19 December 2006

A User Guide for the Registry is now available online.

1 December 2006

The GGAS Scheme Administrator has published the second GGAS Scheme newsletter. Its purpose is to keep Scheme participants, stakeholders and interested observers up to date with developments in the Scheme.

17 November 2006

The Tribunal as Compliance Regulator has determined the Scheme Pool Coefficient and Key Factors for the 2007 compliance year. 

25 October 2006

Revised application forms and guide to applying for Generation Rule applicants have been uploaded to the website.

24 October 2006

Over 30 million NGACs have been created.

5 October 2006

The GGAS Scheme Administrator has released a new Fact Sheet - Voluntary Surrender

12 September 2006

A new form for the submission of Quarterly Activity Statements from all ACPs accredited for showerhead and CFL projects using the Default Abatement Factor Method under the Demand Side Abatement Rule is released.

25 August 2006

A new Demand Side Abatement (DSA) Rule has been made by the NSW Minister for Energy, the Honourable Joseph Tripodi MP which was gazetted on and is effective from 25 August 2006. The revised Rule modifies the Installation Discount Factors (IDFs) in Equation 3 and makes reference to the Water Efficiency Labelling and Standards Scheme (WELS) in Table 1: Default Emissions Abatement Factors. All applicants and existing accredited certificate providers for DSA projects should use the NSW Greenhouse Gas Benchmark Rule (Generation) No. 3 of 2003, effective from 25 August 2006.

9 August 2006

The amount of the greenhouse gas abatement penalty to be imposed on participants that do not meet their reduction target has increased to $11.50 per tCO2-e for the 2006 compliance year.  The legislation requires that the penalty be adjusted each year in accordance with movements of the Consumer Price Index (CPI). 

3 August 2006

The NSW Minister for Energy, The Honourable Joe Tripodi MP has tabled the Annual Report on Compliance and Operation of the NSW Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme during 2005.

3 August 2006

Scheme Administrator to review aspects of some energy efficiency giveaway projects.

The Greenhouse Gas Reduction Scheme may accredit projects which involve the installation, sale or giveaway of specified energy efficient products.  These projects use the Default Abatement Factors (DAF) Method of the Demand Side Abatement Rule.  The Rule allows accredited projects to create certificates based on the calculated lifetime greenhouse gas abatement from the installation of these products.

The assumed abatement, or DAF value, is discounted where the products are sold or given away rather than being directly installed, to take account of the possibility of non installation.  This is determined by the Installation Discount Factor (IDF).  The Rule allows the Scheme Administrator to apply a discount of 0.9 if products are sold and 0.8 for products that are given away.  The Rule also gives the Scheme Administrator some discretion to approve an alternative value.

Given the experience now gained with these projects, the growth of projects involving giveaways and data collected concerning installation rates from giveaways, the Scheme Administrator has indicated that it proposes to review the Installation Discount Factors.  Based on its research, the Scheme Administrator is considering resetting the Installation Discount Factor for projects involving the bulk distribution of energy efficient products, such as compact fluorescent light globes and AAA-rated showerheads, to 0.4, effective from 1 October 2006.  The Scheme Administrator will consult with affected and interested parties prior to making its final decision.

The Scheme Administrator is taking steps to ensure that genuine abatement continues and that the integrity of the Greenhouse Gas Scheme is maintained.  Where accredited parties can verify actual installation of products, no discounting of abatement is applied.

4 July 2006

The Scheme Administrator has released a revised version of the Annual Report Statement for the Generation Rule.

4 July 2006

The Tribunal has extended, until further notice, the date for lodging elections to become a benchmark participant to 31 August in the year preceeding the year in which the election is to have effect.

3 July 2006

The 30th June 2006 was the last date for creation of NGACs for abatement during 2005. 10,078,763 NGACs of 2005 Vintage have been created. The total number of NGACs created since the commencement of the Scheme is now 24,394,206.

1 June 2006

The Scheme Administrator has released the Guidance document for preparation of Performance Improvement Testing Regimes (PITRs) for parties using Method 2 of the Generation Rule.

25 May 2006

The Scheme Administrator has released a new form for participants accredited under the QLD 13% GEC Scheme and GGAS.

9 May 2006

Due to a scheduled upgrade of the GGAS Registry, the Registry will be unavailable on Monday 15 May 2006. The Registry will be back to normal operation on Tuesday 16 May 2006.  Please accept our apologies for any inconvenience this may cause.

Any queries can be directed to Liz Mayfield, Registry Manager on (02) 9290 8489.

7 April 2006

Summary of the findings from the Registry Customer Satisfaction Survey conducted by LogicaCMG.

23 March 2006

Intro to GGAS document (including some outcomes to date - March 2006).

15 March 2006

GGAS has released a new Fact Sheet to assist with using the Default Abatement Factors Method under the Demand Side Abatement Rule.

21 February 2006

Boral Limited has registered the first ever Large User Abatement Certificates (LUACs) in GGAS, after gaining accreditation for a series of fuel efficiency improvements at the Blue Circle Southern Cement facility in Berrima NSW.

15 February 2006

GGAS has achieved another milestone. Over 20 million NGACs have been registered since the commencement of the Scheme.