About DOE Button Organization Button News Button Contact Us Button
Search  
Link: Energy home page
Science and Technology Button Energy Sources Button Energy Efficiency Button The Environment Button Prices and Trends Button National Security Button Safety and Health Button
 Logo



PI Home
About Us
Initiatives
Library
Links

 
OPIA Title

FAQs

Clarifying Answers to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) concerning the Guidelines for the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases (1605b) Program

[follow links to additional guidance and FAQs on specific sections of guidelines]

Note: These FAQs have been reviewed by knowledgeable staff in the Department of Energy, but they are not formal Department of Energy interpretations of the guidelines.

Bulleted topics, below, are links to available responses to FAQs

GENERAL GUIDELINES (section 300 of the Code of Federal Regulations)

300.1 General
300.2 Definitions
300.3 Guidance for defining and naming the reporting entity
300.4 Selecting organizational boundaries
300.5 Submission of an entity statement

300.6 Emissions inventories
300.7 Net emission reductions
300.8 Calculating emission reductions
300.9 Reporting and record keeping requirements

300.10 Certification of reports
300.11 Independent verification
300.12 Acceptance of reports and registration of entity emission            reductions
300.13 Incorporation by reference

TECHNICAL GUIDELINES (January 2007)

Chapter 1, Emission Inventories
Part A: Introduction
Part B: Collecting Information
Part C: Stationary Source Combustion
Part D: Mobile Sources
Part E: Industrial Processes
Part F: Indirect Emissions
Part G: Geologic Sequestration
Part H: Agricultural Emissions and Sequestration
Part I: Forestry Emissions

   

About Us

Organizational Chart
-------------------------------
Organizational Summaries
-------------------------------
PI Experts
-------------------------------
Phone List


Initiatives
Carbon Sequestration Leadership Forum
-------------------------------
Climate Overview
-------------------------------
Climate Vision
-------------------------------
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Guidelines
-------------------------------
Clean Energy Initiative
-------------------------------
NAEWG

Library

Publications
-------------------------------
Testimony/ Speeches
-------------------------------
Archive


Links
U.S. Government
-------------------------------
U.S. Congress
-------------------------------
U.S. Government Agencies
-------------------------------
International Organizations
-------------------------------
Foreign Governments
-------------------------------
Useful Databases
Chapter 2, Emission Reductions
2.1 Introduction
2.2 Calculating Emission Reductions
2.3 Base Periods and Base Values
2.4 Technical Guidelines for the Application of Specific Calculation Methods
2.5 Determining Registered Emission Reductions
2.6 Revising Previously Accepted Reports of Emission Reductions

Glossary

Return to top
Web Policies | No Fear Act | Site Map | Privacy | Phone Book | Employment