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Overview of RegistriesConcepts, Lessons, and Guiding Design

Principles

Presented by:Pankaj Bhatia, Director, GHG Protocol Initiative

World Resources Institute

Western Regional Air Partnership July 17 2006, Denver, CO

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Summary of the Presentation Topics

• Part I – Background and Context

– Emissions Registries – Key Concepts

– Registry Types and Examples

– US Registry Experience

• Part II – Key Design Principles

• Part III – Emissions Inventories – the Foundation

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Emissions Registries – Key Concepts

• GHG Registries:o An electronic database with standardized formats for

tracking transactions including receiving and storing a set of GHG data to serve specific policies or programs

• GHG Standards:o Set of commonly accepted concepts, terminologies, and

framework to establish a true and fair account of GHG emissions

• GHG Policies and Programs:o Instruments that manage or affect GHG emissionso Examples: Public Reporting; Cap and Trade; Voluntary

Agreements; Energy or Carbon Tax; Efficiency or Emissions Standards etc.

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Measurement

Management

GHG Registry

GHG Programs

Relationship between GHG Registry, Standards, and Policies or Program

GHG RegistryGHG Standards

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Types of Registry

• Source Inventory

• Emissions Inventory

• Emission Reduction Projects

• Allowance Accounting

• Market Exchange

• All of the Above

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Registry Types and Examples

Source Inventory Acid Rain Program (ARP), NOx Budget Program (NBP), DOE Licensed Power

Plants Database, RGGI, EU-ETS

Emissions Inventory

ARP, NBP, Title V, TRI, CCAR, Revised 1605b, EPA Climate Leaders, CCX, ECR,

RGGI, EU-ETS

Emission Reduction Projects

RGGI, CCAR, EPA Climate Leaders, Old 1605b, Revised 1605b, CDM

Allowance Accounting

ARP, NBP, RGGI, CCX, EU-ETS

Market Exchange CCX

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US Registry Experience – Lessons Learned

• Registry design should be capable of running multiple programs for multiple pollutants, e.g.– Acid rain program designed to work for one

program and pollutant – State NOx program required re-design to

accommodate multiple pollutants– Revised 1605b designed to support a specific

policy objective - a national GHG emissions intensity target

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Lessons Learned Contd.

• Registry design should be capable to accommodate a range of policy developments without trying to anticipate the future program rules, e.g.– Connecticut (ECR): Direct emissions at unit level– New York (ECR): Direct and indirect emissions at

facility level

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Lessons Learned Contd.

• A streamlined Registry Design that can serve as one stop interface for data input from an entity, e.g.– Title V reporting procedures widely different and

confusing in different states:• CT: Burden on sources can be significant• OH: requirements quite lax; not much QA/QC• SIMILAR DATA also submitted to EPA under TRI

– Revised 1605b key elements complicated and unfamiliar to many companies

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Lessons Learned Contd.

• A Registry Design that follows best practices and international standards. e.g.– Revised 1605b procedures for accounting for

reductions are not consistent with best practice

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Key Registry Design Principles

• Build with comprehensive data management capabilities– Increases flexibility and adaptability to

future changes and future programs– Reduces development cost and

administrative burden

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Design Principles (cont.)

• Promote reporting transparency– Builds confidence in the program– Demonstrates rules compliance– Improves market efficiency

• Integrate all systems and data– Eliminates duplication and reduces errors– Reduces administrative cost

• Automate whenever possible

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Design Principles (cont.)

• Link and draw from existing systems with high quality data– Leverages existing data collection efforts

• Conduct QA/QC in the right place– Enhances data quality– Reduces administrative cost

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Multi-State Registry Design – A Vision

• Provides emissions inventories framework that can:– Facilitate effective corporate GHG management strategies

including baseline protection

– Support emissions trading and other types of programs

• Based on the GHG Protocol Standards and other best practices keeping in view potential policy developments

• Addresses lessons learnt and follows design principles derived from the US Registry experience

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Comprehensive Emissions Inventories – Key Data Capabilities

• Data identifying sources including definition, list, and emissions

• Data identifying facilities including definition, list, and emissions

• Data identifying activities including list of fuel and material streams within a facility

• Data identifying quantification methodologies including list of tiers and emissions factors for each activity

• Data identifying parent company including definition, list of business units, and emissions

• Description of quality control procedures• Description of third party verification data checks

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Emissions Trading System

Emissions Inventories

Emissions Inventories – A Core Building Block

What you measure WELL, you can manage WELLWhat you measure WELL, you can market WELL

Corporate GHG Management

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Questions?

Contact Information:

Pankaj BhatiaManager, GHG Protocol Initiative (www.ghgprotocol.org)

World Resources Institute, Washington DC, USA

pankaj@wri.org

1-202-729-7629