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2022 disclosure log
The request: Reports from the 9 qualified or adverse findings in the 2021–22 audit program (as described on compliance update – 1 April to 30 June)
Documents released: 9 documents released in part. These documents are audit reports.
Date of release: 22 December 2022
Ref. number: Internal review FOI 38_2022
The request: Emissions data (i.e. scope 1 and scope 2 emissions data) from all facilities that were reported to the Clean Energy Regulator (CER) by controlling corporations for the reporting periods 2016-17, 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 for various registered corporations. Documents released: 8 documents released in full and 4 released in part. These documents are reports.
Date of release: 22 November 2022
Ref. number: FOI 43_2022
The request: Seeking access to the following documents:
- emissions data (i.e. scope 1 and scope 2 emissions data) from all Delta Electricity Pty Ltd facilities for the reporting periods 2017–18, 2018–19, 2019–20 and 2020–21
- emissions data (i.e. scope 1 and scope 2 emissions data) for the Chain Valley Colliery facility for the reporting periods 2018–19 and 2020–21
- any report submitted under sections 19, 22G, 22X or 22XB of the NGER Act for the Chain Valley Colliery facility for the reporting periods 2018–19 and 2020–21
- correspondence (e.g. emails, letters, notices) between the CER and Delta Electricity Pty Ltd regarding the Chain Valley facility for the period from 30 June 2021 to 25 July 2022
- internal correspondence (e.g. emails, briefing notes, file notes) regarding potential compliance issues with regard to National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) reporting from the Chain Valley Colliery facility for the period from 30 June 2021 to 25 July 2022.
Documents released: 4 documents released in full and 23 released in part. These documents are spreadsheets, reports, papers, emails and a file note.
Date of release: 9 November 2022
Ref. number: FOI 44_2022
The request: Any emails, correspondence or reports relating to potential changes to fixed delivery contracts between 15 February and 4 March 2022.
Documents released: 3 documents released in full and 50 released in part. These documents are email correspondence.
Date of release: 14 June 2022
Ref. number: FOI 25_2022
The request: All reports, or documents containing advice, commissioned by the CER or the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee from the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics and Sciences or other third parties concerning:
- the inclusion of continuing plantation project activities in the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative—Plantation Forestry) Methodology Determination 2022
- the likelihood of softwood and/or hardwood plantations being converted to non-forest land in the absence of government intervention, including through the Emissions Reduction Fund.
Documents released: 9 documents released in full with irrelevant information removed.
In relation to the reports contained in the documents, the results present a novel application of the Bureau's Forest Resource Use Model (FoRUM). Through the review process, it was identified that issues with the data inputs and model constraints rendered the model results unreliable for the purposes required at the time. It has been confirmed the results presented in this report are no longer accurate. Work is continuing to refine the FoRUM constraints, data layers (including land values which is a crucial component of the conversion analysis), and economic theory that underpins the model.
Date of release: 19 October 2022
Ref. number: FOI 36_2022
The request: From 1 July 2021 to 21 May 2022: Any notes from meetings between the CER and Chevron related to obtaining ACCUs or the cost of ACCUs and briefs prepared in advance of or following any such meetings.
Any correspondence from Chevron about obtaining ACCUs or the cost of ACCUs.
Any correspondence from Chevron about non-compliance in Western Australia related to its Gorgon carbon capture and storage project.
Any correspondence between the CER and the former industry, energy and emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor or his office about the Chevron non-compliance. Please include any requests for briefing from Taylor or his office, any written briefs that were provided and any handwritten notes from verbal briefings.
Any correspondence between the CER and the former industry, energy and emissions reduction minister Angus Taylor or his office about the cost of ACCUs. Please include any requests for briefing from Taylor or his office, any written briefs that were provided and any handwritten notes from verbal briefings.
Documents released: 9 documents released in part relating to reports and correspondence about ACCUs.
Date of release: 14 September 2022
Ref. number: FOI 37_2022
The request: All reports or documents containing advice commissioned by the CER or the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee from third parties concerning the baselines used, or proposed to be used, under the Emissions Reduction Fund's landfill gas methods:
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative - Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2015
- Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative - Electricity Generation from Landfill Gas) Methodology Determination 2021.
Documents released: One document released in part.
Date of release: 5 September 2022
Ref. number: FOI 35_2022
The request:
- obtaining an SSL/TLS (Secure Socket Layer/Transport Layer Security) certificate for the website
- any documents pertaining to supporting/not supporting HTTPS encryption on the website.
Documents released: 7 documents released in part relating to reports and email correspondence.
Date of release: 19 August 2022
Ref. number: FOI 32_2022
The request: Documents listed for full or partial release in the decision letter concerning FOI 27_2022.
Documents released: 8 documents prepared for withdrawn freedom of information request FOI 27_2022
The CER previously committed to release relevant data that was used to inform the Emissions Reduction Assurance Committee's advice on the Landfill Gas (Generation) Method. The CER is putting into the public domain the assumptions about electricity and large-scale generation certificate prices that underpinned the updated analysis that the committee considered in April 2021 and the information released under FOI.
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The request: Projects: EOP100971 and ERF104443
- Actual total issuance of ACCUs until June 2021
- Copies of all offset reports until June 2021
- Copies of audit reports
- Copy of the ACCUs contract
Documents released: One document released in part relating to a carbon abatement contract.
Date of release: 13 January 2022
Ref. number: FOI 14_2021
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