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Dear e-GGRT Users:

Today is the last day to submit your RY2011 (Reporting Year 2011) Annual GHG report to EPA on-time to meet the first, April 2nd, 2012 deadline for the 2011 Reporting Year.

To determine if this deadline applies to the facilities and/or suppliers you are associated with, please read the following FAQ, “When Must I Submit My Report for RY2011” on our e-GGRT help site:[http://www.ccdsupport.com/confluence/pages/viewpage.action? …

On March 20, 2012, EPA posted 10 new frequently asked questions (FAQs) that provide answers to common questions regarding Subpart DD (Electrical Transmission and Distribution Equipment Use) reporting including:

• Q641. Our utility owns power plants that are subject to Part 98 subpart D and 100-150 substations. Do we report SF6 and PFC emissions under subpart DD as a separate facility or together?
• [Q642|faq:Q642. Our facility owns SF6- or PFC-containing equipment, …

The deadline for submitting the 2011 annual GHG report is Monday, April 2nd, 2012 for those who will NOT be reporting on any of the new 2011 source categories.  (If you are required to report for any of the new 2011 source categories and notified EPA by April 2, 2012 that you intend to delay reporting, your report is due on September 28, 2012.)  

Please allow yourself sufficient time to enter and submit your data before the April 2nd deadline. …

EPA has updated the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) data publication tool to reflect revised data submitted by facilities in the December 17th 2011 – February 10th, 2012 time frame . EPA also made other improvements to the data publication tool, including adding features to perform new queries of the data.

In addition, two new GHGRP data sets are being released and may be found on the [GHGRP data downloads page|http://www.epa. …

In conjunction with the RY2011 launch of EPA's electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (e-GGRT), EPA will offer a training webinar on February 28, 2012.  This webinar will introduce new and existing e-GGRT users to key features of e-GGRT, including how to submit annual greenhouse gas reports to EPA.  Special emphasis will be placed on new features, improvements, and changes to the software.
 
To register for the webinar please visit: [https://www2.gotomeeting. …

With the completion of EPA's scheduled maintenance outage, the electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (e-GGRT) is now available for the 2011 Reporting Year.  Facilities and Suppliers subject to EPA's Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (GHGRP) may now begin entering their RY2011 data into e-GGRT by logging in at [https://ghgreporting.epa.gov|https://ghgreporting.epa.gov. …

e-GGRT Help will be unavailable starting 5pm EST on February 16 as it undergoes maintenance and is updated to support Reporting Year 2011. Please try to access the site again tomorrow. Thank you for you patience.

This is a reminder that EPA's electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (e-GGRT) will be unavailable to allow for system upgrades needed to support Reporting Year 2011.  The maintenance outage began on Saturday, February 11, 2011.  e-GGRT is expected to be available again during the week of February 20th.  Once the upgrades are complete e-GGRT will be available for RY2011 reporting.

EPA has released its XML reporting schema for Reporting Year (RY) 2011 reporting of greenhouse gas (GHG) data using Electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (e-GGRT) today.

The schema version (V2.0) for RY2011 reports due by April 2, 2012 is published at www.ccdsupport.com

The schema version for RY2011 reports due by September 28, 2012 is still under development and will be released in July 2012. …

On January 11th, 2012, EPA published Reporting Year 2010 (RY2010) GHG data collected under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program (via e-GGRT) at ghgdata.epa.gov.

In addition to the GHG data, EPA has now made RY2010 corporate parent information available to the public.

To view detailed corporate parent and percentage ownership share information, please visit: http://epa.gov/climatechange/emissions/ghgdata/2010data.html. …

On January 11^th, 2012 EPA made comprehensive greenhouse gas (GHG) data reported directly from large facilities and suppliers across the country accessible to the public through EPA's GHG Reporting Program. The 2010 GHG data includes public information from facilities in nine industry groups that directly emit large quantities of GHGs, as well as suppliers of certain fossil fuels.

EPA's online data publication tool allows users to view and sort GHG data for calendar year 2010 from over 6, …

Please be aware that there are less than 14 days remaining to electronically submit an NOI to EPA to request the use of best available monitoring methods (BAMM) for 2012.  The NOI's must be submitted to EPA electronically through the electronic Greenhouse Gas Reporting Tool (e-GGRT) by January 3, 2012 for Subpart W for the purposes of fulfilling requirements in 40 CFR 98.234(f)(8). Occasionally, user issues may arise that may take days to resolve. …

EPA has now added the ability to submit a Subpart W Notice of Intent (NOI) or Best Available Monitoring Method (BAMM) request through e-GGRT.  This functionality can be accessed through the Facility Management Tab in e-GGRT.  For additional information and Help on how to use e-GGRT to submit a Subpart NOI or BAMM, …

EPA will hold training on submitting Subpart W BAMM requests on November 17, 2011, 2:30-3:30pm. This webinar will cover provisions under which Best Available Monitoring Methods (BAMM) can be used, the process for submitting BAMM, the timetable for use of BAMM, and how to register a facility for EPA's data reporting system — the electronic GHG Reporting Tool (e-GGRT). …

EPA has added an "EPA Correspondence Folder" to each Facility or Supplier's e-GGRT account.  This folder allows any representative or agent of a facility or supplier to access an "in-box" that may contain messages from EPA regarding their Annual GHG Data.  A facility or supplier's representative or agent may also use e-GGRT to respond to EPA messages in their "EPA Correspondence Folder". …