Richard Boyd Barrett (Dún Laoghaire, People Before Profit Alliance) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 42:

In page 22, between lines 30 and 31, to insert the following:“Reports on annual targets: content

17. (1) In respect of each greenhouse gas, the report shall—

(a) state the amount of net emissions for the baseline year,

(b) state the amount of net emissions for the target year,

(c) state whether the amount of net emissions represents an increase or decrease compared to the equivalent amount for the previous target year,

(d) identify the methods used to measure or calculate the amount of net emissions (including in particular any change to those methods).

(2) The report shall also set out the aggregate amount for the target year of net emissions.

(3) The report shall also—

(a) state the amount of the net emissions account for the target year,

(b) state the proportion of the reduction in the net emissions account which is accounted for by reductions in net emissions,

(c) state the total amount of carbon units—

(i) that have been credited to or debited from the net emissions account for the target year,

(ii) that have been purchased in the target year,

(iii) that have been held and not surrendered in the target year,

(d) give details of the number and type of those carbon units.

(4) The report shall also—

(a) state the amount of gross electricity consumption for the target year,

(b) state the amount of electricity generation for the target year,

(c) state the average greenhouse gas emissions per megawatt hour of electricity generated in the target year,

(d) state the average greenhouse gas emissions per megawatt hour, and the estimated lifetime cumulative emissions, of any new electricity generation capacity greater than 50 megawatts approved in the target year.

(5) The report for each year in the period 2011-2050 shall—

(a) state the amount of the net emissions account for each preceding target year,

(b) state the cumulative amount of the net emissions account for the target year and all preceding target years.

(6) If the method of measuring or calculating net emissions changes and that change is such as to require adjustment of an amount for an earlier target year, the report shall specify the adjustment required and state the adjusted amount.

(7) An adjustment under subsection (6)shall, in so far as reasonably practicable, be made in accordance with international carbon reporting practice.

(8) If an amount mentioned in subsection (3)(a)or subsection (5)(a)or (b)for an earlier period requires to be adjusted, the report shall—

(a) explain why the adjustment is required,

(b) specify the adjustment required, and

(c) state the adjusted amount.

(9) The report may contain such other information as the Minister considers appropriate and, in particular, may state the amount of electricity generation from each source for the target year.”.