ECR Program & Software Demonstration

1. ECR Program & Software Demonstration WRAP Registry Workshop Heather Kaplan, NESCAUM July 17, 2006

2. Outline • 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!

3. Eastern Climate Registry:Background • 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

4. 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

5. Eastern Climate Registry Voluntary Reporting Programs Mandatory Reporting Programs (e.g, CT, NJ, ME) Regulatory Programs (e.g., Regional GHG Initiative (RGGI), MA CMR 7.29 regulations) Eastern Climate Registry:Program Elements

6. 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

7. Eastern Climate Registry:Process Update • 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

8. 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

9. 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)

10. Eastern Climate Registry (ECR)

11. ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 1

12. ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 2

13. ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 3

14. ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 4 – Stationary Combustion

15. ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 4 - Mobile Combustion

16. ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 5

17. ECR – Emissions Reporting – Step 6

18. ECR – Annual Emissions Report

19. NADATS – Allowance Trading – Step 1

20. NADATS – Allowance Trading – Step 2

21. NADATS - Allowance Trading – Step 3

22. NADATS – Allowance Trading – Step 4

23. NZ EUR – Transaction History Report

24. CDM Registry – Projects

25. CDM Registry – Project Detail