ECR Program & Software Demonstration

WRAP Registry Workshop

Heather Kaplan, NESCAUM

July 17, 2006

Background Drivers Program Elements Process Update Software Tool

• ECR Emissions Reporting Process• Other Emissions & Allowance Tracking Programs

Take Away: State collaboration is tough but worth the effort – don’t reinvent the wheel!

Outline

• Multi-state registry effort undertaken by ten states in the eastern U.S.: – CT, DE, MA, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VT (MD)

• Registry effort began in 2003• Key principles:

– develop best practices in data reporting and management

– establish a set of common quantification protocols– support common software platform

Eastern Climate Registry:Background

Eastern Climate Registry:Drivers

• Voluntary reporting of GHG emissions

• Mandatory reporting of GHG emissions • Regulatory GHG emissions reduction

programs, including:

GHG emissions tracking Project-based GHG emission reduction

tracking GHG allowance tracking

Eastern Climate Registry:Program Elements

Eastern Climate Registry

Regulatory Programs

(e.g., Regional GHG Initiative (RGGI), MA

CMR 7.29 regulations)

Mandatory Reporting Programs

(e.g, CT, NJ, ME)

Voluntary Reporting Programs

Eastern Climate Registry:Benefits of State Collaboration

• Increase participation in voluntary programs

• Leverage resources

• Standardize best practice

• Develop consistent accounting standards

• Promote linkages between program/policy regimes

• ECR working group now finalizing program elements

• Released draft Voluntary Reporting Requirements: www.easternclimateregistry.org

• Total of 32 companies and organizations submitted comments, including:– BP, Dominion, PSEG, GE, HP, NRDC, Pew, among

others

• Nearly all comments expressed support for joining a broader registry initiative with other states & regions

Eastern Climate Registry:Process Update

Eastern Climate Registry:Software Tool

• EATS (Emissions and Allowance Tracking System) developed by EPA in 2001

• Purpose: to support multiple criteria pollutant or GHG programs in reporting and emissions trading (e.g., Mexico, China, Chile, New York)

• Web-based system

• Key Points: flexibility in reporting requirements and integration of programs

EATS Registries

• ECR - Eastern Climate Registry (Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting)

• NADATS – NY Acid Deposition & Allowance Tracking System (NOx & SO2 Cap & Trade)

• NZ EUR - New Zealand Emission Unit Register (Kyoto-based)

• CDM Registry (United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change - UNFCCC)

Eastern Climate Registry (ECR)

ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 1

ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 2

ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 3

ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 4 – Stationary Combustion

ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 4 - Mobile Combustion

ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 5

ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 6

ECR – Annual Emissions Report

NADATS – Allowance Trading – Step 1

NADATS – Allowance Trading – Step 2

NADATS - Allowance Trading – Step 3

NADATS – Allowance Trading – Step 4

NZ EUR – Transaction History Report

CDM Registry – Projects

CDM Registry – Project Detail