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From: owner-air-inventory@lists.maine.gov [mailto:owner-air-inventory@lists.maine.gov]
On Behalf Of Gould, Tammy
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2006 8:07 AM
To: air-inventory@informe.org
Cc: Heather Kaplan
Subject: air-inventory Eastern Climate Registry Needs Your Help
To Air-Inventory Listserve:
The Eastern Climate Registry (ECR) is a multi-state registry effort undertaken
by ten states in the eastern U.S., including Connecticut, Delaware, Maine,
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania,
and Vermont. The goal of this effort is to develop a climate registry that
standardizes best practices in data reporting and management, establishes
a set of common quantification protocols (based on the GHG Protocol Corporate
Standard), and supports a common software platform.
We have finalized the Registry's voluntary reporting requirements based on stakeholder feedback and are now completing the design of the ECR software program. Before we begin to work with other states to develop a broader multi-state registry and share our software platform, we want to ensure that this product meets companies' needs. We would like to work with a few companies that have prior experience in GHG accounting and reporting and can road test the software to help determine:
* if it yields results similar to your company's internal inventory systems
* if there are additional features in the content or design that would make
the system more useful and effective to serve your company's quantification
needs
Our goal is to develop a comprehensive system that is user-friendly and flexible, that supports different methodologies and sector-specific calculations and facilitates data exchange between different programs or databases. We want the system to accommodate companies' internal needs while also serving the multiple objectives of state climate programs.
We would very much appreciate your assistance in testing the ECR software
platform and reviewing your feedback on its functionality.
Please let us know if you are interested. If so, we will follow-up with a
scope of work and associated confidentiality agreement. External testing of
the system will take place during the month of October. Feel free to contact
me with any questions or comments you may have.
Heather Kaplan
Climate Policy Analyst
NESCAUM
101 Merrimac Street, 10th floor
Boston, MA 02114
(617) 259-2012
hkaplan@nescaum.org
[Note from Maine DEP: This is a separate software platform
from your Ch. 137 reporting and participation in the registry is voluntary.
However, Maine DEP has been a partner in the development of the Eastern
Climate Registry and we'd strongly encourage facilities which have the time
and expertise to assist with this software testing. - TG]