Preface

Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases 2005 was prepared under the general direction of John Conti, Director, Office of Integrated Analysis and Forecasting, Energy Information Administration (202/586-2222; e-mail, john.conti@eia.doe.gov); and Glen Sweetnam, Director of the International, Economic and Greenhouse Gases Division (202/586-2188; e-mail, glen.sweetnam@ eia.doe.gov). General questions concerning the content of this report may be directed to the National Energy Information Center at 202/586-8800.

Specific technical information concerning the content of the report may be obtained from Stephen Calopedis at 202/586-1156 (e-mail, stephen.calopedis@eia.doe.gov) or Paul McArdle at 202/586-4445 (e-mail, paul.mcardle @eia.doe.gov).

Title XVI, Section 1605(b) of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (EPACT) directed the Energy Information Administration (EIA) to establish a mechanism for “the voluntary collection and reporting of information on . . . annual reductions of greenhouse gas emissions and carbon fixation achieved through any measures, including fuel switching, forest management practices, tree planting, use of renewable energy, manufacture or use of vehicles with reduced greenhouse gas emissions, appliance efficiency, methane recovery, cogeneration, chlorofluorocarbon capture and replacement, and power plant heat rate improvement . . . .”

The legislation further instructed EIA to create forms for the reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and reductions, and to establish a database of the information voluntarily reported under this subsection of EPACT. The reporting Forms EIA-1605 and EIA-1605EZ, “Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases,” were first made available to the public in July 1995, providing a vehicle for voluntary reporting on activities that occurred before and during 1994. This publication summarizes data reported for 2005, the twelfth year of data collection for the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Program.

All nonconfidential reports received by the program are compiled into a Public Use Database that can be downloaded from the Internet. The software is interactive and modular by design, allowing the user to select, view, or print the reports filed by the voluntary reporters for each year of their participation. The user can also connect to and query the database with Microsoft Access 97 (or later versions) or other software that supports 32-bit open database connectivity (ODBC).

The Public Use Database and the current reporting software are also available at the program’s FTP (File Transfer Protocol) site on the Internet at http://www.eia.doe.gov/ oiaf/1605/OldDatabases.html. Interested parties are encouraged to visit the program’s home page at http:// www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/1605/frntvrgg.html for more information and background on the program. Reporting software, additional copies of this report, paper reporting forms, and technical support information can be downloaded from that web site or obtained from the Voluntary Reporting of Greenhouse Gases Communications Center, toll-free at 1-800-803-5182, locally at 202-586-0688, or by e-mail at infoghg@eia.doe.gov.

Significant contributions to the program, the current software, and the preparation of this report have been made by Paul McArdle, Stephen Calopedis, Matthew Aberant, Emily Crego, Keith Forbes, Laura Gehlin, Sarah Goldstein, Michael Mondshine, Scott Morgan, Sarah Mudd-Simmons, Dick Richards, Rossen Roev, Charles L. Smith, Peggy Wells, and Luana Williams.

EIA would like to express special thanks to the voluntary reporters, without whom this program would not be possible.