DO YOU COMPLY?

Does my organisation need to report?
Your organisation will be required to report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, energy produced and energy consumed under NGER if:

GHG emissions exceed 125 kT CO₂e at the Corporate level or 25 kT CO₂e at a given Facility.
Energy produced or consumed exceeds 500 TJ at the Corporate level or 100 TJ at the Facility level.

Note that thresholds at the Corporate level will reduce in stages over the next 3 years, so an increasing number of Corporations will be required to register and report.

When should I get started?

Systems: Your internal energy and GHG emissions data systems should be in place by 1st July 2008 so you can commence data collection.
Data Collection: You must commence collecting relevant data for the first reporting period from 1st July 2008.
Registration: If you need to report under NGER in the first reporting period, you must register with the Department of Climate Change by 31st August 2009.
Reporting: Reports for the first reporting period are due by 31st October 2009.

Reporting period diagram

What activities must I report?

Scope 1 (direct) and Scope 2 (indirect) emissions of any of the following 6 types of greenhouse gases:
Carbon dioxide (CO₂), Methane (CH₄), Nitrous Oxide (N₂0), Perfluorocarbons (PFCs), Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and Sulfur Hexafluoride (SF₆).
Energy produced
Energy consumed

Are you prepared?

Have you correctly identified who has the reporting responsibility (operational control) and what the reporting boundaries are?
Do you have an internal system for recording your energy and GHG data?
Is the data being recorded with sufficient accuracy and transparency to meet the reporting requirements?
Are you aware of all the potential emissions sources and energy production/consumption activities which need to be reported?
Have you included all relevant contractor activities?
Have you included all relevant fugitive emissions?

Note: kT CO₂e = thousands of tonnes of GHG in carbon dioxide equivalents
TJ = TeraJoules = 1 x 10¹² Joules

Penalties for Non-Compliance

Requirement	Penalty ($AU)	Per Day Overdue ($AU)
Obligation to apply to register threshold (emission or energy)	$220,000	$11,000
Emission or Energy Report to be given to Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer	$220,000	$11,000
Liability of other persons to provide emission or energy information	$220,000 (organisation) $44,000 (individual)	$11,000 (organisation) $11,000 (individual)
Reports content relating to greenhouse gas projects	$110,000
Records to be kept of the activities of the members of a group	$110,000
Records to be kept of a person’s activities	$110,000 (organisation) $22,000 (individual)
Authorised officer may request persons to answer questions	$1,100
Occupier to provide authorised officer with all facilities and assistance	$1,100
Power to request information – compliance	$5,500
Power to request information – misleading information	$6,600
External audits – compliance	$110,000
External audits – other	$27,500