EERS release 2018-19

What’s new 2018–19

Changes made to the Emissions and Energy Reporting System (EERS) for the 2018–19 reporting year include:

Updates to reflect legislative amendments that apply for the 2018-19 reporting year onwards—see NGER legislation changes for 2018-19 reporting
Removal of the ability to report scope 2 emissions from the consumption of energy commodities (e.g. steam) as there is currently no method available
Measurement criteria for certain sources will be locked from editing. Subsections 2.14(3), 2.29(3), 2.50(3) and 4.35(3) of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008 require that measurement criteria are not changed for specific circumstances (detailed below) after being reported in a reporting year.
The measurement criteria and sub-criterion fields will be locked for the combinations in Table 1, where the following apply:
- Criterion ‘AA’ (sub-criterion is not available for this criterion), or
- Criterion ‘AAA’ AND sub-criterion ‘AAA-commercial transaction-point of combustion’.

Table 1: Source and activity combinations

Source Category	Source	Activity
Fuel Combustion	Any source	Any activity
Industrial processes	Cement clinker production	Any activity
	Lime production
	Use of carbonates for the production of a product other than cement clinker, lime or soda ash
	Soda ash production
	Soda ash use

Complying with NGER

See complying with NGER.

Identified issues for 2018–19

The Clean Energy Regulator will use this page to inform reporters of any issues identified in the Emissions and Energy Reporting System (EERS) and provide advice on what actions reporters should take, including information on status of issue resolution.

The table below describes current issues identified in the EERS and provides advice on what actions reporters should take, including information on status of issue resolution.

The Clean Energy Regulator will update the identified issues on a regular basis.

If the proposed 'Recommended reporter action/s' is unsuitable or does not resolve your issue, please contact the Clean Energy Regulator for further advice.

Issue	Description	Recommended reporter actions(s)	Status comments
Unable to update address details for the NGER Contact Person and Executive Officer listed in EERS	The address details in EERS for the NGER Contact Person and Executive Officer are not being updated when changes are made in the Client Portal.	Affected reporters are recommended to generate and submit their report. The Clean Energy Regulator will not take compliance action for any incorrect details.	Will not be resolved before the 31 October 2019 deadline for 2018–19 reporting.

Issue

Description

Recommended reporter actions(s)

Status comments

Unable to update address details for the NGER Contact Person and Executive Officer listed in EERS

The address details in EERS for the NGER Contact Person and Executive Officer are not being updated when changes are made in the Client Portal.

Affected reporters are recommended to generate and submit their report.

The Clean Energy Regulator will not take compliance action for any incorrect details.

Will not be resolved before the 31 October 2019 deadline for 2018–19 reporting.

NGER legislation changes for 2018–19 reporting

Measurement Determination

The National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Measurement) Determination 2008 (Measurement Determination) has been updated for 2018–19 onwards. Amendments include:

updated scope 2 emissions factors as per the table below, and
wastewater (domestic and commercial) emissions are now only reportable by facilities whose primary activities are covered by ANZSIC code 192 - Water supply, sewerage and drainage services.