Transcript California Climate Action Registry

GHG Registries and Options
for Western States
Collaboration
Diane Wittenberg
President
California Climate Action Registry
August 26, 2005
California Climate Action Registry
 Nonprofit organization created by state
legislation
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Board appointed by Governor and legislature
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State stands behind data
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Designed for “regulatory quality” data
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Voluntary
 Annual entity-wide (CA or US) emissions
inventory
Three Step Process
 Inventory according to the Registry protocols
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CO2 first 3 years, then all 6 Kyoto gases
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Direct stationary, mobile, process and fugitive
emissions
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Indirect emissions from electricity and steam
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Does not include emissions from product use
 Certify emissions inventory results using Registry-
approved certifiers
 Report aggregated data publicly
Benefits of Registry Participation
 Protect your baseline and early GHG reductions
 Manage risk
 Save money
 Access the CARROT software
 Participate in standards development
 Strengthen your environmental reputation
 Address shareholder concerns
 Prepare for emissions trading
 Learn Best Practices
 Use the “Climate Action Leader” logo
Membership Overview
 53 Members
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13 certified 2002 data
17 certified 2003 data
35 expected to certify 2004 data
12% of non-residential state GHG emissions
 Expanding Affiliate Member category
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Allows CARROT use
No certification, public reporting or data protection
Needed a “baby step” option to get some started
Registry Members:
Business
Electric Power/Utilities
Anaheim Public Utilities
Burbank Water and Power
Calpine Corporation
Clipper Windpower, Inc.
Glendale Water & Power
L.A. Dept. of Water & Power
No. Cal. Power Association
PacifiCorp
Pasadena Water & Power
PG&E Corporation
Platte River Power Authority
Sacramento Municipal Utility District
San Diego Gas and Electric
Southern California Edison
Southern California Gas Co.
West Coast Power, LLC
Oil/Gas
BP
Financial
CalSTRS
Manufacturing
Anderson Lithograph
Bentley Prince Street
Clif Bar
Eastman Kodak
Guidant Corporation
New Hampshire Ball Bearing
QUALCOMM
Mining
US Borax
Services
Better World Group
ICF Consulting
InTex Services, Inc.
SAIC
Registry Members:
Government/NGOs
Cities
Los Angeles
Santa Monica
Sacramento
San Francisco
Health Care
Catholic Healthcare West
Non-Profit Organizations
Bay Area
Mojave
South Coast
Energy Foundation
Environmental Defense
Natural Resources Defense Council
The Pacific Forest Trust
Union of Concerned Scientists
State Agencies
Affiliates
Air Quality Mgmt Districts
CA Public Utilities Commission
CA Energy Commission
Cal-EPA
Telecom
SBC
Education
Los Angeles Community College District
U.C. San Diego
U.C. Santa Barbara
Alliance to Save Energy
CCEEB
CERES
EPRI
IETA
Northeast Regional Greenhouse Gas Coalition
World Business Council for Sustainable
Development
Baseline Protection
The State “commits to
use its best efforts to
ensure that
organizations that
establish greenhouse gas
emissions baselines and
register emissions
results… receive
appropriate
consideration under any
future international,
federal, or state
regulatory scheme.”
California’s GHG Targets
 By 2010, Reduce to 2000 Emission
Levels
 By 2020, Reduce to 1990 Emission
Levels
 By 2050, Reduce to 80 percent Below
1990 Levels
How does a Registry fit into
Policy Regimes?
Government
Registry
•Creates need •Validates
for reductions
•Legislation
•Regulation
•Other
reduction or
offset
requirements
Marketplace
•Transacts
that
•Trading
inventories & •Arbitrage
reductions
•Futures
are real/
manages
accounts
•Bank a
common
currency
Think of Registry as a Bank
 Validates GHG
baselines/inventories/reductions
 Tracks allowances, trades, retirement
accounts
 Creates currency of reductions through
standards adoption
 Facilitates trading and transparency
through electronic document room
Opportunity Knocks for states
We live in
the shadow
of the
federal
One view of the future
Address
http://westgov.org/GHG
Welcome to the
Western States
GHG Reporting Registry
Public users please click here to access the public emissions reports.
The application works best with Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 or later,
and may not work well with other web browsers.
If you are a participant, please log on using your user ID and password
(passwords are case sensitive):
UserID:
Password:
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Address
http://westgov.org/GHG/States
Western States GHG Reporting Registry
Please check the states for which you will be reporting:
 Alaska
 Idaho
 Northern Mariana Islands
 American Samoa
 Kansas
 Oregon
 Arizona
 Montana
 South Dakota
 California
 Nebraska
 Texas
 Colorado
 Nevada
 Utah
 Guam
 New Mexico
 Washington
 Hawaii
 North Dakota
 Wyoming
Benefits of a regional Registry
 Harmonized, consistent data collection
 Ability to interact across western states
 Leadership to make an even larger
initiative: U.S. Registry
 Lowers cost to develop standards,
collect data (states), report data
(companies)
 Builds the infrastructure for easy
interface with federal govt. in future
Next Steps?
 Join working group to develop GHG
measurement protocols
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CA has already worked on forestry project protocols –
available on website
Working on cement, oil and gas, gas transport, offsets
 Consider customizing California protocols and
software for your own state
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We offer them to you for free
 Ca. Registry will host follow-up meeting if
there is interest
Contact Information
Diane Wittenberg
President
California Climate Action Registry
515 South Flower Street, Suite 1305
Los Angeles, CA 90071
(213) 891-6922
[email protected]
www.climateregistry.org