Reporting Obligations Under The National Greenhouse & Energy Reporting Scheme: What It Means For Construction Projects

It is possible that the amount of greenhouse gases emitted and the amount of energy used in a major construction project will be required to be reported under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Scheme (NGERS) established under the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Act 2007 (Act) and National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting Regulations 2008 (Regulations).

Overview of the NGERS

The Act requires a controlling corporation which has operational control over a facility that meets certain thresholds to register with the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer (GEDO) and report on emissions and energy data associated with that facility. There are two types of threshold which trigger the registration and reporting requirements, namely: (i) a facility based threshold (for the 2008/2009 financial year, the facility threshold is 25,000 tonnes of CO2-e emissions or 100 terrajoules of energy production or use); and (ii) a corporation based threshold. .