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1. ub Nama GAD Government atiy A Select the correct entity or sub entity Ow bii J Sub entin Status Arme i i i PE Been d A Click on the Vertical Tab Entity DI de western Ausrreka Pe Entity tyee Organisation LR f vos r TT aen be 4 In the Navigation Window click on the relevant entity name kagon Unka pmt A To select a sub entity click on the plus sign next to the entity name A The entity s name will appear on the banner A If the entity name does not have a plus sign next to it the entity does not have sub entities Refer to Planning the Entity Hierarchy to add sub entities to your Entity A Select the relevant reporting period A In the dropdown list for Reporting Periods click on the applicable date range Entering Data For instructions in relation to setting up entity s managing users setting activity data offset abatement or business measures please ____ refer to Section 3 of this manual Once you have set up your company s organisational hierarchy in the entity tree each entity and sub entity s consumption data can be entered into OSCAR by sector and activity type Quantities can be entered in a variety of units e g kWh of electricity G of natural gas or in tonnes of CO e direct You also have the option of H n u a t i t e B m k r t mn nnn entering the associated cost Greenhouse gas emissions are e calculated in tonnes of
2. Table of Contents nat OSCAR EE 1 POW LO USE TES MANUA EE 1 FAES OF EE 1 RER de EE 2 HON Daters Str ct red IN OSCAR ee ee eebe 2 Mentee GE 2 ACTIVE GRO UD Stree cen ennen eesti erkennen 2 Sector End Use Category Activity Type 2 OVEREEN TOW 80 USE OSCAR beer ENEE 3 Waroo nie An 5 e Elle 2 ele EE 5 The HOME SCHOON ee EE EEN 5 Navigating THrouon OSCAR meden meetrainen terme deter 5 Working in the correct entity sub entity and reporting period onver eeen 7 ERGEN DANE EE 7 Entering Activity Data Offsets Abatement and Business Measures oasis nennen eneen enen 8 Standateae EULER eneen nternet erdee dee ane 8 SCEE WL nenten nieten benbits desen ne 8 BI zu lg d EE 8 Entering Offset Abatement Comments 9 DFO CIELO ege 9 VIEWING Key Pertormanee NGICAL EE 9 HOW KPISare calculated zevende eerder ere niesen bebe seerde 9 Entering and uploading Public Statements eenen eeen venvennnenen eeens eneen enen 10 Entering Responses to the Questionnaire arsecaranaarar rdnr E EE A EE dE dd ENEE ee 10 Validation Submission and CONMMAL ON css cxe2succmasuslenetssuss aeyerevessatduesstas ded cestenscaneenetesteneiseciesess 10 ele 10 Validation ROSU Serre nen eneen eee antennes 11 SUDAN EEE Date enten teneerste enb tenten enen 11 Seite ils Be EE 12 zn 13 EE EE EE 13 EK Ee 14 Drilling through Analysis e 15 EE REDOT LAV EE 15 Saving and Exporting Analysis LL ln EE 15 Additional ein dl Le EE 15 Reporting for Fuel Tax C
3. Within first two years of operations Tounderiake Undertake detailed energy assessments responsibilities as Identify opportunities to improve required under the EEO efficiency in energy use Act Results of assessments Results of reported to the assessments Publically report 30 public reported to the months after trigger public year o P dart Arastrtdasian Zesource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 15 November 2012 5 0 REPORTING AND AUDITING 5 1 NATIONAL GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY REPORTING REQUIREMENTS It is a legislative requirement under the NGER Act that a corporation register and report annual greenhouse emissions if reporting thresholds are exceeded Reporting and record keeping should be conducted in accordance with the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Guidelines 2008 New Hope is a registered corporation under the Act and is in accordance with the Act providing a report to the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer relating to the greenhouse gas emissions energy production and energy consumption of its corporate group during each financial year Once operational the Elimatta Project will contribute to New Hope s corporate group emissions This annual report must fulfil the requirements set out in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008 Cth and report on the quantity of each greenhouse gas emitted during the reporting year Reports can also be submitted relating to greenhouse g
4. El imion Bursei eeens ns formats ome vn een Prva A Click on the View Data link Semen Summary Year By Ye To view data entered the year before the membership was signed A Click on Include pre membership data A Click on the View Report link To view the Year by Year report A Select up to five separate years of data by clicking on the boxes A Click on the View Report link The View Report link opens a window with a graph and table showing the entity s emissions for each reporting period A To view an aggregate report of all the entity s sub entities data click the checkbox for Include sub entities data A To view emissions for the current entity only uncheck the Include sub entities data checkbox Validation Results The validation results for the current reporting period are located below the Validation Reports Critical errors warnings and anomalies are displayed for each instance of missing data and details and any significant deviation in your data compared to the previous reporting period They highlight the need for you to pay attention to the following problems sii el Critical errors must be fixed before moving on to the mee GE submission function Sch ee K It is recommended that you fix all Warning messages ne ee T Se It is recommended that Anomalies are checked to ensure they mma programe Osten cream te wann ped rv pa men meme acne Pha mare maa Met ven are not mistakes ce vasa To check and cor
5. Fax Mobile A Email gt gt tt gt gt If you are delegating this user as a specified contact role click on the blue Role button to open the Contact role window Select one of the following roles A Primary contact A Chief Executive Officer A Greenhouse Friendly Contact A GES contact Not all users are assigned a role However it is important that each entity has a Primary Contact to be the first point of reference for Industry Advisors J urisdictional Coordinators Ensure that the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Primary Contact are assigned to the correct contact It is important to have a clear understanding of your organisational hierarchy and the importance of creating users at the correct level A In the Status field either retain the default setting Active or click on the drop down list to select Inactive Inactive users V1 19 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 3 Setting up your entity and users can no longer access OSCAR Inactive users allow a record of old users to be retained A The Confidential box is ticked by default Click the box to remove the tick if confidentiality is not an issue A In the Notes field enter information if necessary A Click Save Being made a user of OSCAR does not give the user automatic rights to access OSCAR For example a person nomina
6. Menu A In the Navigation Window click on Enter data A Select the Offsets Abatements tab Activity data can be entered as per the Entering Activity Data section A If the Comments column is not visible use the scroll bar at the bottom of the Main Window to scroll to the right and expose the column A Click on the Ellipsis button to the right of the Comments column to open the Comments page A Enter your comments and click Save Where the activity is for SF6 a calculator is provided to assist you in calculating your SF6 usage for the year A calculator icon will appear when an appropriate activity has been selected A Click on the Calculator icon to open the SF6 Calculator A Complete all of the fields This will calculate your total annual emissions of SF6 A Click on save Viewing Key Performance Indicators V1 Your Key Performance Indicators KPIs are automatically calculated and displayed by OSCAR once you have entered activity data and at least one business measure You cannot enter KPIs directly How KPIs are calculated Your KPI is calculated by dividing total emissions in CO0 e by business measures This provides you with two KPIs per business measure The emissions figures used in the calculation are an aggregate of the data entered for the selected entity and its sub entity Tip KPIs can be added for all sub entities not just your top level entity o 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive
7. Standard for entity level greenhouse reporting The WRI WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol Corporate Accounting and Reporting Standard identifies three scopes for defining operational boundaries of greenhouse gas emissions ky KN Scope 1 Direct emissions Scope 1 covers emissions that are produced form sources within the boundary of an organisation and as a result of that organisation s activities These emissions are mainly from the following activities o Generation of energy heat steam and electricity o Manufacturing processes which produce emissions e g cement manufacture aluminium and ammonia o Transportation of materials products waste and people e g the use of mobile combustion sources such as trucks and cars o Fugitive emissions intentional or unintentional GHG releases Such as methane emissions from coal mines natural gas leaks from seals Scope 2 Energy indirect emissions Scope 2 reporting covers indirect emissions from the consumption of electricity heat and steam Indirect emissions are those emissions that are physically produced by another entity Electricity that is purchased form the grid is often a company s largest source of indirect greenhouse emissions s Scope 3 Other indirect emissions This scope covers all indirect emissions not included in scope 2 reporting Examples include upstream emissions generated in extraction and production of fossil fuels emissions due to disposal
8. The information held for every Contact in an organisation such as phone and email address passwords and permissions is managed by the Signatory A Contact can be the point of reference regarding the entity for the Industry Advisor or users within the organisation A Contact can be active or inactive It is recommended that contacts are not deleted but made inactive to retain historical records in relation to past communications between the entity and the programme administrators A user that can change their company s entity details add and edit Contacts enter and edit Activity data and produce reports Coordinators can do everything except submit and confirm progress reports which are completed by the signatory A group of greenhouse gas emissions sources Stationary energy transport energy waste industrial processes and fugitive emissions are the most common emissions source categories A unit of measurement for a fuel or resource type For example a kilowatt hour kWh of electricity or a Gigajoule Gj of natural gas A data collecting reporting unit company or organisation Your company can report through a single entity capturing all emissions Or many entities divided by your operational or financial structure The entity types are Aggregation Entity of this type are not able to enter data Organisation Account Physical Site Reporting Entity We are not yet sure what the business rules are surrounding th
9. e Diesel Mobile Construction Liquid Fuel Fleet 6 840 264 19 388 KL l Diesel Mobile Operation Liquid Fuel kL 5 474 75 211 15 877 Lef ei Australasian Resource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 8 November 2012 3 0 PROPOSED MANAGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE GASES 3 1 REQUIREMENTS UNDER NATIONAL GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY REPORTING ACT 2007 CTH There will be a legislative requirement for the Project to report under the NGER Act The NGER Act was passed on 29 September 2007 and establishes a national framework for Australian corporations to report greenhouse gas emissions reductions removals and offsets and energy consumption and production as of 1 July 2008 The following subordinate legislation has been made or is proposed to be made under the NGER Act e The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008 e The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Measurement Determination 2008 e The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Audit Determination 2009 and e The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Auditor Registration Instrument The NGER Act and associated subordinate legislation aims to e Provide robust data to underpin the environmental financial integrity of any potential national emissions trading scheme in Australia e Reduce the number of greenhouse and energy reports required across State Territory and Australian Government programmes and e Provide corporate level information
10. progress report is drawn from Only the top level entity can submit data A user is a contact in an entity or sub entity with a designated user name and password to access OSCAR A user differs from a contact in that a contact does not necessarily have access permissions to view and edit data and other details Users must be assigned one of four permission groups Signatory Coordinator Data Reporter and Guest see Permissions Groups 26 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Acronyms AGO Australian Greenhouse Office ANZSIC Australian New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification ANZSIC CH4 Methane CO e Carbon dioxide equivalent normally measured in tones tCO e EF Emission factor DEW Department of the Environment and Water Resources GCP Greenhouse Challenge Plus programme GES Generator Efficiency Standards GF Greenhouse Friendly ghg Greenhouse gas GJ Gigajoule GPIs Greenhouse Performance indicators HFC Hydro fluorocarbon kg Kilogram kL Kilolitre km Kilometre KPI Key Performance Indicators kWh Kilowatt hour MJ Megaj oule NOx Nitrogen oxide OSCAR Online System for Challenge Activity Reporting OSS Outreach Support Services independent advisors not employed by the AGO who operate locally and work with small to medium sized businesses to assist them in meeting their reporting requirements PEG Perfluorocarbon SF6 Sulp
11. Comment section type or copy the text for your public statement or click the Browse button Find the file you want to upload on your computer or network Click OK Click Save gt Entering Responses to the Questionnaire Activity Data Offset Abatement Business Measure KPI Public Statement Questionnaire To respond to a questionnaire Other Factors Entry mandatory questions A Click the Vertical tab Menu Other Factors Entry Other Factors Question Group 1 Business Factor In the Navigation window click on Enter data In the Main Window click the Questionnaire tab Answer the questions in the free text fields 2 Measurement Methodology tt gt Click on Save Validation submission and confirmation Validating Data To validate your data A Select the relevant top level entity A Select the applicable reporting period The name of the entity and reporting period will appear in the banner See V1 10 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Working with the correct Entity and Reporting Period for steps on selecting an entity and reporting period Click the Vertical Tab Menu In the Navigation Window click on Validate data The Main Window will display a list of Validation reports Both Emissions summaries provide the same information in different
12. a method for the calculation of an activity s greenhouse gas intensity through the use of emission factors that relate the quantity of fuel or energy consumed to a quantity of carbon dioxide equivalents COs e emitted for that activity over a given period of time Greenhouse gas emission estimates were calculated based on the following e Operational data mine plans proposed equipment fleet and operational hours and e Greenhouse gas emission factors nominated in National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting System Measurement Technical Guidelines for the estimation of greenhouse gas emissions by facilities in Australia June 2009 The emission factors are activity specific and are categorised as being direct or indirect depending on whether they occur within or outside of an organisation s boundary Direct emissions or Scope 1 may include e Generation of energy heat steam and electricity including carbon dioxide and products of incomplete combustion methane and nitrous oxide e Manufacturing processes which produce emissions for example cement aluminium and ammonia production e Transportation of materials products waste and people for example use of vehicles owned and operated by the reporting organisation e Fugitive emissions intentional or unintentional GHG releases such as methane emissions from coal mines natural gas leaks from joints and seals and e On site waste management such as emissions from landfill
13. belonging to multiple programmes can have data partially locked when data in one programme is confirmed prior to confirmation of the other programmes Reports Standard or validation reports can be generated at any time to monitor your organisation e consumption or emission status o LU 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Logging in Ke A Open Internet Explorer or Firefox Australian Government eg A In the website address field type www oscar gov au A mstralian Greenhouse Office za ebe gege ern A When the OSCAR homepage appears click on the word OSCAR This system is administered by the Department of the Eevironmest and Water Resources Australian Greenhouse Office AGO While aggregate programme iefoemation wil be made available in the public domain H the AGO will aat disco tie fh t h bl b will au x ve orgaresal ty spec Uli n u OX information to third parties without the prior approval of the organisation comermed EE En A Click the OK button Warning Do not tick the box Remember my password or similar options depending on individual business IT policies or your security may be compromised AGO local User name Le Password Figure 2 Username and password Selecting a Programme Programme Please seleri the programme you with to report
14. data for If your organisation belongs to more than one programme select a he BS s A e en programme using the appropriate icon on the homepage Once you _Sovernment statesond smesan have fulfilled the requirements for data entry in one programme you caser H Bemtgen eee can switch toggle to the other programme s Data entered that is d a common across programmes will be reflected in all relevant dis bs st D programmes So you only need to enter the common data once States and States and States and States and Wastara Australie Victoria Australian Capital Hostharn Tarritary Terrilory The Home Screen When you successfully logon to OSCAR and selected a programme if necessary the home screen with your organisation s name in the eh Eegen E and the site may go offline ER a l banner will be displayed The banner will also show the mice National Products gan access the bve site at WWW Oscar gow au Ma A C u rre nt pe ri od d u e d ate Manulacturiry Current pened due date OL 07 2016 selected reporting period drop down menu Primary contact Jo Use Selected reporting period KEUNE CEE S industry Advisor Tast region primary contact industry advisor Lt tt gt programme context Navigating through OSCAR There are three parts to OSCAR s navigation these are A Main Window The Main Window links appear in the centre of the screen immedi
15. is Structured in OSCAR Programmes An organisation submits their data to the programme of which they are a member The programmes are Greenhouse Challenge Plus GCP Government Greenhouse and Energy Reporting GGER and seven individual State or Territory governments Activity Groups Each programme defines the combination of Activity Groups on which an entity will report An Activity Group broadly classifies the types of information collected These groupings are Energy Waste Water Emissions and Waste water Each Activity Group is associated with one of many sectors end use categories activity types and if appropriate fuel contexts Sector End Use Category Activity Type OSCAR handles reporting of the consumption and waste figures of organisations in three levels of detail These are Sectors End Use Categories and Activity Types Sector is a broad classification of areas of activity within an organisation such as Stationary Energy and Transport Energy or Industrial Processes End use categories identify the specific use of activity types associated with the consumption of energy or waste Fuels can be reported as energy and OSCAR will first calculate the energy content using an agreed conversion factor An agreed emission factor will then be applied to calculate emissions in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent CO2 e The detail of reporting an entity is required to complete is defined by the programme to which t
16. of waste the downstream implications of transporting an organisation s product to customers or from contracting outsourcing of activities The emissions factor for these activities depends on the boundaries drawn around upstream and downstream processes when assessing the emissions associated with the activity On clicking Save in the Activity data window the Quantity figures are automatically calculated for greenhouse gas emissions and broken down into scopes 1 2 and 3 V1 29 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual APPENDIX C FTC Reporting Reporting Requirements for Fuel Tax Credits All companies that claim more than 3 million in Fuel Tax Credits must be by law involved in a programme All business units defined as sites and subsidiaries can enter their Fuel Tax Credits for forwarding to the Australian Tax Office The FTC tab requires the ABN and CAC CAN numbers for sites and subsidiaries in organisation that are not represented as entities in OSCAR The sites and subsidiaries entered in the FTC tab do not have an impact on or reflect your organisation e activities and should be considered additional to the hierarchy created in the entity tree V1 30 11 02 2008 Appendix B NGER Factsheet faarc Greenhouse Gas Management Plan B November 2012 thinkchange TRA en and Energy TO _ Australian Government eg A U Dep
17. placed to identify possible mistakes in your data and to encourage you to keep the contact details of your users up to date Anomalies and warnings will not prevent you from submitting your progress report however you 23 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 3 Setting up your entity and users will need to acknowledge them when you submit and confirm data for your company For every Critical error and anomaly you will be provided with a link back to the appropriate page to allow you to correct the problem or verify the figures The submission function replaces the need for you to provide a written draft progress report to the programmes Submission can only be completed by the person that is assigned the permission group Signatory During the submission process the data in the selected reporting period will be validated and any changes made to the data after submission will set the status back to unsubmitted and you will have to re submit the progress report Confirmation Confirmation of your data replaces the provision of a signed final Progress report as part of your agreement with the programmes Following submission of your progress report your industry advisor will have a look at your submitted data and details and will contact you soon thereafter to offer you the option of confirming the data for the selected reporting period Con
18. sites Indirect emissions include the emissions associated with the generation and consumption of purchased electricity Scope 2 aarc Zesource Consusants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 3 November 2012 A second category of indirect emissions is termed Scope 3 These emissions include greenhouse gas emissions other than due to electricity generation that are related to an organisation s activities but that are produced by another organisation For example the greenhouse gas emissions which are associated with the transportation of energy to the Project site and materials off site The status and relevance of Scope 3 emissions to this type of study is currently being evaluated and debated It has been commonly seen as an optional component in this type of study Since Scope 3 emissions are not able to be directly influenced by Taroom Coal they have not been quantified for this report During Project construction and operation measurement of greenhouse gas emissions will be conducted in accordance with the methodology proposed in the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Measurement Determination 2008 2 2 GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCING ACTIVITIES AND EMISSION FACTORS The major activities at the Project that are likely to produce greenhouse gas emissions are Direct emissions e Consumption of diesel in mobile and back up generators during the construction and operational phase of the Project including the Rail and Services
19. to the public on greenhouse and energy performance of Australian corporations Under the NGER Act corporations are required to register and report if they emit greenhouse gases produce energy or consume energy at or above the specified thresholds as follows e They control facilities that emit 25 kt or more of greenhouse gas or produce consume 100 TJ or more of energy or e Their corporate group emits 50 kt or more of greenhouse gas or produces consumes 200 TJ or more of energy As an individual facility the Elimatta Project will exceed these thresholds and will need to report under the NGER Act The act dictates the manner in which reporting needs to be undertaken New Hope as the parent company is a registered corporation under the NGER Act and the Elimatta Project as a facility will contribute to their corporate group emissions 3 2 REQUIREMENTS UNDER ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPPORTUNITIES ACT 2006 The Commonwealth EEO Act came into effect on 1 July 2006 and encourages large energy using businesses to improve their identification and evaluation of energy efficiency opportunities and as a ot gt aarc AustrilAsion Zesource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 9 November 2012 result to encourage the implementation of cost effective energy efficient opportunities The following subordinate legislation has been made under the EEO Act e Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 e Energy Efficiency Opportunities Amendment
20. 5 kt 900 TJ 350 TJ 2nd REPORTING YEAR 3rd REPORTING YEAR 2009 10 2010 11 BESTS ZO emm MN IAS LON PI F GE Register by 31 8 Register by 31 Aug Register by 31 Aug Report by 31 Report by 31 Oct Report by 31 Oct Publication by 28 F Publication by 28 Feb kt kilotonnes in CO equivalent of greenhouse gases emitted TJ terajoules 107 joules of energy consumed or produced NEXT STEPS The Australian Government will conduct further consultation with stakeholders on the detail of the national reporting system Regulations to underpin the administrative and technical arrangements of the legislation will be developed well in advance of the scheme s commencement to provide certainty to industry of their obligations under the NGER Act Ongoing work will ensure the system links closely to the future Australian Emissions Trading Scheme and enables companies to meet their reporting obligations under relevant Government programmes MORE INFORMATION Visit the Department of the Environment and Water Resources Greenhouse and Energy Reporting website www greenhouse gov au reporting Email reporting environment gov au October 2007
21. Act 2007 and e Energy Efficiency Opportunities Regulations 2006 The EEO Act and associated subordinate legislation aims to e Improved identification and uptake of cost effective energy efficiency opportunities e Improved productivity and reduced greenhouse gas emissions and e Greater scrutiny of energy use by large energy consumers There will be a legislative requirement for the Elimatta Project to report under the EEO Act Under the EEO Act corporations are required to register if they use more than 0 5 petajoules of energy per year New Hope as the parent company exceeds these thresholds and is a registered corporation under the EEO Act As such New Hope is required to e Undertake detailed energy assessments e Assess at least 80 of total energy use e Identify opportunities to improve efficiency in energy use and e Report the outcomes of such assessments publicly The programme operates on a five year cycle so it Is likely that the Elimatta Project will be assessed several times during its lifetime 3 3 CORPORATE GREENHOUSE GAS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS Taroom Coal is yet to develop greenhouse gas corporate guidelines and standards under which projects such as Elimatta will be operated lt is proposed that a series of corporate guidelines be developed to provide guidance for accounting and reporting energy use and greenhouse gas emissions Comprehensively developed guidelines also aid in identifying areas where energy ef
22. Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Section 3 Setting up your entity and users Activity Date Offset Abatement Business Measure KPL Public Statement Questionnaire Sector Business measure aim miniin OCH 1 Ki Kl EI Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual The figures entered for business measures are automatically compared with the entity s total energy to produce KPIs viewable in the KPI tab showing your emissions intensity KPIs enable benchmarking and comparison of your energy intensities for each sector between the entities in your hierarchy To set up business measures A Click the Vertical tab Menu A In the Navigation Window click on Enter data A In the Main Window click the Business measures tab A Click on the Show Hide Sector button to show the Sector window A Check the boxes against the Sector relevant to your business A Click Save The screen will refresh The Sectors you selected should appear in the Main Window with icons to select your business measures A For each Sector that you have chosen click on the Business Measures button to view the Business Measures menu window A In the Business Measures menu window choose the appropriate business measures by clicking on the appropriate boxes on the left A Click Save Validation Validation is an inbuilt process that gives you feedback on your entered data for a selected reporting period Validation is both a stand alone function and a
23. Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Aci a etn ee en A ef ere To view an entity s KPIs A Select the relevant entity A Select the applicable reporting period The name of the entity and reporting period will appear in the banner See Working with the correct Entity and Reporting Period for steps on selecting an entity and reporting period A Click the Vertical tab Menu In the Navigation Window click on Enter data A In the Main Window click the KPI tab Your KPIs are displayed according to the Business Measures you have entered Entering and uploading Public Statements As part of your reporting requirements it is mandatory to submit a public statement outlining your greenhouse gas emissions profile and your approach to greenhouse gas emissions management Your public statement is always submitted through your top level entity which is bolded in your entity tree You can submit your Public statement in two ways Either type or copy the text directly into the Comment field provided or you can upload a Word PDF or Text file using the browse function Blip Gala Ofaeabotgment Busine Henaure EFL Pe blie Statement Gugalignaairg T O e nt e r yo u r p u bl C st at e m e nt mo pe ee A Click the Vertical tab Menu A In the Navigation Window click on Enter data A In the Main Window click the Public statement tab D In the
24. Appendix Q Greenhouse Gas Management Plan Northern Energy Corporation Limited Elimatta Project Greenhouse Gas Management Plan Prepared for Northern Energy Corporation Limited November 2012 ian Resource Consultants Document History and Status Issue Rev Issued To Qty Date Reviewed Approved 1 0 NEC 1 18 01 12 AGP ABP 2 0 NEC 1 2 11 2012 GB GB Project Manager Gareth Bramston Name of Client Taroom Coal Proprietary Limited Name of Project Elimatta Title of Document Greenhouse Gas Management Plan Document Version Final This controlled document is the property of AustralAsian Resource Consultants Pty Ltd and all rights are reserved in respect of it This document may not be reproduced or disclosed in any manner whatsoever in whole or in part without the prior written consent of AustralAsian Resource Consultants Pty Ltd AustralAsian Resource Consultants Pty Ltd expressly disclaims any responsibility for or liability arising from the use of this document by any third party Opinions and judgments expressed herein which are based on our understanding and interpretation of current regulatory standards should not be construed as legal opinions Information obtained from interviews and contained in the documentation has been assumed to be correct and complete AustralAsian Resource Consultants Pty Ltd does not accept any liability for misrepresentation of information or for items not visible accessible nor able to be ins
25. CP members can get a new username and password from their company s Primary Contact or their Industry Advisor in the Greenhouse Challenge Plus team on 02 6274 1229 GGER users can contact their J urisdictional Coordinator either by emailing them at gger help environment gov au or calling 02 6274 2098 Each agency s Primary Contact can also issue new users within its own agencies with usernames and passwords s State Territories Government programme users should contact their own State programme J urisdictional Coordinators for assistance Logging in Enter your username and password Each user is assigned a permission group A users logon details automatically assigns them access rights and restrictions in accordance with the permissions given to them by their Programme Administrator J urisdictional Coordinator Primary Contact Selecting a programme only relevant for entity s belonging to more than one programme Each programme in OSCAR is presented in different views to distinguish between them If your organisation belongs to one programme you will go straight into the relevant programme context If your organisation belongs to two or more programmes select a programme using the appropriate icon on the homepage Once you have fulfilled the requirements for data entry in one programme you can switch toggle to the other programme s Data that is common across programmes will be reflected in all relevant programmes t
26. Ceiling fans installed in common areas of the accommodation camp to reduce reliance on air conditioning Indicators to Measure Progress Percentage of air conditioners with timers motion sensors installed Percentage of outdoor lights with photovoltaic and motion sensors Percentage of common areas with ceiling fans Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Construction Phase 95 of all air conditioners 70 of all outdoor lighting excluding permanent lighting required to conduct safe operations 70 of all common areas Audit Process Timeframe On completion of construction of the accommodation camp and office buildings o P dart Avastrtlasian Zesource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan November 2012 Overriding nn Indicators to Measure Audit Process Install only energy efficient light bulbs in the Percentage of light bulbs 100 of all light accommodation camp and offices that are energy efficient bulbs Install 3 star AAA rated shower roses and tap Percentage of shower At least 95 of all wear at the accommodation camp and all roses and tap wear that is 3 tap wear or shower offices ablutions star AAA rated roses Install 3 star rated duel flush toilets at the Percentage of toilets that At least 95 of all accommodation camp and all offices ablutions are duel flush 3 star rated toilets Percentage of accommodation buildings At least 80 of all insulated to R rating b
27. Corridor e Consumption of diesel by vehicles locomotives and mining equipment at the mine site and the Rail and Services Corridor e Combustion of Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil ANFO for blasting and e Coal seam gas emissions Indirect emissions e Emissions from purchased electricity used by the Project during both construction and production phases An application has been made with Ergon Energy to provide a grid supply to the Project 2 2 1 Direct Emissions 2 2 1 1 Liquid Fuel Emissions Diesel fuel will be used by mining equipment during construction and operations Light vehicles pumps and lighting as well as locomotives for transport of product coal will also consume diesel Estimates of annual diesel use by the mining plant equipment are 70 598 kilolitres kL for activities undertaken on the MLA areas and 5 474 75 kL by the WSL operation Table 1 summarises the greenhouse gas emission factors used to quantify greenhouse gas emissions from the consumption of liquid fuel Tesource Cons Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 4 November 2012 Table 1 Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for Liquid Fuel Energy Content Scope 1 Emission Factor GJ kL kg CO e gigajoule GJ Fuel Type Petroleum based oils other than petroleum based oil used as fuel Gasoline other than for use as fuel in an aircraft 2 2 1 2 Explosive Emissions The combustion of fossil fuels within explosives proposed to be used in the mining process w
28. FEATURES The NGER Act will achieve positive outcomes for business communities and government by e Cutting red tape for business and reducing the number of reports to government by eliminating duplication across existing state territory and national schemes e Establishing the foundation for an Australian Emissions Trading Scheme through the provision of robust data for decision making e Facilitating reporting of abatement and offsets prior to the commencement of emissions trading e Providing company level information to the public on greenhouse and energy performance for the first time e Providing a single online entry point for reporting based on the Australian Government s Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting REPORTING COVERAGE e The reporting system is expected to cover around 700 medium and large companies of which around 300 will be reporting for the first time e The reporting system will improve data coverage to over 70 of greenhouse gas emissions in the covered sectors compared with current coverage of 61 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS e The NGER Act requires corporations to register and report if they exceed greenhouse gas emissions or energy production or consumption thresholds within a given financial year Reporting thresholds and a timeline for businesses to report under the NGER Act are outlined over the page October 2007 NGER ACT REPORTING TIMELINE FACILITIES PPA CORPORATIONS BAPE 87
29. On your first visit to the Data entry page OSCAR automatically activates the Activity data option and logs you into the Current reporting period Entering Activity Data Offsets Abatement and Business Measures Standard and Bill Entry ZCpmmumat al inns byty Data Offel Sheer Socata Heagure Publ Sater Chaggisoorgsrg Activity dats heel lyse Emivssons jana om al pn Vl he E ez men el wel Miers Harmina ae chee Caves men Fen te Mi NEI ao Pino H Colsen opine Dent anger cost J Catculete end daglay ermppeg Aem Dats Ditze Abagegpet Bournes Measure KFI Pabbe Simemani Quemieenere Sector Sc teite data fend type ge data La A apen SOUCHE Main data entry Collection optsong Collection piana Dant enter cost inherited From Centers Ge Calculate and daplay ermgeuprg Inher Secor aiatronarv energy e Fuel Free co2 Direct met tonnes Activity data records Start date End date Quantity Cost i unit Units EN aurora OU Oe LULT deel tonnes SM Led kk edy 232 tones A 0 DIE D Shite 2005 V1 mn A For Activity data Offsets Abatement and Business measures there are two methods of entering data during a reporting period They are Standard Data Entry which involves entering your data once at the end of the reporting period and Bill Entry which involves entering data progressively throughout the year monthly
30. a e ay dd End Use Category Based Grouping Questionnaire Response aoe Challenge Plus Programme Parameters Independent Verification V Include Pre Membership Data Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual CO e emissions However this report is formatted to allow easy Comparison of up to five years worth of data The consumption amounts are shown in units as entered grouped by Sector For each year total energy use and the sum of each of the scopes is included To run the report decide whether to include sub entities and which reporting periods to include and then click on View report Energy Use Summary a report summarising your organisation s energy use and business measures at Sector level The report is formatted to allow easy comparison of up to five years worth of data To run the report decide whether to include sub entities and which reporting periods to include and then click on View report A Questionnaire Response a report showing your responses to all the questionnaires you have completed To run the report decide whether to include sub entities and then click on View wat ieee a nn report Alex Test Entity aen er 8 en D To generate a report woe Set A select the report you require from the list of reports available in the list located to the left of the screen Bess A Choose whether the sub entities and pre membership data L Ge will be included and then click on View Report By clicking on EE the top row of
31. as abatement and reduction projects undertaken as part of the Elimatta Project if the Project meets the requirements set out in the NGER Act Data and information pertaining to the accurate completion of the annual report must be retained for a period of 7 years from the end of the year in which the activities have taken place These records must allow for the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer to ascertain whether obligations under the Act have been fulfilled Reports can be submitted using the Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting refer to Appendix A for manual Additional information is available in the NGER Factsheet Appendix B 5 2 ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPPORTUNITIES ACT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS New Hope will be required to continue to assess their energy use and report publicly on the results of the assessment under the EEO Act this report will incorporate contributions from the Elimatta Project once operational The programme operates on a five year cycle and allows for participants to be responsible for decisions associated with energy efficiency opportunities The assessment framework involves corporations looking at multiple factors influencing energy use including management and policy There are five steps that corporations using more than 0 5 petajoules of energy per year must follow that occur within the five year cycle These steps are 1 Determine whether the corporation has to participate in Energy Efficiency Oppo
32. assified and pre membership data A programme Is an entity to which members report such as Greenhouse Challenge Plus GCP Government Greenhouse Energy Reporting GGER or a State of Territory programme A period in time over which Activity data is collated and reported This may be based on a financial year or calendar year This defines the contact s function with respect to the reporting process There are only two roles available within an entity These are primary contact or Chief Executive Officer CEO These must be kept up to date at all times The Primary contact Is the first point of contact by the industry advisors for a programme for an entity The entity s CEO can have the role of primary contact and can also be assigned the permission group of Signatory whereby they can submit and validate data An entity that administratively belongs below another entity in an entity s organisational hierarchy An example of this is the Port Phillip offices which could be the sub entity of the Victorian operations which is the sub entity of National Products which is the parent entity with factories and offices in a number of states These are business divisions that are recognized by the Australian Tax Office Subsidiaries will be given an ABN by the tax office and companies can then assign CAC and CAN numbers to their sites This is the entity at the top of your hierarchy in your entity and is in bold This is the entity that your
33. ata A Select the relevant top level entity A Select the applicable reporting period A Click the Vertical tab Menu A In the Navigation Window click on Confirm data OSCAR will check for errors and missing details and will respond with a critical error anomaly or warning message To check and correct your data A Click on the View data quick link on the right A The link will take you to the appropriate data entry or contact details screen A To return to the Confirmation screen click Confirm data in the Navigation Window To acknowledge all the remaining anomalies Select the check boxes at the right of the screen V1 12 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual A Click on the Continue submission button now available at the bottom of the screen A The Confirm data webpage will be displayed with the following text You are about to submit the data for the reporting period 20XX 20XX If any changes are made to the data after confirmation the reporting period must be re confirmed A Record any comments in the Comments dialogue box for future reference A Click the Confirm button The selected reporting period will be locked and the status will change to confirmed indicated by a green tick in the icon located next to the Select reporting period box and you will see a screen wi
34. ately below the banner All data required for reporting is entered into OSCAR via the panels represented by the V1 5 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting AL m M e n u National Products Marta turnt Menu Home Data entry ber d Entity Details erg for erty d taii sicee Entity details Contact details Communica tons Set data attributes News D submission mansa S S557 CALLIE lt oMm Links There are no tems te gGoapk w EE Maintain programme oference de Documents and downloads Maintain application Base oc My details Switch entity Privacy statement Logeut Figure 4 Screen Orientation V1 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual options in this menu The options vary between the Government and GCP programmes Navigation Window This is the menu list located on the left panel under the programme logo The options in this list are determined by the Vertical Tab you select Vertical Tabs The Vertical Tabs are located in the far left narrow column The options in the Vertical Tabs are o Menu This is the main menu and gives you access to the Home page Data entry screen Entity details screen Contact details screen Switch entity screen My details screen Privacy statement Logout o Entity This lists the entities and sub entities of your organisation Data will be reported aga
35. ation and formats by clicking on the appropriate icon located at the bottom of the screen My reports Microsoft Excel CSV Microsoft Excel DN Microsoft Word x Additional Reporting Reporting for Fuel Tax Credits The Fuel Tax Credit FTC status must be established in the top level entity which activates the Fuel Tax Credit tab in the Entity details Main Window before sub entities can be allocated for FTC To establish FTC status for the top level entity Select the relevant top level entity Click the Vertical tab Menu In the Navigation Window click on Entity details To indicate that your organisation is claiming FTC Enter the ABN of the Member company Select the FTC checkbox The Fuel Tax Credits tab is enabled To enter FTC for sub entities tt tt gt Select the relevant entity A Click the Vertical tab Menu A In the Navigation Window click on Entity Details A In the Main Window click on the Entity details tab V1 15 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting A In the Type dropdown box click on the option which defines the entity i e whether the entity is a subsidiary or a site Click other if the entity cannot be identified as a subsidiary or site Enter the ABN if the entity is a site or subsidiary Enter the CAC CAN for sites only Refer to Appen
36. carbon dioxide equivalent CO e iere E Sa automatically by OSCAR based on official emission factors published sum rara pp EET in the AGO Factors and Methods Workbook available online a an Se LI oci ns ez en IN TG Data is reported in the parent entity or its sub entities using emission Bane acy caches e ee Poo factors that reflect the greenhouse intensity of the designated SS C Trenapor anaray mi region For example the greenhouse gas emissions resulting from Logout ees Mama s electricity used in NSW are calculated using the relevant emission factor for grid electricity in NSW and the emission factor for Queensland electricity is applied to electricity used in Queensland and so on To enter data Click on the Vertical Tab Menu In the Navigation Window click on Enter data Click on the on the relevant tab on the main screen Enter the data see below for further details Click Save Emissions are automatically calculated from the energy waste and other activities using pre set emissions factors as outlined in the AGO Factors and Methods workbook Specific emission factors can be set tt tt V1 7 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual for certain activities to reflect your specific circumstances Contact your Industry Advisor if you ant to make use of this functionality
37. dix C A Select the FTC checkbox if the site or subsidiary is going to claim Fuel Tax Credits A If you cannot see the Type field the Fuel Tax Credits checkbox has not been selected in the top level entity V1 16 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 3 Setting up your entity and users Setting up for Reporting You can report through a single entity Parent or create an organisational hierarchy reflecting your business interests operations and facilities in order to report data individually into each sub entity This provides you with the ability to manage and view the data details and contacts for the sites and facilities for which your organisation is responsible Your organisation e coordinator determines the access permissions for any users within each sub entity Energy waste and greenhouse data can be viewed and entered by users designated as a contact within the organisation with the appropriate user permission The Programme Manager your entity has been assigned will be best placed to assist you in setting up your entity structure Planning your Organisational Hierarchy Entities are created in hierarchical order consisting of a top level entity or parent with one or more levels of sub entities i e child grandchild etc Entities can represent regions sites or facilities It is strongly recommended that yo
38. e TO add an address SE Select the Vertical Tab Menu National Products Manuwainng A A In the Navigation Menu select Entity Details A Select the Main Window Tab Address Details A Enter the address details into the Physical address fields A Find the correct postcode using the helper button the little blue box with the three dots or enter the postcode directly A If the postal address is identical to the physical address use the copy physical button blue box with gt gt or lt lt A Click the helper button to choose the correct Australian Government electorate State electorate and Local Government electorate A Click Save Listing additional Organisational Units If you have sites and subsidiaries that are not to be specified as separate entities in OSCAR for greenhouse gas reporting but need to be listed for fuel tax credit purposes they can be added using the Fuel Tax Credit tab To list additional organisational units Select the relevant top level entity Click the Vertical Tab Menu In the Navigation Window click on Entity details In the Main Window select the Fuel Tax Credit tab Click on the New button to refresh the screen gt tt gt In the Name field enter the legal name of the site or subsidiary to be created A In the Parent entity field select the top level entity to which the subsidiary or site belongs from the drop down list A In the Entity Type field select
39. e Fuel Types by checking on the appropriate boxes on the left A Click Save Emission factors can change over time OSCAR calculates emissions using the appropriate time based factors See the AGO Factors and Methods Workbook for more details You can view the emissions factors used in the Activity types menu window Some activity types will create SF6 emissions These will need to be set up individually for each appropriate activity type A Click on Menu A Click on Reference Data beneath Maintain Application A Select Activity Data from the drop down list A Locate the relevant Activity Data Group and click on Update A Select or unselect the SF6 checkbox A Click on Save Kare mr Des Led dns Barbera bag Seabee Laren Loi bied Ki hiel Lal BE Gobel Chaos korean Er Gobel Chom terr Greerhcess Pants gece Kem Tan cou Gell shest Saad ae oe bren Erer coe beeen vom Kz Setting up Offset Abatement Action and Properties Setting Offset Abatement Actions Emission offsets are purchased from GCP approved providers Offsets are deducted from your total activity inventory reducing your net emissions Abatement is actions undertaken by your organisation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by adjusting work practices or using more efficient technology Often these actions are not quantifiable or require detailed explanation in order to capture the abatement V1 21 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activit
40. enhouse Gas Management Plan 5 November 2012 operation phases Table 3 shows the emission factors associated with the consumption of purchased electricity Table 3 Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for the Consumption of Electricity Scope 2 Emission Factor State Territory or Grid Description kg CO e kWh Queensland 2 2 3 Summary of Emissions The emission factors outlined in Sections 2 2 1 and 2 2 2 have been used to estimate the annual greenhouse gas emissions for the Project during both construction and production phases The Project MLA areas are estimated to consume maximum energy of 1780 6 TJ per annum Energy production as a result of the extraction of the coal resource is estimated to be 226 800 IJ The proposed WSL is estimated to consume a maximum energy of 264 TJ per annum during construction phase The Project MLA areas are expected to generate maximum emissions of 314 1 kt COv e per annum This figure represents a contribution of approximately 0 239 to the reported Queensland greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2010 and less than 0 06 of Australia s reported greenhouse gas emissions in 2009 Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2011b Table 4 summarises the Project s emissions expressed as kilo tonnes kt of COv e and energy expressed as terajoules TJ Construction of the Rail and Services Corridor is expected to generate annual maximum emis
41. ensure the ongoing optimum performance of plant and equipment e Appropriate measures shall be in place for metering or estimating energy use energy production and greenhouse gas emissions and e Monitoring and inspection audit programmes shall be developed and implemented to verify that plant and equipment are operating properly 3 4 MANAGEMENT OBJECTIVES Taroom Coal is committed to effectively managing greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Elimatta Project As the Elimatta Project is still in the design phase Taroom Coal proposes to incorporate a number of features into the Project to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions from the outset of the Project This GGMP will ensure that opportunities to reduce the Project s emissions further during operations will also be pursued The specific management objectives for this GGMP include the following e To design and construct the Project where practicable utilising best practice technologies to reduce energy consumption and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions e To improve operations where practicable by implementing best practice technologies to reduce energy consumption and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions e To regularly measure monitor audit and review the effectiveness of greenhouse gas emission reduction strategies e To undertake reporting responsibilities under the NGER Act and e To undertake responsibilities as required by the EEO aarc Zesource Consusan
42. er to Setting your Fuel Tax Credits For fuel tax Benen weier Des 5 credit purposes each sub entity can be defined as a site or a Ee subsidiary If it is neither choose other a l e A ABN this stands for Australian Business Number This is a at ag gw unique eleven digit identifier for Australian businesses and is verified using an agreed formula An error is generated if the number is not valid V1 17 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 3 Setting up your entity and users A FTC this checkbox indicates that you intend to claim fuel tax credits Your organisation s site and subsidiary information can now be entered in the FTC tab See Appendix C for more details A Region choose the region that the entity is located in from the drop down list A ANZSIC select the appropriate 4 digit ANZSIC code for your company or organisation by clicking on the button with three dots click on the plus sign to view sub categories A Description a free text section to enter a few paragraphs that describes your company or organisation A Web Address allows you to provide the website address for your company or organisation A Logo you can browse and attach the electronic image file for your logo that will then be put at the top of the banner near your company s name Entering an Entity s address S
43. ficiencies can be improved and where greenhouse gas production can be reduced Such guidelines and standards should be applicable to all phases of development of a Project including exploration design construction operation rehabilitation and closure Key elements of the standards should consider the following e Identifying current and future sources of greenhouse gas emissions and the factors that control the level of emissions e Facilities that will be sources of greenhouse gas emissions shall be designed constructed and operated with appropriate controls in order to comply with applicable laws and regulations Ki gt aarc oh Aemr l alan Resource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 10 November 2012 meet voluntary commitments and achieve relevant greenhouse gas emission reduction targets e Greenhouse gas related risks and opportunities for the Project shall be identified and assessed e Energy saving and greenhouse gas emission abatement considerations shall be supported by lead indicators milestones and targets e Greenhouse gas emission issues shall be included in commercial considerations and business plans e Projects with total energy consumption above 100 000 gigajoules per annum and or with total greenhouse gas emissions above 25 000 t COs e per annum shall develop implement and maintain a documented Energy and Greenhouse Gas Management Plan e A planned maintenance schedule shall be developed to
44. firmation can only be completed by the person in your organisation that is assigned the permission group of signatory and can only be completed for the entire member entity not for a sub entity within your organisational hierarchy You will again be asked to acknowledge anomalies and warnings during the confirmation process Once you have completed the confirmation process the status of the reporting period will change to confirmed and the data for that reporting period will be locked If you wish to make any changes to data within a selected reported period after it has been confirmed and locked you will need to discuss your intentions with your Industry Advisor who will unlock the reporting period to allow you to make changes Ad hoc Questionnaires V1 A programme can create questionnaires on an ad hoc basis which can be completed at any time The questionnaire and questions within it can be set as mandatory or optional A mandatory questionnaire is designated by a red asterisk The questionnaires are completed electronically and are similar to the questionnaire in the Questionnaire tab used when completing your annual report Questionnaire can be submitted as soon as they are completed or with an annual report Be aware that the due date can be set to any time Questionnaires can be updated at any time so a standard display is not available to reference only the building blocks A Click on the link Comple
45. flected in the other So an organisation which is a member of both programmes need enter data common to both programmes once only Validation You can check the data entered at any time Validation highlights missing details and compares your organisation s current performance with the previous year s statistics Critical errors Warnings and Anomalies are in built system measures that ensure you enter sufficient and accurate information Validation is the first part of a three stage process undertaken when submitting your report to the individual assigned to monitor your organisation s activities such as the Administrator Advisor or Coordinator Submission Submission of your organisation s consumption and emission data is performed on a yearly basis Submitting your report sends a message to the programme indicating that your report is ready to be reviewed Confirmation Your Programme Administrator GCP Industry Advisors or Government programmes J urisdictional Coordinators reviews your submitted data and contacts you regarding confirmation of the data for the selected reporting period for the whole member entity Confirmation Is completed by a member of your organisation assigned signatory Status Any outstanding anomalies and warnings are again addressed at this stage At the end of the confirmation process the status of the reporting period will change to confirmed and then locked Organisations
46. h as kWh of electricity GJ of natural gas or tonnes of coal per financial year and activity type Energy Gj for category Energy activity types are shown in the base unit Gj per calendar or financial year and activity type Note that non energy activity types are shown as entered amounts Energy Performance Shows energy intensities such as energy use by m by business measure and financial year Business Measure for Category Shows the entered amounts for business measure such by end use categories 14 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Drilling through Analysis Reports If a row or column heading is printed in bold letters it is hyperlinked and can be drilled to more detailed levels child grandchild levels For example you can drill down through the current entity into its sub entities A To drill down into the report click on the heading A To return to the original view click on the name of the report in the left hand menu Analysis Report Layout The rows and columns of an Analysis Report are able to be transposed in order to present a different orientation of the report To transpose the rows and columns A Click on the screen icon at the bottom of the Analysis Report Saving and Exporting Analysis Reports Your report can be saved exported into the following loc
47. he Sectors and Activity types raven Dame na me ame All activities in OSCAR are defined by Sector and Activity Type see coe NN e See How data is structured in OSCAR You must establish which sectors and activity types you intend to report against for your organisation s top level entity Further sectors and activity types can be selected gra 8 from the Sector pop up window as you create new entities ann j E lm ie en SE e To select sectors and activities A Click on the Vertical Tab Menu A Click on Enter data V1 20 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 3 Setting up your entity and users A In the Main Window click on the Activity Data tab A Click on the Show Hide Sector button next to Emissions or next to Sinks to show the Sector window od Check the boxes against the Sectors relevant to your Activities Kn ad leese a aen A Click the Save button The screen refreshes The categories ege a Keren you selected should appear in the Main Window with icons to page m o 242000 select your Activity Types rarr ne SOME A For each Sector that you have chosen click on the Activity Seege lines genge ga Data Fuel Types green bowser button to view the Activity Seege Keess Data Fuel Types menu window ee ma Temeer gt A In the Activity Data Fuel Types menu window choose the EE AR mms eem appropriat
48. hey are reporting Government agencies report by end use category GCP members report at sector detail OSCAR is setup to reflect the reporting detail relevant to your programme If you are a member of multiple programmes the detail of reporting changes but OSCAR automatically handles the differences V1 2 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Overview How to use OSCAR This section provides a brief outline of how a user will navigate enter data and create a report in OSCAR More detailed instruction on these processes are found in Sections 2 and 3 of this manual To access OSCAR go to www oscar gov au This is the production site which contains the live data of your entity Should a user wish to familiarise themselves with the OSCAR application without affecting any live data the user should log onto the OSCAR training site located at https train oscar gov au You will need to obtain a separate username and password for this site Registration Once an organisation has agreed to submit emissions and energy use data their identification details are entered into OSCAR by the Programme e Administrator GCP GGER or State Territory Government programmes Obtaining a username and password To access OSCAR you will need a username and password These can be obtained in one of the following ways s G
49. hur hexafluoride WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development WRI World Resources Institute V1 27 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Appendices APPENDIX A Programmes Greenhouse Challenge Plus GCP Greenhouse Challenge Plus Industry Partnerships is a cooperative partnership between industry and the Australian Government to Reduce greenhouse gas emissions including promotion of awareness of greenhouse gas abatement opportunities in industry Accelerate the uptake of energy efficiency Integrate greenhouse issues into business decision making and Provide more consistent reporting of greenhouse gas GHG emissions levels Additional information on the Greenhouse Challenge Plus Programme is available at www climatechange gov au challenge Government Greenhouse and Energy Reporting GGER Commonwealth Government Government agencies are required to enter and submit data to meet the reporting requirements of the Australian Government s policy Safeguarding the future Australia s Response to Climate Change The deadline for agencies to enter and submit data each year is the 31st of October The information gathered will be collated and used to monitor energy use performance and will be published annually in the report Energy Use in the Australian Government s Operations also known as the whole of government e
50. hus negating the need to enter common data more than once Identification When a member user accesses the OSCAR homepage their organisation s name appears on the banner Orientation Click the Vertical Tab Menu in the far left column In the Navigation Window select the option representing the activity you intend to perform V1 3 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting V1 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual KN Click the Vertical Tab Entity and select an entity from the list in the Navigation window The name of the entity selected will appear on the banner KN In the Reporting Period field on the banner select the relevant reporting period from the drop down list Always make sure that you have the right entity and the correct reporting period i e date range as displayed in the banner before making any entries KN In the Main Window navigation is conducted via the tabs below the banner The tabs available will reflect the specific programme reporting requirements Data Entry Enter the new information This might be adding or updating an entity or a contact or entering consumption or emission data for your annual report Entry of consumption or emission data can be done progressively bill by bill or yearly If an organisation is enrolled in multiple programmes the shared data entered via one programme will be re
51. ill result in emissions of greenhouse gases As the explosives are manufactured onsite emission factors are based on the consumption of material to make Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil ANFO and Emulsion blast products Emission factors are based on the fuel oil content of ANFO and are taken as stationary emissions from Table 1 Quantities of fuel oil in the manufacturing process are based on a 5 7 proportion of fuel oil The annual consumption of fuel oil to make ANFO would be 150 2 kL 2 2 1 3 Coal Extraction Emissions Open pit coal extraction releases gaseous emissions In addition energy production is based on the energy potential of the product coal The maximum production of black coal at the Project will be 8 4 Mt per annum Emission factors associated with production of black coal are shown in Table 2 Table 2 Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for Coal Extraction Energy Content Scope 1 Emission Factor Fuel Type GJ kL kg COs e GJ Black Coal 2 2 2 Indirect Emissions 2 2 2 1 Electricity Consumption Emissions The consumption of electricity purchased from the grid will occur in order to power the Project The consumption of purchased electricity for the Project has been calculated to total 75 000 000 kilowatt hours kWh per annum Major Project components comprising this power demand include the CHPP and associated facilities and the workers accommodation camp during both construction and Aurrgl slnn Zesoure Consumants Gre
52. ilometres kilotonnes kilowatt hours National Greenhouse Accounts National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 Cth terajoules Greenhouse Gas Management Plan iv s A Leif CG GZ Arssordasien Resource Consusants November 2012 1 0 INTRODUCTION AustralAsian Resource Consultants Pty Ltd AARC was commissioned by Taroom Coal Pty Ltd Taroom Coal to develop a Greenhouse Gas Management Plan GGMP for the proposed Elimatta Project the Project Taroom Coal is a wholly owned subsidiary of Northern Energy Corporation Limited NEC a fully owned entity of New Hope Corporation Limited New Hope The Project Site is located in southern inland Queensland approximately 30 kilometres km west of Wandoan in the northern Surat Basin Queensland Figure 1 This region lies approximately 280 km north west of Toowoomba and 380 km north west of Brisbane Access to the Project Site is via the Yuleba Taroom Road west of the Leichhardt Highway Current land uses include coal exploration and low intensity cattle and horse grazing The Project will include a Rail and Services Corridor allowing for construction and operation of the West Surat Link WSL a 36 km long rail alignment connecting to the Surat Basin Rail SBR As part of the Australian Government s comprehensive Climate Change Strategy the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 Cth NGER Act was passed in September 2007 and establishes a mandatory corporate report
53. ing system for greenhouse gas emissions energy consumption and production The Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act 2006 EEO Act was passed in April 2006 with the object of improving the identification and evaluation of energy efficiency opportunities by large energy using businesses and as a result to encourage implementation of cost effective energy efficient opportunities The Act requires large energy using businesses to undertake an assessment of their energy efficiency opportunities and to report publicly on the outcomes of that assessment Taroom Coal will be required to register under the EEO Act as the total annual energy use for the Elimatta Project is estimated to be in excess of 0 5 petajoules the reporting threshold 1 1 SCOPE OF DOCUMENT The scope of this Greenhouse Gas Management Plan is to e Provide a summary of the findings of the air quality assessment for the Project in respect to the sources of major greenhouse gas emissions e Ensure that through the use of best practice the total net greenhouse emissions and or greenhouse gas emissions per unit of product are minimised e Outline Project management objectives and targets for greenhouse gas management and abatement initiatives e Develop an action programme to meet proposed objectives and targets and e Develop a schedule and guidelines for data collection reporting and independent verification purposes in compliance with the NGER Act Greenhouse Gas Manageme
54. inst these entities and or sub entities in accordance with the reporting options set Access to individual entities or sub entities is actioned by clicking on the entity name o Reports This option provides a number of pre defined reports on the status of your emission figures There are two types of reports These are Standard reports Standard reports consist of the Contact list Entity list Emission summary Emission summary year by year Energy use summary Questionnaire response Analysis reports Analysis reports consist of Emissions Emissions for category Entered amount for category Energy GJ for category Abatement e 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Working in the correct entity sub entity and reporting period cee Before undertaking any of the following instructions please ensure Sou can osonmas t eigenheid jj OLD Government entity 5 Natonal Product a you are working in the correct entity sub entity and National Products WO Srakedoen Incorperated Head G ss Pa you are working in the correct reporting period Industry Tea an National Products Taamg Northern Terror Op PL Instructions on how to ascertain the entity and reporting period currently displayed are as follows DALL 2010 GEWEE Oo o UL LZ 2008 GEUWEE OK G vg JAL LOG
55. is 2000 penalty units which equates to 220 000 at 1 July 2008 An additional civil penalty may also be incurred for each day after the due date that a controlling corporation fails to apply for registration Obligations under the NGER Act continue even if the period has expired or the due date has passed More Information There is a range of information on the DCCEE website to assist corporations to determine their obligations under the NGER legislation and assist them in meeting these obligations including registering and reporting This includes an Overview of NGER a range of guidelines on particular topics technical guidance and tools such as forms and calculators as well as information on the on line reporting tool OSCAR In addition a range of fact sheets provides information on other areas of the legislation For more information visit www climatechange gov au reporting June 2011 Email reporting climatechange gov au Phone 1800 018 831 GPO Box 854 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 NGER Act establishes a national framework for corporations to report greenhouse gas emissions reductions removals and offsets and energy consumption from 1 July 2008 The NGER Act will increase the quality and consistency of greenhouse and energy data to better inform policy and meet Australia s international obligations KEY
56. is entity type A type of energy or resource consumed by your organisation For example electricity automotive diesel natural gas or LPG OSCAR sorts the many activity types into categories depending on use The person responsible for managing the data details contacts and users of a particular entity and its sub entities Each organisational entity must have a primary contact The entity that a sub entity belongs to This is indicated on the entity details page Users with access to OSCAR must be assigned one of four available Permission Groups Signatory Coordinator Data Reporter and Guest A Signatory submits and confirms data to the programmes They can manage an organisation s details create sub entities and contacts enter data and view reports There can only be one Signatory for your company A Coordinator manages the organisation s details create sub entities and contacts and can enter and 25 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Pre membership Programme Reporting period Role Sub entities Site and subsidiaries Top level entity User V1 view reports They can validate data but not submit or confirm progress reports The Data Reporter enters data and views reports A Guest can only view reports Some members have entered data for reporting periods before they signed their cooperative agreements This data is cl
57. l entity is represented at the top of the iy entered amount for category page followed by the sub entities children and grand tin mon children in an entity tree Energy C metien Gy Fu Eieren The following reports are the same as those available on the Den gy C mpe GIL by V1 Eich A Emission Summary a report summarising your organisation s Weg consumption data in carbon dioxide equivalent CO e emissions For each reporting period the entered BB custom reper beid consumption amounts in units as entered are in base units Key GJ or tonnes and scope 1 2 3 emissions refer to Appendix a se A for each activity type shown A graph shows an overview of wie j your net CO e emissions per year and emissions scope A Emission Summary Year by Year a report summarising your organisation s consumption data in carbon dioxide equivalent 13 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting W This is a test site Data you enter will be periodi You can access the liv Alex Test Entity Construction Standard reports mt Bal Current period due date 30 12 2008 ore HESE TEE 01 07 2007 to 30 06 2008 v E We a EI Contact list Entity list EI FTC Members El Emission Summary EI Emission Summary A misten Year By M Include Sub Entities oa view reo Year Sector Based Grouping wetn eet EI Energy Use Summ
58. n screen click Submit data in the 5 ken en E Emission Summary Navigation Window t Validate data El Emission Summary Year By Year A When you have resolved the critical errors and you are Communications me dns satisfied with the warnings and anomalies for the selected et an neen reporting period you can proceed with the submission of your Data submission management progress report Collection options To acknowledge all the remaining anomalies A Select the check boxes at the right of the screen A Click on the Continue submission button now available at the bottom of the screen A The Submit data webpage will be displayed with the following text You are about to submit the data for the reporting period 20XX 20XX If any changes are made to the data after submission the reporting period must be re submitted Once the data has been submitted your industry advisor will look at the data for the reporting period and will contact you regarding the next step in the reporting process confirmation Confirming Data Confirming your data is the final stage of your progress report You have validated and submitted the top level entity of your organisation and your industry advisor has notified you that the data can be confirmed The Submit data link has changed to Confirm data If you cannot see Confirm data in the Navigation Window contact the industry advisor so that they can make it available To confirm d
59. nce and enforcing the legislation e arranging for external audits to be carried out and e publishing and disclosing NGER data and managing the security of the data For more information visit www climatechange gov au reporting June 2011 Email reporting climatechange gov au Phone 1800 018 831 GPO Box 854 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia thinkchange d ell NGER legislation There are several legislative instruments under the NGER Act They provide greater detail about corporations obligations All NGER legislation is available at www climatechange gov au reporting and includes e NGER Regulations 2008 e NGER Measurement Determination 2008 e NGER Audit Determination 2009 and e NGER Auditor Registration Instrument 2010 Additional guidance can be sourced from the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Measurement Technical Guidelines These quidelines are designed to help corporations understand the legislation in relation to how to calculate facility level data under the Act The NGER Act establishes the statutory position of the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer GEDO The GEDO who is appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency the Department administers the NGER Act The GEDO is supported by the Department s Regulatory Division The GEDO also provides capacity building materials and communicates policy interpretation to help corporations comply Who needs
60. nedenneanenedenandnanngenneedenennnsnnenndennsaonnesennntsen nent dednnendnennnend 17 S Jarc Aurrrgl sinn Zesoure Consusants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan i November 2012 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1 Regional Project Bolero gE 2 LIST OF TABLES Table 1 Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for Liquid Fuel 5 Table 2 Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for Coal Extraction nennen ennen 5 Table 3 Greenhouse Gas Emission Factors for the Consumption of Electricity 6 Table 4 Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Project Operations ccccceccsseeseeeeeeeeeeeaes 7 Table 5 Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the West Surat Link nnee 8 Table 6 Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Construction Phase 12 Table 7 Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Operation Phase 14 LIST OF APPENDICES Appendix A Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR User Manual A Appendix B NGER FAGNES lanen intenties nnee eenen ennen tene B garc Zeg Consuman Greenhouse Gas Management Plan iii November 2012 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS AARC ANFO CO COz e Cth EEO Act GGMP GJ kL km kt kWh NGA NGER Act TJ Percent AustralAsian Resource Consultants Pty Ltd Ammonium Nitrate Fuel Oil Carbon dioxide Carbon dioxide equivalents Commonwealth Energy Efficiency Opportunities Act Cth Greenhouse Gas Management Plan gigajoule kilolitres k
61. nergy report WOGER The CEG programme will enable you to Create a hierarchy of sites to represent the structure of your agency Enter energy data at site level Determine who can see your data and what they can do with it Enter data progressively throughout the year e g enter each bill as you receive it Only see the end use categories and activity types that are relevant to your agency Validate your data by comparing it to previously entered data and against expected performance indicators State Territory Government Department Each states and territory have their own programmes which have the Same format as the GGER programme The states that currently use OSCAR are A New South Wales A Victoria A Western Australia A South Australia A Northern Territory A Australian Capital Territory V1 28 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual APPENDIX B Standards Greenhouse reporting Standards The Greenhouse Challenge Plus and Government reporting programmes have been developed to ensure that information provided through the programme is in a format consistent with other international standards Specifically they ensure that policy is in line with the World Resources Institute WRI and World Business Council for Sustainable Development WBCSD Greenhouse Gas Protocol and the emerging International Standard Organisation ISO 14064
62. nt Plan 1 November 2012 X ee CALLIDE Biloela 3 SG e S 7200000 m E be j EI vd g J Taroom 3taroom Elimatta ie Area as e THE RANGE SZ Js ge SAMEBY DOWNS etc T Chinchilla d Q CK HOPELAND C 7000000 m WILKIE CREE LEGEND BLOODWOOD CREEK Regional Features Roads Major Roads Minor Rivers Creeks Railway Mining Tenements a TI Mining Leasesand 1 ees Applications j COMMODORE Nec008m059 dwa 800000 m raced yd Dare Si JN 1000000 m E 7400000 m Fraser Island MARYBOROUGH BASIN TARONG BASIN eegen 7000000 m Moreton Project Location Figure 1 Regional Project Location a Alter re Greenhouse Gas Management Plan November 2012 2 0 MAJOR EMISSION SOURCES 2 1 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION ESTIMATION An assessment of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the Project was conducted by ASK Consulting Engineers and involved e Identification of the likely sources of greenhouse gas emissions e Estimation of the likely quantities of greenhouse gases from these sources e Nomination of emission factors for the greenhouse sources and e ldentification of possible emission abatement measures The greenhouse gas emissions from the proposed Project have been estimated using the National Greenhouse Accounts NGA Factors Department of Climate Change and Energy 2011a The NGA Factors detail
63. of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting What is National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting NGER The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 the NGER Act introduced a national framework for corporations to report information related to the greenhouse gas emissions energy production and energy consumption from their activities The first annual reporting period began on 1 July 2008 Section 3 of the NGER Act outlines the objectives of the NGER framework These objectives are to e underpin the introduction of an emissions trading scheme in the future and e inform government policy formulation and the Australian public and e meet Australia s international reporting obligations and e assist Commonwealth State and Territory government programs and activities and e avoid the duplication of similar reporting requirements in the States and Territories The NGER Act establishes the statutory position of the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer GEDO to administer the Act The GEDO is an Australian public servant appointed by the Secretary of the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency the Department The GEDO is supported by the Department s Regulatory Division in carrying out regulatory functions including e registering and deregistering corporations for reporting e management of the National Greenhouse and Energy Register e receiving reports e monitoring complia
64. ongst the different programmes hence eliminating the need to enter the same data multiple times Section 1 of this manual contains an overview of OSCAR Section 2 of this manual contains detailed instruction on the most commonly used features of OSCAR This will be most useful for users who are familiar with OSCAR but who do not need to manipulate entity structures users or set up activity data offset abatements or business measures Section 3 of this manual contains detailed instruction on the use of OSCAR starting from developing a heirarchial structure for the entity creating users providing access setting up activity data offset abatement and business measures etc It also contains detailed features of each of the elements of OSCAR Features of OSCAR OSCAR Is a web based application requiring no additional software on the part of users OSCAR can be accessed via the internet by those users with the appropriate security credentials OSCAR enables you to A fulfil reporting requirements as a member of government programmes or as required by legislation through OSCAR s submission and confirmation functions A use the error checking process in OSCAR s validation function to identify data discrepancies by comparing it to previously entered data and against key performance indicators KPIs enter your activity and emissions data with all emissions factors onboard negating the need for complex calculations use the fle
65. or quarterly or as you receive each bill using the Bill Entry facility The progressive numbers are added together to give a total number for the reporting period By submitting your data into OSCAR annually you fulfil your requirements as a participant in the GCP programme You can also enter cost data to reflect your energy and fuel accounts over time This allows you to produce monthly reports Standard Entry To enter Activity data A Click the Vertical tab Menu A In the Navigation Window click on Enter data A In the Main Window click the Activity data tab A In the Quantity column enter your consumption figures against the categories and activity types configured for the entity Click Save Bill Entry wes s TO enter data for progressive submissions Click on the Vertical Tab Menu In the Navigation Window click on Enter data A Click on Activity data or Emissions offsets or Business measures tab A Click on Bill entry The Bill data entry screen appears Click on the Sector dropdown box and select a sector Click on the Fuel type Activity Data tab or Business Measure Business Measure tab dropdown box and select an activity type If there is more than one unit to an activity type click on the Unit dropdown box and select the applicable unit Data is entered into the bottom pink row In the Start date and End date fields enter the first and last day of the period The date is to be entered in the forma
66. pected at the sites at the time of the site visits aarc AssrdAsian Resource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan i November 2012 TABLE OF CONTENTS tO INTRODUCTION RE 1 1 1 SCOPE OF DOCUMEN NEE 1 2 0 MAJOR EMISSION SOURCES nennen enanennanennansnnaneneene 3 2 1 GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION ESTIMATION nnee neeennnneeeeeenennnnnsnennennennnnnn 3 2 2 GREENHOUSE GAS PRODUCING ACTIVITIES AND EMISSION FACTORS 4 22A OIC EMISSIONS wetens ee eee sneer eee Pere a ee nee ee oe ee 4 2 2 1 1 De EI Fuel EMISSIONS eege ee 4 2 2 1 2 EXO SIV Se EMISSIONS aeeie a 5 2 2 1 3 Goal Extraction EMISSIONS sissien a aa aa a oia diaii aai 5 22 ellen E 5 2 2 2 1 Electricity CONSUMPTION Emissions nnuunnnss ennn eeennnnnserrneeennnnnserrneeeennnneernseeennnnnseenen 5 228 SUmmar OF EMISSIONS entente Enea iE eNEAN EANA EE antieke 6 3 0 PROPOSED MANAGEMENT OF GREENHOUSE GASES H 3 1 REQUIREMENTS UNDER NATIONAL GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY REPORTING ACT 2007 CTA escent wae ce nh ete cient swe etl amie neem H 3 2 REQUIREMENTS UNDER ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPPORTUNITIES ACT 2006 H 3 3 CORPORATE GREENHOUSE GAS GUIDELINES AND STANDARDS 10 3 4 MANAGEMENT OBSEG UN Eeer geet 11 10 AGHON PCAN ME 12 5 0 REPORTING AND AUDITING nanne nennen nannenanmenansenensennnn 16 5 1 NATIONAL GREENHOUSE AND ENERGY REPORTING REQUIREMENTG 16 5 2 ENERGY EFFICIENCY OPPORTUNITIES ACT REPORTING REQUIREMENTG 16 60 REFERENCES oiaenmane
67. r Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR User Manual gt 0D ER va gt A ing AvsstrdAsian Resource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan A November 2012 Australian Government Department of Climate Change OSCAR V6 2 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting Greenhouse Challenge Plus GCP Member USER MANUAL Version 1 Updated 25 J anuary 2008 Published by the Department of Climate Change Commonwealth of Australia 2007 978 1 921297 63 2 This work is copyright Apart from any use as permitted under the Copyright Act 1968 no part may be reproduced by any process without prior written permission from the Commonwealth available from the Department of Climate Change Requests and inquiries concerning reproduction and rights should be addressed to Manager Online Reporting Department of Climate Change GPO Box 845 Canberra ACT 2601 This document is available electronically at www climatechange gov au oscar Disclaimer While reasonable efforts have been made to ensure that the contents of this publication are factually correct the Commonwealth does not accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the contents and shall not be liable for any loss or damage that may be occasioned directly or indirectly through the use of or reliance on the contents of this publication Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual
68. rect the data SS Rer Abee A Click on View data quick link on the right The link will take ii is de you to the appropriate data entry or Contact details screen a ii By des eg Ersin chan the grainy SIT Eat a ge ard The mer deinde Tha E r Gorter A tte eee sem To return to the Validation window click on Validate data in the navigation menu A If the critical errors have been resolved and you are satisfied with the warnings and anomalies remaining if any for the selected reporting period you can proceed with the submission of your progress report Submitting Data To submit data A Select the relevant top level entity A Select the applicable reporting period A Click the Vertical tab Menu A In the Navigation Window click on Submit data V1 11 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting OSCAR checks for errors and missing details and responds with a critical error anomaly or warning message This is a test site Data you enter will be You can access Alex Test Entity To check and correct your data Construction z TERR Current period due date 30 12 2008 A Click on the View data quick link on the right The link will i Selected reporting period RMA take you to the appropriate data entry or Contact Details NE Home screen R Data entry l d Enter data A To return to the Submissio
69. redits eenen eneen eenen sneren vennen eneen eenen 15 SCELING WD Ol TEE EE 17 Planning your Organisational Hierarchy EE 17 Cleo Oval S EE 17 V1 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual EALEREA Geh ENGE AMES eenen eee ne tee entend 18 Listing additional Organisational UNIS i 0 1ccevss ices oiak aeaenns sea ce vextonieeasaee ad roti 18 BEEING UI a IGG eege ee 19 CH Providing access ER EEN 20 Mam age Dep IT 20 g Setting the Sectors and ACTIVITY LV 06S EE 20 z SCEE Up oF OA CEIWILY TYPE eege EE 21 2 Setting up Offset Abatement Action and Properties ccc ccc ccccee cece cece eee e seen cesses ereen eeen 21 i Setting Offset Abatement ACHONS nnee were EE Ee 21 D Setting up Offset EEGENEN deine 22 i Setting Business EE 22 i Vandan EEE E E A N 23 g e leie EE 23 8 Confirmat Olie seosonsenevenmerverk ae iren a a S EETA Sae E ENA SEIERE EN EENEN EE NEENA 24 Ad ROC QUOS ONNA EE 24 OS EE 25 Programe CON E 25 A ON EE 27 ADDEN EE 28 APPENDIX EE EES 28 Greennouse Challenge PIUS GCP EE 28 Government Greenhouse and Energy Reporting GGER eenen eenen eneen 28 Commonwealth GOVeEnMENE zenssreraerdrorssdtanerieda arke tendens 28 State Territory Government Department 28 APPENDIX B Standar EE 29 Greenhouse reporting StandardS as REENEN tee e EEN EEN REN teh bannen RR Tesa 29 APPENDIX CG FTC REDON Oates eemnes Rente eeen beed nne 30 Reporting Requi
70. rements for Fuel Tax Credits 30 V1 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 1 Overview What is OSCAR The Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR is a data collection tool for recording energy waste and greenhouse data for Government and Industry reporting The Greenhouse Challenge Plus GCP programme reporting guidelines were developed to ensure that information provided through the programme was in a format consistent with other international standards Its policy reflects those of the World Resources Institute WRI and World Business Council for Sustainable Development WBCSD greenhouse gas protocol and the International Standard organisation ISO 14064 Standard for entity level greenhouse reporting Government Greenhouse and Energy Reporting GGER data is collected to meet the reporting requirements of the Australian Government s policy Energy Efficiency in Government Operations EEGO Each State and Territory government jurisdiction has also been generating reports on its energy use and emissions to meet its Jurisdiction energy efficiency policies How to use this manual The data structure and reporting functions of each of the programmes are similar For ease of reference all programmes are referred to as programmes in this manual Members of more than one programme will have their common data shared am
71. rtunities 2 Register with the Department of Resources Energy and Tourism 3 Prepare and submit an assessment and reporting schedule 4 Conduct assessments and 5 Report on assessment outcomes and business response dare temune Cons Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 16 November 2012 6 0 REFERENCES Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2010 State and Territory Greenhouse Gas Inventories 2008 Australian National Greenhouse Accounts lt http www climatechange gov au media publications greenhouse acctg state territory inventory 2008 pdf gt Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2011a National Greenhouse Accounts NGA Factors lt http www climatechange gov au media publications greenhouse acctg national greenhouse accounts factors july 201 1 pdf gt Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency 2011b National Inventory Report 2009 Australian National Greenhouse Accounts lt http www climatechange gov au media publications greenhouse acctg national inventory report 2009 vol1 pdf gt Housing Industry Association 2008 mproving Sustainable Housing in Queensland Discussion Paper submission to The Department of Infrastructure and Planning lt http hia com au media media Files MediaMicrosite Submissions Improving 20Sustainable 20H ousing 20in 20Queensland ashx gt aarc temune Consu an Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 17 November 2012 Appendix A Online System fo
72. sions of 19 388 kt COv e during the construction phase Railway construction represents 0 005 of the total greenhouse gas emissions from all corporations required to report emissions under the NGER Act in 2010 2011 Greenhouse gas emissions resulting from operation of the WSL rail is expected to total 15 877 kt CO gt e per annum This represents approximately 0 004 of the total greenhouse gas emissions from all corporations required to report emissions under the NGER Act in 2010 2011 Table 5 summarises the emissions generated by construction and operation of the West Surat Link expressed as kilo tonnes kt of CO gt e To ensure that the emissions of greenhouse gases are minimised management objectives have been outlined Section 3 4 and an Action Plan developed Section 4 0 to identify the most effective way to meet the objectives Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 6 November 2012 Table 4 Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Project Operations TJ TJ TJ Diesel Mobile kL 38 968 Egeter ANFO ge 150 2 dei Energy Segen TJ 1510 6 247 177 1510 6 226 800 ear Purchased Electricity Qld kWh 75 000 000 Coal Energy Production TJ 226 800 Emissions Geet d Geet BMA ee 1 E Consumption TJ 1 ee ner Production TJ 226 800 Ja rc Australasion Resource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 7 November 2012 Table 5 Annual Greenhouse Gas Emissions for the West Surat Link Quantity Energy Cons Scope 1 CO
73. sub process of the progress report submission function which checks your data and details as you progress with data entry Validation highlights missing details and identifies significant changes in your data from your previous year s report so that you can change or acknowledge Issues The validation function will assist you when it comes time to submit your progress report You can use the validation function at any time throughout the year to determine if there are significant anomalies in your data from your previous year s figures and if there are missing elements in your company s details For example if you have not attached your public statement or if you have not completed your primary contact s details you will receive a critical error and if your CEO details are not complete you will receive a warning Use the Validation reports to see a graphical representation of your emissions whereby your net emissions data Is displayed as a column chart on a year by year basis The charts are displayed ona secondary webpage showing the emissions data for the date range that you select by ticking the appropriate boxes You can export the charts and data tables from that webpage into other formats including Excel CSV and Acrobat PDF Submission V1 Critical errors will prevent you from submitting your progress report for that reporting period These must be corrected before you can submit the report Anomalies and warnings are
74. t dd mm yyyy or by clicking on the Date Picker icon A In the Quantity field enter the figure in appropriate measures A Click the Save button on the far right Using the same process you can switch between all your selected activity types and continue to enter data for each period or account g 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Section 2 Data Entry Submission and Reporting Sector Activity data fuel type ey SE SET s E All Sectors F E t core D Sg Fl Industrial proceeses zl Vm ae SF6 Calculator Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual When you have finished click on Main data entry to return to the Activity data page After you have entered progressive data two icons may appear on the main data screen x Indicates that you have entered progressive bill entry data and you need to go to the bill entry page to enter more data Indicates that your entered data does not cover the whole reporting period so you need to go to the bill entry page and complete the reporting period Entering Offset Abatement Comments As part of your reporting requirements it is mandatory to submit a comment on your annual energy performance including increases decreases greater than 10 validation anomalies Your comment is always submitted through your top level entity which is bolded in your entity tree To enter your comment A Click the Vertical tab
75. te questionnaire in the Navigation Menu A Click on the name of a questionnaire from the list in the main page A Complete the questions A Click on Save Ad hoc questionnaires have a due date If the report is overdue you will receive a warning on your home page The process for submitting and confirming questionnaires is similar to that of annual reports EI LU 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Glossary Programme context ANZSIC Contact Coordinator Category Energy unit Entity Activity type Primary contact Parent entity Permission groups V1 The Australian and New Zealand Standard Industrial Classification Code ANSZIC is the standard classification used in Australia and New Zealand for the collection compilation and publication of statistics by industry The ANSZIC classification is a key component of an integrated statistical framework providing a standard framework for classifying establishments e g individual mines shops factories etc and other statistical units by industry in official statistics Refer to the Australian Bureau of Statistics for more information and a complete listing of ANZSIC codes A contact is a person whose details have been entered into OSCAR as belonging to a particular entity A list of all the contacts within an entity is provided under Contact details in the navigation Menu
76. ted for the role of Chief Executive Officer may have been created as an OSCAR user but they may not need to access the application as all data is entered and submitted by other users with the appropriate permissions An instruction on providing an OSCAR user with access Is described below Providing access to a User The Coordinator Signatory Primary Contact and Programme National Products EE Advisor J urisdictional Coordinator for your entity can provide users ege EE with access to OSCAR To give a user access A Click the Vertical Tab Menu arisen hf A In the Navigation Window click on Contact details d if you want to run reports A In the Main Window click on the New button EERE Enter new contact details EN A Click on the tab User details P inium Beet we A Type in the username Usernames must be between 6 20 fasse characters in length r Dutari A Type in the password for the contact Passwords must be at least seven characters long and are to contain upper and lower case letters numbers and symbols e g amp A Retype the password in the Confirm password field A Select the correct permission group for the user A Click on the little blue box with the three dots to access the Contact permission helper A Click Save Managing User Details All users can view and modify their own details through the option User details in the Main Window or the Vertical Tab My details setting t
77. th the following text You have successfully confirmed your data for this reporting period If you need to change your data contact the Industry Advisor A Click on the instructions Click here to go to the data entry screen The data in the reporting period you have confirmed will now be coloured grey indicating that it is locked You can no longer edit the fields A To edit confirmed and locked data for a reporting period contact the Industry Advisor for the programme you are using Reports There are a number of pre defined reports available which give summarized feedback on the information stored in the database These are divided into Standard Reports and Analysis Reports A To access the Reports menu click the Vertical Tab Reports Standard Reports Standard reports i r These are simple reports with easily accessible views of your li organisation s activity data or contacts The types of standard MS rc renee reports available are dn A Contact list a report listing all the contacts assigned the role of Primary Contact or Chief Executive Officer The details include the contact role contact details and email address The Contact list is accessed by clicking on Contact list under Standard Reports in the Navigation Window Validation page E Abatement A a piemers D D DH D D D 1 D D r Oa A Entity list a report listing your organisation s hierarchical i aan geg structure The top leve
78. the relevant entity A Select the applicable reporting period The name of the entity and reporting period will appear in the banner See Working with the correct Entity and Reporting Period for steps on selecting an entity and reporting period A Click the Vertical tab Menu A In the Navigation Window click on Enter data A Select the Offsets Abatements tab A On the right hand side of the Properties column click the Ellipsis button A select the appropriate Properties and click Save The Properties page will close and the Main Window will refresh to display your selections in the Properties column Setting Business Measures V1 Business measures are the operational characteristics of an entity such as floor area kilometres travelled and staff numbers They are used to produce key performance indicators KPIs Each sector has business measures Each business measure can be set for the entire reporting period or changed as frequently as your circumstances change Each piece of data must have a start and end date so that OSCAR can automatically account for fluctuations such as changes in occupancy floor space etc OSCAR does this by calculating the energy consumption and business measures on a daily basis before summing it all up to a total for the reporting period This allows your business measures to track alongside any progressive data entry you have entered 22 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive
79. the report page you can navigate between the z pages A Analysis Reports To export the report for example into Excel click on Select a format in the top row of the screen and then on Export The Analysis reports function presents a number of reports on the Sees Showing Data Fa Premembership Premembershin Tires Calendar Minas Pragramme Programene Abatement A EES Financial Yesi sne All perkels Action Plan A Boller upgrade optimisation Compress alt mengene High elfickency motors f Fuel switching V1 EEEN development of your emissions energy data and abatement To see entend 7 the available Analysis reports click on the plus symbol to expand the choices These reports can give you more detail than the Standard reports and allow you to drill down into the report if there are sub entities or other hierarchies in the report Some of the reports available are Abatement Reported abatement per calendar or financial year and abatement category in tonnes of CO Emissions Shows of CO e emissions in tonnes per financial year If reporting is not done in financial year periods the data will be apportioned to match the financial year Emissions for category Shows CO e emissions in tonnes by financial year and grouped by sector such as stationary energy or transport energy Entered amount for category Shows consumption total in units as entered suc
80. the type of business unit i e subsidiary or site that represents the entity A Enter the ABN if the unit is a subsidiary or a site V1 18 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 3 Setting up your entity and users A Enter the CAC CAN for the site Select the FTC checkbox if the business unit is going to claim fuel tax credits A Click on the Save button The screen will refresh Organisational Units listed in blue text are actual entities within OSCAR and hyperlinked Click on the blue text to go to that entity Business Units listed in black text have been added manually in the Fuel Tax Credits tab and are not entities in OSCAR Setting up a User All users belong to a Permission Group that defines which entities they can access and what they are permitted to view create edit in OSCAR Each entity must have a user delegated as the Primary Contact between your organisation and the Industry Advisor J urisdictional Coordinator To set up a user in OSCAR Select the Vertical Tab Entity Select the Entity for which you want to add a contact Select the Vertical Tab Menu In the Navigation Menu select Contact details Select the Main Window Tab Contact details KS SS Se Select New Fill in as many details as possible in the fields Title First name mandatory Last name mandatory Post nominal Position Phone
81. to report lf a corporation meets or exceeds any one or more of the thresholds for a reporting year ie 2008 09 onwards it must register and report for the first year a threshold is reached Corporations must then report for each subsequent year that they remain registered When do I need to register and report Applications for registration are due by 31 August following the reporting financial year in which a corporation first triggered one of the thresholds Corporations are only required to register under the NGER Act for the first year in which a threshold is triggered A corporation remains registered until an application for deregistration is approved Once registered corporations are required to report by 31 October following the reporting year and must submit an NGER Report for every year that it remains registered Corporations that think they may meet thresholds should keep records on greenhouse gas emissions and energy production and energy consumption from 1 July 2008 For more information visit www climatechange gov au reporting June 2011 Email reporting climatechange gov au Phone 1800 018 831 GPO Box 854 Canberra ACT 2601 Australia thinkchange Penalties Corporations that fail to register and report or otherwise comply with obligations under the NGER Act may be liable for penalties Penalty provisions are set out in Part 5 of the NGER Act As an example the penalty for failure to apply for registration
82. ts Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 11 November 2012 4 0 ACTION PLAN The extent to which the GGMP achieves the management objectives outlined in Section 3 4 will be measured by the performance targets and indicators presented in Table 6 for the construction phase of the Project and Table 7 for the operation phase of the Project Activities outlined in the action plan will only be undertaken if economically feasible As the GGMP is a continual improvement and abatement programme it is intended that the Action Plan will form a dynamic document which is subject to ongoing adjustment taking into consideration the outcomes of the annual Greenhouse Gas audits and review into best practice methods for reducing emissions In developing the greenhouse gas reduction actions for the accommodation camp and offices reference has been made to the Improving Sustainable Housing in Queensland Discussion Paper Housing Industry Association 2008 Overriding Objective To design and construct the Project where practicable utilising best practice technologies to reduce energy consumption and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions Table 6 Actions to Achieve Objective Timers motion sensors to be installed on all air conditioning units at the accommodation camp Photovoltaic and motion sensors on outdoor lighting i e will only operate in low light conditions and when someone walks past around offices and the accommodation camp
83. u thoroughly plan your organisational hierarchy or corporate structure before creating sub entities under your parent entity Emissions can be reported using financial boundaries or operational boundaries Creating an Entity The first top level entity and a user nominated a Coordinator are set up by an OSCAR Administrator The Coordinator is responsible for creating additional entities if required To create an entity A Click on the Vertical Tab Entity National Products Manufacturing Au OENE Bs A A list of existing entities is displayed A Click on the entity in the list This entity defaults to the parent of the new entity ECKE on Metais onmmunicationa tegured fields Reremmended halds anr en A Click on the Vertical Tab Menu eh EE SE DEE ee 6 A Click on Entity details dalidstion settings arad anity Manuleectering Sateen den C cstv tvoe Organisation 3 A Click on the New button mmer ES Fill in as many details as possible into the following fields A Name mandatory A Status choose Active unless advised otherwise K A Parent entity the default is the current entity gg A Entity Type this defines the function of the entity in your Ga organisational hierarchy gray deta Eron dente adres Seen A Type will be displayed only if the Tax Fuel Credits checkbox Sienna BESSE has been selected and the ABN entered for the top level d Gen ois management Name entity ref
84. uildings standard Accommodation camp buildings insulated with a R rating of at least 2 in the walls and 2 5 in ceilings o P dart Avastrtlasian Zesource Consumants Greenhouse Gas Management Plan 13 November 2012 Table 7 Action Plan for Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions Operation Phase Den Ee TE Indicators to Measure Audit Overriding Objective Actions to Achieve Objective procacemimetranie To improve operations where practicable by implementing best practice technologies to reduce energy consumption and subsequent greenhouse gas emissions Greenhouse Gas Management Plan Reusing water from the tailings system as process water to limit pumping from a water distribution pipeline network Recycle treated grey water from the accommodation camp for sub irrigation of gardens For each major processing or mining activity that produces greenhouse gases a target greenhouse gas intensity should be identified at the end of the first year of operations Use of efficient engines in loading and hauling equipment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 14 Percentage of water recycled from the TSF Percentage of grey water used for sub irrigation Greenhouse gas intensities calculated and targets set Percentage of load and haul equipment using efficient engines 50 of annual process plant water supply to be sourced from tailings decant where conditions permit At least 70 of all grey water B
85. xibility of OSCAR s data entry functions to enter data periodically bill by bill with company specific emission factors enter and report cost data track accounts manage users within your company using your entity tree and different levels of access A create an organisational hierarchy to represent the structure of your company or organisation by financial operational or regional boundaries using the emissions source sector end use category and or activity types that are relevant to your organisation enter energy waste and greenhouse data at organisation and or site level if necessary A represent data in meaningful reports that can be tailored to suit reporting requirements for various sectors end use categories and activity types be assured that data is held securely behind encrypted password access and practice and train staff in OSCAR using the training site without affecting any real data V1 1 11 02 2008 Online System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual Section 1 Overview Data Security The information gathered is held securely by the Department of Climate Change With permission the greenhouse actions and outcomes of participating companies and government organisations are promoted publicly to showcase good environmental practices For more information on how your organisation s data is handled refer to your programme s agreement How Data
86. y Reporting OSCAR V6 2 Section 3 Setting up your entity and users Greenhouse Challenge Plus User Manual effectively For this reason the Abatement tab is set up differently to allow you to enter more qualitative information To set offset abatement actions A Click the Vertical tab Menu In the Navigation Window click on Enter data A A In the Main Window click the Offsets Abatements tab A Click on the Show Hide Sector button to reveal the Sectors selected when setting up the Activity Data tab A For each Sector that you have chosen click on the Activity Data Fuel Types green bowser button to view the Activity Data Fuel Types menu window A In the Activity Data Fuel Types menu window choose the appropriate Fuel Types by checking on the appropriate boxes on the left A Click Save The screen refreshes and you can now enter values against your Offset Abatement actions Setting up Offset Abatement Properties U Fugitive emissions ot C Stationary energy DR Gobel Chace ton Ian eech irom If tene O Transport energy Bs Ha D waste ei Emission Offsets and Abatement actions have properties that will have been set by your Industry Advisor Programme Manager team for each Sector You can set the appropriate properties for the Sectors you have selected This section assumes you have completed the steps in the Offset and Abatement sections above To set Offset or Abatement properties A Select
87. y the end of the first Targets set for all year of operations major processing and mining activities Load and haul equipment fleet using the most suitable energy efficient engines 50 in first full year of operations ramping up to 90 by the fourth full year of operations o P dart Avastrtlasian Zesource Consumants November 2012 en Dn ZE Indicators to Measure Audit Overriding Objective Actions to Achieve Objective Process TARA Annual public reporting of greenhouse gas Annual reports emissions in the company s Annual Annual reports complete Annually ot oy complete Sustainability Report To regularly measure l a One energy audit the effectiveness of of Project operation years greenhouse gas emission SEHR Review this GGMP annually during the operating phase of the Project to identify New GGMP developed New GGMP Een improvements for greenhouse gas mitigation annually developed annually y and reduction strategies To undertake reporting Annual report submitted using the Online Weed responsibilities under the System for Comprehensive Activity Reporting Annual report submitted SE Annually NGER Act OSCAR Prepare and Assessment and Prepare and submit submit an reporting schedule an assessment and assessment and 18 months after reporting schedule reporting trigger year Complete first SEI Complete first assessments Complete first assessments 24 assessments months after trigger year

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