US greenhouse emissions reports fall for second successive year

Washington (Platts)--29Dec2006

The number of US companies reporting greenhouse gas emissions reductions
to the federal government has fallen for the second consecutive year,
according to the Energy Information Administration.
EIA said that 221 companies documented 2,379 projects they had undertaken
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 382 million metric tons of carbon
dioxide equivalent in 2005. That was a drop from the 232 companies that issued
reports under the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program in 2004.
However, in 2005 companies reported more projects and CO2 reductions than
in 2004. That is likely to change in 2006's report with revisions the Energy
Department made to the program in April.
Beginning June 1, companies wishing to "register" emissions reductions by
filing with EIA had to do so by reporting estimates of emissions and/or
emission reductions for their entire organizations.
Traditionally, most companies have filed reports on individual projects,
while others have provided emissions data from just one corporate unit.
Electric utilities, and chemical and oil companies, complained that the
"entity-wide" requirement made filing the emissions data onerous. That could
mean fewer reports in 2006, since utilities accounted for half of the
companies reporting under the program.
Of the 221 organizations reporting for 2005, 118 provided entity-level
reports.

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