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PacificCarbonTrust.com
Overview to
Carbon Neutral Government 2014
The webinar will begin in a moment ...
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o Carbon Neutral Government Team – new faces
o Program Changes – Offset payments
o 2014 Timeline
o Self Certification & Verification
o Methodology
o Resources & More Information
o Summary & Questions
Agenda
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Climate Action Secretariat – New Head:Susanna Laaksonen-Craig
Carbon Neutral Government & Outreach – New Executive Director: Suzanne Spence
CNG Team – Dave AharonianKen PorterHaydee OordKristi MacMillan
New Faces at CAS
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129 Public Sector Organizations
Carbon Neutral Government Teamo Climate Action Secretariat o Carbon Measurement & Reporting o Climate Investment Branch
Committees o Carbon Neutral Committee
CNG Roles & Responsibilities
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Carbon Neutral Government 2013 Carbon Neutral Symposium Carbon Neutral Capital Project Funding Focus on reductions
Building on Success
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Program Changes 1
Carbon Neutral Offset Payments Public Sector Organizations: Process remains largely same as before Invoice issued on May 15, 2015 Payment made to Minister of Finance Payment sent to Climate Action Secretariat (full
details on Invoice) No advance payments can be made currently
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Carbon Neutral Offset Payments Core Gov’t: Min of Environment makes payment for all of core
gov’t Min of Environment will “JV” ministries for costs This will all be handled internally by Finance Core Gov’t still measures and reports their emissions
as before, only the payment process has changed
Program Changes 2
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Carbon Neutral Action Report
No Draft CNAR required! Legislative amendment has removed the requirement for a
draft CNAR Final CNARs will be due May 29, 2015 CAS will review all final CNARs CAS will send out ample reminders to complete Final CNARS!
Program Changes 3
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2014 CNG Timeline
April 30th, 2015
• Final Data Uploaded to SMARTTool
• QA/QC Data Begins (completed by CAS & CMR)
May 15th, 2015
• QA/QC Data Completed
• Offset Invoice Generated (sent to PSO)
• Self-Certification Checklist Due (signoff required)
May 29th, 2015
• Final CNAR Due (signoff required)
• Final Offset Payment Due
By June 30th, 2015
Declare Carbon
Neutrality
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Carbon Neutral Action Report 2014
Jan 15, 2015 all PSOs will receive their unique Fluid Survey links for CNAR questions
Draft CNAR not required
All other aspects of the CNAR remain unchanged from last year
Reporting
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o Requirement under the Carbon Neutral Government Regulation
o All organizations will self-certify that the 2014 data going into SMARTTool is accurate and complete using the Self-Certification Check-List by May 15th, 2015
o Each year, a representative sample of organizations will be selected for verification based on risk
o 2013 Verification Update
o PSOs to be verified in 2015 will be notified by July 17, 2015
Self Certification & Verification
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o 2014 B.C. Best Practices Methodology for Quantifying Greenhouse Gas Emissions
o Scope Summary
Methodology
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o Updates to emission factorso Domestic purchased electricityo District Energy Calculatoro Global Warming Potentialso Average Fuel Efficiencieso Building Estimate Techniques
Methodology
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Electronic Data Exchange (EDX)
Pilot testing – ongoing Technical Launch – Nov 27 Official statement – Dec 3
Email [email protected] for info
New Initiatives
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Dec 3, 2014, Westin Bayshore Hotel, Vancouver
PSO specific event Focusing on how to achieve greater GHG emissions
reductions Both technical and policy presentations Details and registration coming soon
CNG SYMPOSIUM
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Webinar Date
Summary CNG 2014 – Readiness Check & Timelines March 11, 2015
Carbon Neutral Government 2014 June 30, 2015
Resources & More Information
www.livesmartbccommunity.ca/pso
Email: [email protected]
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We will be updating our contact list in early November
Please respond if personnel in your organization have changed
CNG Contact List
