Greenhouse Gas Registries and Baseline Protection

1. Greenhouse Gas Registries and Baseline Protection Presented at WRAP April 5, 2006 Diane WittenbergCalifornia Climate Action Registry

2. The California Climate Action Registry • Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reporting Registry created by state legislation • Protects baselines • Encourages voluntary public reporting and early actions for reduction • Over 70 members • More than 60mmt GHGs reported • 500mmt = California total • Over half the tons are outside California

3. Three Step Process • Annual Inventory according to standardized protocols • Certify emissions inventory results • Report aggregated data publicly www.climateregistry.org

4. Air Districts Bay Area AQMD Mojave Desert AQMD Sacramento Metro AQMD South Coast AQMD Cities City of Los Angeles City of Palo Alto City of Sacramento City and County of San Francisco City of Santa Monica Education Los Angeles Community College District University of California, Davis University of California, San Diego University of California, Santa Barbara Electric Power Calpine Corporation Reliant Energy West Coast Power Health Care Genentech Catholic Healthcare West Guidant Food Processing Clif Bar & Co. 72 Registry Members

5. Manufacturing Bentley Prince Street Cenveo Anderson Lithograph Clipper Windpower Corning Incorporated Eastman Kodak Hewlett-Packard Mining Rio Tinto Borax Non-Profit Organizations Energy Foundation Environmental Defense Natural Resources Defense Council Pacific Forest Trust The Climate Trust Union of Concerned Scientists Oil/Gas BP Shell Oil Company Ports Port of Los Angeles Services AgCert Better World Group Constructive Technologies Group ICF Consulting Science Applications International Corporation 72 Registry Members

6. State Government California Energy Commission California Environmental Protection Agency California Public Employees Retirement System California Public Utilities Commission California State Teachers Retirement System Solid Waste Waste Management, Inc. Transportation AC Transit Telecommunications AT&T QUALCOMM Verizon Utilities/Power Austin Energy Anaheim Public Utilities Burbank Water and Power Calpine East Bay Municipal Utility District Glendale Water & Power Los Angeles Dept. of Water and Power Northern California Power Agency NRG Energy Pacific Gas and Electric Corp. PacifiCorp Pasadena Water & Power Platte River Power Authority Reliant Riverside Public Utilities Sacramento Municipal Utility District Silicon Valley Power San Diego Gas & Electric Southern California Edison Southern California Gas Company 72 Registry Members

7. Why do businesses join? • Baseline protection for early action • First step to develop GHG management • Credible information for management, shareholders, customers • Positioning for trading • Environmental leadership

8. Why a Western Registry? • Registries are building blocks • Establish accounting standards • Insure real reductions • Protect and encourage early action • Supports diverse policy directions Basic building block/infrastructure. • It costs less • A Regional Registry approach is compatible • Businesses support a regional approach.

9. Alaska BP: Oil field operations and pipelines Shell: Oil field operations Arizona Salt River Project: Public utility Calpine: 520 MW power generation Corning: Materials manufacturing Colorado BP: Natural gas production Calpine: 765 MW power generation (two stations) Platte River Power Authority: public utility Luzenac: Mining Idaho Utah Power: Electric utility Montana Luzenac: Mining New Mexico BP: Natural gas production Oregon BP: Petroleum pipeline Calpine: 546 MW power generation Pacific Power: Electric utility Utah Utah Power: Electric utility Washington BP: Major refinery Calpine: 237 MW power generation Pacific Power: Electric utility Wyoming BP: Natural gas production Shell: Natural gas production Anadarko: Oil production Pacific Power: Electric utility Some companies that support a Western Registry

10. Address http://westgov.org/GHG 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: Welcome to the Western States GHG Reporting Registry

11. Address http://westgov.org/GHG/States Western States GHG Reporting Registry Please check the states for which you will be reporting: • Alaska • American Samoa • Arizona • California • Colorado • Guam • Hawaii • Idaho • Kansas • Montana • Nebraska • Nevada • New Mexico • North Dakota • Northern Mariana Islands • Oregon • South Dakota • Texas • Utah • Washington • Wyoming

13. Key elements of a Western Registry (1) • GHG reporting and database collection site with common accounting • State reporting requirements do not have to be identical – but what they do require will be consistent • Supports variety of programs and policies – not a policy itself • State determines if reporting is voluntary, mandatory or a combination

14. Key elements of a Western Registry (2) • Not all states will participate. Some will be observers and may join later • A governing board will represent all participating states • The registry will participate in the Registry Alliance

15. Costs • Existing California infrastructure available at no cost. • Private foundations have expressed willingness to cover start-up expenses. • Fees charged to reporting companies for on-going costs. • No additional financial resources needed from states. • Unless they have specific requirements for software or protocol modifications

16. Possible Next Steps • Develop an MOU to create a Western States Registry. • Technical committee can begin to define the structure. • Use California Registry as starting place; see what makes sense for Western Registry. • Building on existing elements will speed start-up and minimize costs.

17. Save the Date: Connecting the Dots on Climate Change California Climate Action Registry Annual Conference April 20-21, 2006 Laguna Cliffs Marriott in Dana Point, Orange County