The Clean Energy Regulator has today released the
2018–19 safeguard facility reported emissions data.
In 2018–19, 210 safeguard facilities reported a total of 144 million tonnes CO2-e covered emissions.
Responsible emitters used a range of options to meet their obligations, including applying for a calculated baseline, baseline variation (for improved emissions intensity), multi-year monitoring period, and surrendering Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs) to offset their emissions.
In addition to having a reported or calculated baseline in force:
- three facilities had their baseline temporarily varied due to improved emissions intensity
- 14 facilities entered a multi-year monitoring period to average emissions below their baseline, and
- 18 entities surrendered 190,381 Australian carbon credit units (ACCUs)
- Of the ACCUs surrendered, 16 entities sourced and surrendered 58,731 ACCUs.
All safeguard entities met their safeguard obligations by the 29 February 2020 deadline.
Please note:
- Updates have been made to the
safeguard facility reported emissions 2016–17 and
safeguard facility reported emissions 2017–18 to include data that has been previously withheld from publication where decision a decision has been made by the Clean Energy Regulator to refuse applications.
- The publication includes a new table containing information about
multi-year monitoring periods. This table provides a consolidated view of data that has previously been published across a number of the safeguard data publications. The new format this year aims to make information on multi-year monitoring periods easier to understand.
- The
safeguard baselines table has also been updated today to reflect baseline determinations made under the safeguard mechanism.
See more information about the
2018–19 safeguard facility reported emissions.