Technical Guidelines: Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (1605(b)) Program

摘要

On February 14, 2002, the President directed the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to propose improvements to the voluntary emission reduction registration program under section 1605(b) of the 1992 Energy Policy Act. The improvements were to enhance measurement accuracy, reliability and verifiability, working with and taking into account emerging domestic and international approaches. In response to this charge, the Department of Energy (DOE), in consultation with the other agencies, has revised the reporting Guidelines for the Voluntary Reporting Program in two parts: General Guidelines and Technical Guidelines (calculating emissions and reductions). The purpose of the General Guidelines is to establish the procedures and requirements for filing voluntary reports. The purpose of the Technical Guidelines is to define permissible methods of calculating reportable emissions and reductions. The Technical Guidelines are, in turn, divided into two chapters: Chapter 1, Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory Guidelines and Chapter 2, Greenhouse Gas Emission Reductions Guidelines. The Inventory Chapter is intended to be primarily a document in which possible methods of estimating emissions and sequestration from the sources most likely to be encountered are reviewed and rated. These Guidelines have a secondary purpose of acting as a guide for reporters on how to estimate emissions, complementing the many excellent works already in the public domain that cover this issue. The Inventory Chapter therefore avoids a detailed, guidebook-like approach unless the estimation methods are not in the public domain.