops
• List of approved technical advisors
• List of independent certifiers
• Public database to record annual emissions
  results

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The General Reporting Protocol

• Direct Emissions
• Combustion
• Vehicle fleet
• Fugitive emissions
• Indirect Emissions
• Electricity steam usage
• CO2 Mandatory
• Other Kyoto gases when member three years

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Topics of Interest in Protocol Development

• Level of Reporting Detail
• Report one annual CO2e tonnage number
• Data aggregated at facility level
• Data aggregated by type of emission source
• Setting De Minimus Source Levels
• 5 of total GHGs (at level of participation)
• Lesser of 10K tons CO2e or 5 of total GHGs
• Initially zero with submission of upper bound

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Protocol Topics of Interest (continued)

• Range of Certification Options
• Third-party certifies both program or process to
  gather data and a sample of annual data
• Self-certify adequacy of program and accuracy of
  annual data and results
• Varying levels and frequency of review /
  combination of reviewers
• Provision of Emission Factors
• Registry provides menu of acceptable factors
• Participant can use defend more accurate number
• Registry requires single set of emission factors

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Protocol Topics of Interest (continued)

• Setting Participant Boundaries
• Based on management control for wholly owned
• Allow joint ventures be reported on equity basis
• Threshold for reporting jointly-owned sources
• (e.g., minimum 20 equity)?
• Dual track reporting for joint ventures
• (management and equity basis)?
• Access to data problems with equity share
  approach?

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Next Steps

• Industry-Specific Protocols and Efficiency
• Metrics
• Guidance on Emission Reductions,
• Sequestration, and Other Mitigation
• Guidance on Reporting Non-CO2 GHGs