Alberta has harmonised its GHG reporting program with the federal program. Accordingly, the reporting threshold under the Specified Gas Reporting Regulation and the Specified Gas Reporting Standard has been lowered from 100,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) to 50,000 tonnes CO2e. Also, the reporting deadline is now June 1, 2010.
Starting with 2009 emissions data, Alberta facilities will only have to report their GHG emissions once through a single national reporting system to satisfy both provincial and federal reporting requirements. Alberta facilities that exceed the reporting threshold must report their GHG emissions to Alberta Environment via this national system in accordance with the Climate Change and Emissions Management Act, the Specified Gas Reporting Regulation and the Specified Gas Reporting Standard.