Senate Bill No. 1771 Page: 5
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(g) Maintain a record of all emissions baselines and reductions
verified by qualified independent auditors. The public shall have
access to this record, except for any portions of a participant's
emissions results that a participant may deem confidential.
(h) Encourage organizations from various sectors of the state's
economy, and those from various geographic regions of the state, to
monitor emissions, establish baselines and reduction targets, and
implement efficiency improvement and renewable energy
programs to achieve those targets.
(i) Recognize, publicize, and promote participants that do any of
the following:
(1) Commit to monitor their emissions and set reduction targets.
(2) Establish emissions baselines.
(3) Report the quantity of their annual emissions progress.
42824. Participation in the registry is voluntary. Any entity
conducting business in the state may register its emissions results,
including emissions generated outside of the state, on an entitywide
basis with the registry, and may utilize the services of the registry.
Article 4. Procedures for Reporting, Monitoring, and Verifying
Emissions
42840. (a) Participants shall utilize the following reporting
procedures:
(1) To establish an emissions baseline, participants shall report
their actual emissions for the most recent year for which they have
complete energy use and fuel consumption data as specified in this
chapter. Participants that have complete energy use or fuel
consumption data for earlier years that can be verified by
independent auditors may establish their baseline as any year
beginning after January 1, 1990. After establishing a baseline,
participants shall report their verified emissions results in each
subsequent year in order to record changes in emissions levels with
respect to their baseline year. Participants may report annual
emission results without establishing an emissions baseline.
(2) (A) Participants shall report emissions baselines and annual
emissions results expressed by a fraction in terms of emissions
efficiency rates, as follows:
(i) Private corporations and cooperatives other than electric
generators shall report carbon dioxide emissions per dollar of
revenue.
(ii) Electric generators shall report emissions of carbon dioxide
per kilowatthour.
(iii) Nonprofit organizations and governmental agencies shall
report carbon dioxide emissions per dollar of budgetary expenditure
plus amortized capital expenditures.
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Secretary of State. Senate Bill No. 1771, text, September 2000; 2101 Wilson Blvd., Suite 550 Arlington, VA 22201. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc226799/m1/5/: accessed April 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; .