Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Aggregated Small Energy Users) Methodology Determination 2015 (Cth)

Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Aggregated Small Energy Users) Methodology Determination 2015 I, Greg Hunt, Minister for the Environment, make the following determination.

Dated 25 March 2015

Greg Hunt

Greg Hunt Minister for the Environment

Contents Part 1—Preliminary 1 Name 2 Commencement 3 Authority 4 Duration 5 Definitions 6 Meaning of measured energy consumption 7 Meaning of treatment 8 References to factors and parameters from external sources Part 2—Aggregated small energy users projects 9 Aggregated small energy users projects Part 3—Project requirements Division 1—Operation of this Part 10 Operation of this Part Division 2—General requirements 11 Information to be included in application for declaration 12 Legal right to access and use data about energy consumption 13 Project proponent not to be actively involved in decision‑making Division 3—Making choices for the project Subdivision A—Populations and selecting sites 14 Choosing populations 15 Selecting sites for a control group or treatment group 16 Sites affected by attrition Subdivision B—Measurement periods and pre‑treatment periods 17 Choosing the start day for the first measurement period 18 Choosing start day and end day for pre‑treatment periods Subdivision C—Sub‑methods and explanatory variables 19 Choosing a sub‑method and explanatory variables Subdivision D—Sources of energy 20 Choosing energy sources Division 4—Treatment and activities of the project proponent Subdivision A—Dealing with control group and treatment group differently 21 Dealing with control group and treatment group differently 22 Offering goods or services to cause higher energy consumption at sites in control group 23 Offering goods or services to control group that would usually be offered 24 Promoting government programs disproportionately to treatment group 25 Measuring energy consumption Subdivision B—Other requirements 26 Occupants of sites in control group not to be informed of their role 27 Promoting to treatment group the switch to using different energy source 28 Increase in energy prices for treatment group 29 Decrease in energy prices for control group 30 Disposing of removed or replaced energy‑consuming equipment Part 4—Net abatement amount Division 1—Preliminary 31 Operation of this Part 32 Overview of gases accounted for in abatement calculations Division 2—Requirements relating to calculating net abatement 33 Operation of this Division 34 General requirements 35 Excluding sites affected by attrition from the beginning of measurement period 36 Requirements for sub‑methods 2 and 3 Division 3—Method for calculating net abatement amount 37 Summary 38 Carbon dioxide equivalent net abatement amount Division 4—Time‑aggregated emissions in measurement periods—sub‑method 1 Subdivision A—Summary 39 Summary Subdivision B—Calculating abatement for a population 40 Difference between control group emissions and treatment group emissions 41 Standard deviation of mean daily emissions for control group 42 Abatement for a population in a measurement period Subdivision C—Calculating mean daily emissions for a group 43 Mean daily emissions for control group 44 Mean daily emissions for treatment group Subdivision D—Calculating site emissions 45 Site emissions in a measurement period Division 5—Time‑aggregated emissions in measurement periods and pre‑treatment periods—sub‑method 2 Subdivision A—Summary 46 Summary Subdivision B—Calculating abatement for a population 47 Difference between change in control group emissions and change in treatment group emissions 48 Standard deviation of change in mean daily emissions for control group 49 Abatement for a population in a measurement period Subdivision C—Calculating the change in emissions between periods for a group 50 Change in mean daily emissions for control group 51 Change in mean daily emissions for treatment group Subdivision D—Calculating the change in site emissions between periods 52 Change in site emissions Subdivision E—Calculating site emissions 53 Site emissions in a measurement period 54 Site emissions in a pre‑treatment period Division 6—Calculation of abatement from regression modelling—sub‑method 3 Subdivision A—Summary 55 Summary Subdivision B—Calculating abatement for a population 56 Statistical significance of treatment effect 57 Abatement for a population in a measurement period Subdivision C—Estimating the effect of treatment 58 Regression analysis Subdivision D—Calculating mean daily site emissions 59 Mean daily site emissions in a measurement period 60 Mean daily site emissions in a pre‑treatment period Subdivision E—Calculating site emissions 61 Site emissions in a measurement period 62 Site emissions in a pre‑treatment period Part 5—Reporting, record‑keeping and monitoring requirements Division 1—Offsets report requirements 63 Operation of this Part 64 Offsets report requirements Division 2—Notification requirements 65 Operation of this Division 66 Notification requirements Division 3—Record keeping requirements 67 Operation of this Division 68 Record keeping requirements Division 4—Monitoring requirements Subdivision A—Preliminary 69 Operation of this Part Subdivision B—Monitoring requirements 70 Monitoring energy consumption 71 Monitoring energy consumption using billing data 72 Monitoring energy consumption other than using billing data 73 Monitoring explanatory variables for sub‑method 3 Subdivision C—Consequences of failing to monitor the project as required 74 Consequences of not monitoring explanatory variable as required Part 6—Dividing an aggregated small energy users project 75 Operation of this Part 76 Requirements for division of project