The Clean Energy Regulator has today released the 2020-21 National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (NGER) data.
Each year, Australian corporations that meet certain thresholds are required to report their emissions and energy information to us. This data helps inform government policy and programs and meet Australia’s international reporting obligations.
The Clean Energy Regulator (the agency) would like to welcome our auditor community to the new year and trust that everybody had an enjoyable break.
The Clean Energy Regulator is seeking applications for version 46 of the Register of solar water heaters.
The application period opens on 1 March 2022 and closes at 5 pm (AEDT) on 1 April 2022 as per the timetable of the 2022 application rounds.
The Clean Energy Regular is continuing its arrangement with CPA Australia to help non-financial auditors enrol in the CPA Program to gain Category 2 Greenhouse and Energy Auditor Registration.
The Register of solar water heaters application dates for 2022 are now available. The Register lists solar water heater and air source heat pump models that are eligible for small-scale technology certificates (STCs) under the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme.
You are invited to register for the Clean Energy Regulator’s webinar on getting ready for the new quality management standards.
The webinar will cover the quality management standards which are coming in 2022 and which will apply to firms and engagements performing Part 6 audits.
The webinar will provide a chance to familiarise yourself with these important changes and to plan for the necessary updates to your existing policies and processes.
In this session you will learn about:
Today, the Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, the Hon Angus Taylor MP announced new priorities for method development in 2022 for the Emissions Reduction Fund (ERF).
These methods are:
The Clean Energy Regulator (the agency) has published its Compliance and Enforcement Priorities for 2021-2022.
The priorities set out where the agency will be focusing its compliance and enforcement activities for the year ahead. They target a number of areas of actual and potential non-compliance that pose a high risk to the integrity of the programs administered by the agency.
We have published guidance on conflict of interest (COI) for registered greenhouse and energy auditors, and questions and answers posed during a webinar on COI the agency conducted in November 2020.
Amendments to the Carbon Credits (Carbon Farming Initiative) (Audit Thresholds) Instrument 2015 (the Audit Thresholds Instrument) are in effect from today, Tuesday 29 June 2021.