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Latest Developments in Carbon Regulation and its Impact on Petrochemical Feedstocks 17th Annual PFAA Conference November 13, 2009. Allan Bedwell CantorCO2e LP 415.869.2035 abedwell@cantorco2e.com www.emissionstrading.com. I have one word for you…. Carbon. Who Are These Guys?.
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Latest Developments in Carbon Regulation and its Impact on Petrochemical Feedstocks 17th Annual PFAA Conference November 13, 2009 Allan Bedwell CantorCO2e LP 415.869.2035 abedwell@cantorco2e.com www.emissionstrading.com
I have one word for you… Carbon
Who Are These Guys? • Brokerage, advisory, regulatory assistance, strategy • >50 staff …est 1992 (staff in the business since 1981) • >50 geographic areas…worldwide offices, globally local • New York San Francisco Los Angeles • Vermont Houston Sao Paolo • Mumbai London Toronto • > $10 billion emission credit transactions • GHG VERs SO2 EAs NOx SIP Call ERC • RGGI RECLAIM HGA DERs • CERs RECs/ROCS CERs VERs • ATUs EU EAs Wastewater • Helping companies develop and implement carbon management strategies
Highlights and Take Aways • Carbon limits coming in 4 months • Big impacts to petroleum & chemical producers: accountable for 40-45% of GHG emissions cap • Markets • Offsets • Avoid classic mistakes • Weigh options now
Winners & Losers In Climate Bills Petroleum Producers
Waxman Markey – HB 2454 • 17% below 2005 levels by 2020; 83% below 2005 levels by 2050 • 4.6 billion allowances; • 85% free allocation • 15% auction • 2% for oil refineries from 2014 to 2026 • 25,000 MTCO2e threshold (250 tpy??) • Phasing of cap expansion, GPS for coal • Rebates for domestic transnationals • RES (RPS): 20% by 2025 • Commodity Futures Trading Commission, oversight • Offsets: 2 billion tonnes per year • State & regionalcap & trade: not allowed until 2018 • Safety valve of 2.5 billion allowances
“End Game” Issues for Climate Bill • Allocation formulas and carbon liability • Fuels • Less stringent 2020 reduction target • Offsets • Carbon tariffs • Offshore oil drilling • Grandfathering of agriculture • State preemption • Consumer compensation
What If Climate Bill Get’s the Flu? • Supreme Court Ruling in 2007: Mass. v EPA • “Endangerment Finding” (next 3 weeks) • Finalize tailpipe standard (March 2010) • Stationary sources - “PSD/Title V GHG Tailoring Rule” • 100 tpy vs >25,000 MTCO2e py • If Congress doesn’t pass Climate bill: • EPA promulgates rule • …but loses court challenges re 25k threshold • ……and has to regulate sources emitting >100 tpy?? • 13,200 sources vs 6 million sources
Securities & Exchange Commission • Oct 27, 2009 Staff Legal Bulletin No. 14E (CF) • Carbon disclosure can’t be avoided by “no action” actions: • Manufactures disclose carbon intensity of products • Petroleum producers provide assessments of financial impact of climate legislation • Power generators ID how generation mix will change under cap-and-trade requirements • Insurers reveal potential actuarial impacts of climate change to their customers and rates • Disclose damaging information heretofore held under lock • Significant ripples in investment, insurance and lending activities
Resistance is Futile… GHG Emission Inventories Power Plant GHG Offsets GHG Emission Targets Regional Initiatives Climate Action Plans GHG Reporting Registries Source: Pew Center for Climate Change
Fifth Circuit Court – OK to Sue Petrochems on Climate • Katrina victims can sue oil & gas producers • Links emissions, climate change, storms, personal suffering • Plaintiffs have standing to assert claims for public and private nuisance, trespass and negligence • Cites Supreme Court opinion that “accepted as plausible the link between man-made GHGs and global warming” • Fact: “rising ocean temps may contribute to ferocity of hurricanes.” • Follows 2nd Circuit decision – governments have standing to sue to impose on caps on energy companies’ GHGs • Expect more lawsuits
Take California….please >52% Pop↑ 1990 - 2020 74% Pop↑ 2000 - 2050 • 25 - 30% reduction by 2020 • (80% below 1990 by 2050)
2050 Emissions Cap What does ~80 million tonnes look like? 22.9 mill 46,540 mi2 36.7 mill 156k mi2
ImpactstoPetrochemCompanies Accountability for facility direct emissions and emissions from consumer use of petroleum products Refineries have a compliance obligation for about 43% of covered GHG emissions Industry to receive 2.25% of total allowances dropping to zero by 2026 Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)
Response by PetrochemCompanies • Reduced US refining investments, throughputs & utilizations with Int’l gains (crude & feedstocks) • By 2030: As low as12 mbd (compared to 16.4 mbd BAU) • Increased US refining costs • Highly limited allowances • Significant offset purchases • Limited international offsets • LCFS compliance in some states/regions • Higher NG and electricity costs • Increased refining imports • By 2030: 19.4% for refined products (compared to 9.6% BAU)
ImpactstoPetrochemFeedstock Cos • Demand for reduced carbon content of feedstocks (mass and intensity) • Cap and Trade • LCFS • Investors, insurers, and lenders • Demand for alternative feedstocks • Higher costs for production • Emission caps • Fuel/Electricity • Commodities (domestic and imported) • Transport/distributio
Closing the Carbon Gap Petroleum Producers
Option 1: In-house Reductions • Product feedstock changes • Processing improvements • Capital improvements • Fuel switching • Energy Efficiency • Fugitive emission capture • Outsourcing
Single Year Trade 400 300 200 Buys 100 allowances from seller Sells 100 allowances to buyer Seller Buyer $$$$$$$
Multiple Year Trade 300 250 200 150 100 50 Required obligation Actual emissions Surplus saleable reduction 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2018 2019 2020
What’s Carbon Going to Cost? • $300/tonne – CA Refinery & Carbon Capture & Sequestration • $150 - $200/ton tax by 2050** • $80/tonne - modeling • $44/tone EUAs (4/06) • $28/tonne –BK pressure relief • $15/tonne – Congressional Budget Office 2012 • $14- 25/ton - ConocoPhillips • $13-$39/tonne – Obama Staff • $10/tonne – WM/BK Floor Price • $10 – 09 CAR CA Forestry (11/09) • @ $8 - $10 08 – 10 (11/09) • $7.50 - $8.50 09 Climate Action Registry (11/09) • @ $7.5 – National Dairy (11/09) • $7 - $8.25 – 09-13 CAR Landfill Gas (11/09) • $6.5 - $7– 09 CAR LFG (11/09) • @ $5.25 CA VCUs 09 - 13 (11/09) • $2.19/ton - RGGI Auction (9/09) • $0.14/tonne EUAs (9/07)
Types of Trades • Exchange Traded and Cleared Markets in the US • Spot Delivery • CRTs CCX Exchange offsets • RGGI EAs CFIs • Future Delivery • CRTs RGGI EA • CCX Exchange offsets CFIs • Dec 2013 CFI (Fed Contract) • Options on Futures • CRTs RGGI EAs • Dec 2013 CFI (Fed Contract) • Futures Trades • Spread Trades Futures Rolls • Call Spreads Put Spreads RGGI EAs & Dec 2013 CFI Contracts
Types of Trades (contd) • OTC Traded and Exchange Cleared • same as above • OTC Trades • Individual year CRTs trades (spot or future delivery) • Stream CRT trades (future delivery) • Options on CRT streams or vintages • Swaps
Types of Trades (contd) • Offset projects • Carbon attributes • RECs • Gas • Power • Tertiary products • Off-take • Project participant • Managing partner • Company purchase • Technology
I have another word for you… Offsets
Offsets With Good Stories • Wind, solar, hydro • Fuel switch • Livestock (manure management) • Waste management • Landfill gas capture • Wastewater treatment plant • Cogeneration • Avoided conversion, reforestation, urban forestry
Build a Portfolio • Have reductions from multiple: • Sectors • Geographies • Verified and Quantified • Reductions should fit your corporate profile • Consider customers and share-holders
Lessons Learned – Before We Leap • Acid Rain • 40% decrease in SO2, 40% increase in electricity generation over first decade o • Houston/Galveston NOx MECT • Targets a 79% reduction in 2008 from program onset of 2000 • Lead phase down • Refineries and feedstock firms • 1982 – 1988, US EPA • Ten fold reduction, 2 phases • >50% refineries participated • >$226 million savings (1985$) over 2.5 years (20% of est cost) • RECLAIM • 62% NOx reduction, 50% SOx reduction in 12 years
CantorCO2e Greenhouse Services • Transactions • Continuous and customized auctions • Forward sales -- debt, finance projects • Transaction clearing • Market analysis • Methodology development • Project screening, feasibility assessments • Project documentation development • Coordination and management of approvals processes • Technology advice • Equity investment fund advice • Investor project introductions • Corporate strategy • Policy consulting
The CantorCO2e Difference • Your advocate – not a principal or retailer • Competitive markets – price and quality • 10 years in greenhouse gas markets • 16 years in environmental markets • Globally local (rules, opportunity, markets) • Distinguish compliance and voluntary carbon • Know what makes a quality carbon project • Get it done…quietly
Highlights and Take Aways • Carbon limits coming in 4 months • Big impacts to petroleum & chemical producers: accountable for 40-45% of GHG emissions cap • Markets • Offsets • Avoid classic mistakes • Weigh options now
Thank you Allan Bedwell CantorCO2e LP 415.869.2035 abedwell@cantorco2e.com www.emissionstrading.com