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BC Carbon Neutral Government
2015 Timelines,
Information Update
&
Q’s & A’s
Climate Action Secretariat
Ministry of Environment
Government of British Columbia
March 5, 2015
Topics for Today….
• CNG Reporting timelines/deadlines
• CNG Updates:
• SMARTTool Review
• Use of Portfolio Manager
• LiveSmart Leaders website
• EDX update
• Legislation changes
• Offset Payment process
• CNG Reductions Strategy
BC Climate Action Secretariat
2015 Timeline
April 30th,
2015
• Final Data
Uploaded to
SMARTTool
• QA/QC Data
Begins (completed by
CAS & CMR)
May 15th,
2015
May 29th,
2015
• QA/QC Data
Completed
• Final CNAR Due
• Offset Invoice
Generated (sent
to PSOs by CAS)
• Final Offset
Payment Due
• Self-Certification
Checklist Due
(signoff required)
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By
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June30
30th
,
2015
2015
Declare
Declare
Carbon
Carbon
Neutrality
Neutrality
(signoff required)
BC Climate Action Secretariat
SMARTTool Review
• Project to establish a refreshed (more cost-effective
and efficient) carbon measurement and reporting
tool for the CNG program
• RFQ issued last year
• Currently working towards issuing an RFP by end of
April 2015
• Have a new tool in place for Jan 1, 2016
• New tool may include energy management functions
as well as inventory
• Compatible with EDX
• No drastic changes for PSOs!
• Updates to come in monthly newsletter
BC Climate Action Secretariat
Use of Portfolio Manager by PSOs
• Proposal from BC Hydro and Ministry of Energy
and Mines to use Portfolio Manager to
benchmark buildings in BC
• PM provides excellent way to compare and
benchmark building energy use
• BC public sector use could provide a leadership
role
• CNG response is that PM does not provide more
valuable data for GHG reductions than we
already have
• Public sector use should be phased in and
voluntary
BC Climate Action Secretariat
LiveSmart Leaders Website - transition
The current LiveSmart Leaders site, including the Carbon Neutral
Corner, will be shut down April 1, 2015 and transitioned to….
BC Climate Action Secretariat
……the Climate Action Secretariat website
http://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/theme.page?id=4D9B65E26DFA11EF78C200B82FAD10BD
BC Climate Action Secretariat
New CAS website
BC Climate Action Secretariat
New CAS website
BC Climate Action Secretariat
New CAS website
BC Climate Action Secretariat
EDX Update
• Electronic Data Exchange is up and running
• Allows for automatic loading of BC Hydro and
Fortis BC utility data into SMARTTool
• To be set up to use the EDX, send an email to:
carbon.neutralapps@gov.bc.ca
BC Climate Action Secretariat
Legislative Changes
• NO CHANGES FOR PSOs!
• The offset regulations in the CNGR are being
repealed as part of the new Greenhouse Gas
Industrial Reporting and Control Act
• All offsets regulations will be placed in the new act
• No changes to CNG or PSO offset obligations
BC Climate Action Secretariat
Offset Payment Process
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New process for 2014 offsets
Invoice issued on May 15, 2015
Payment to the “Minister of Finance”
EFT info sent out in March newsletter
Core Government NOT part of this process
CNG newsletter will contain updates
BC Climate Action Secretariat
CNG Reductions Strategy
• Key result of CNG symposium
• Development of a “GHG Reductions Strategy for
the public sector”
• Goal is to provide a business case for each sector
to take forward – request for funding
• Need to collect basic data from PSOs
BC Climate Action Secretariat
CNG Reductions Strategy
Data Requirements from PSOs:
• Do you know what projects are required to
achieve substantive GHG reductions?
• Cost of project?
• Estimated GHG reductions?
• Payback period?
• Operational cost savings?
• Energy/Feasibility study required?
BC Climate Action Secretariat
CNG Reductions Strategy
Other Issues:
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Specific targets?
How to pay for studies?
How to prioritize projects?
Revolving fund?
• Updates to come in CNG Newsletter
BC Climate Action Secretariat
Thank You!!
Questions & Answers
climateactionsecretariat@gov.bc.ca
BC Climate Action Secretariat