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Center for Resource Solutions Launches North America’s First Environmental Tracking Network for Renewable Energy and Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Regional Tracking Systems Come Together to Create a Common Currency for New Energy Markets
(CSRwire) SAN FRANCISCO, CA - March 7, 2008 - In coordination with two regional
environmental tracking systems, the Center for Resource Solutions today
launched the Environmental Tracking Network of North America (ETNNA) –
North America’s first network organization for renewable energy and
greenhouse gas emissions tracking systems and registries.
ETNNA will bring together electricity tracking systems, emissions
registries, governmental regulators, and interested market participants to
promote the coordination and cooperation among environmental tracking
systems throughout North America. Such coordination will encourage trade,
create a common currency for certificates of generation, prevent
double-counting, and support existing and emerging markets for renewable
energy and greenhouse gas emissions.
ETNNA's role will be particularly beneficial as regional environmental
markets continue to grow and collide. By helping resolve compatibility and
coordination issues between tracking systems, ETNNA will facilitate the
growth of the markets they support.
"This is the first organization of its kind to offer a forum that brings
together stakeholders and tracking systems covering this broad geographic
scope—across the U.S., Canada and Mexico," said John Pappas, Chairperson
of the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System (WREGIS)
Committee.
As part of the group's launch, the Environmental Tracking Network is
announcing three initial meetings, open to the public. Details on the
meetings can be found below or by visiting www.resource-solutions.org/policy/etnna.
March 10, 2008: A teleconference/webinar kick-off meeting
to introduce the organization and Board members, explain the benefits of
membership, and discuss a short list of issues related to tracking
systems.
March 25, 2008: A repeat of our teleconference/webinar
presentation for interested participants.
April 14-15, 2008: The first in-person meeting at the PG&E
Energy Center in San Francisco to discuss the treatment of
environmental attributes in certificate tracking systems. This initial
meeting and subsequent meetings will result in a best practices consensus
paper on this topic.
Meeting details are posted at www.resource-solutions.org/policy/etnna.
Contact
Rachael Terada
ETNNA Project Manager
415-561-2135
rachael@resource-solutions.org
About the Environmental Tracking Network of North America
Before becoming its own organization, the Environmental Tracking Network
was a working group program under the Center for Resource Solutions known
as the North American Association of Issuing Bodies (NAAIB). This working
group has been regularly meeting since 2005 and contributed three papers on
Best Practices for tracking system operators. In 2006, the working group
reached consensus to formalize the program as its own organization. In
Winter 2007, the Center for Resource Solutions received seed funding from
the U.S. Department of Energy to launch the Environmental Tracking
Network.
The Environmental Tracking Network’s Board of Directors includes John
Pappas of the Western Renewable Energy Generation Information System
(WREGIS) and PG&E as Chairperson; Paul Helgeson of the Midwest Renewable
Energy Tracking System (M-RETS) and PSC of Wisconsin as Vice Chairperson;
Carrie Cullen Hitt of Constellation NewEnergy as Secretary/Treasurer, and
Lenny Hochschild of Evolution Markets. Jan Hamrin, president of the Center
for Resource Solutions was appointed acting Secretary General of the
Environmental Tracking Network.
Visit www.resource-solutions.org/policy/etnna
to learn more.
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