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In January 2010 the Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency, by way of the National Greenhouse and Energy Reporting (Auditor Registration) Instrument 2010, set out the requirements for registration as a greenhouse and energy auditor under the National Greenhouse and Energy Regulations 2008.
The requirements for registration are outlined in more detail in the Greenhouse and Energy Auditor Registration Guidelines released in March 2010.
Registration is effected by completion of an online registration form accessed at the DCCEE's website.
Why register as an NGER auditor? What is the business opportunity?
Under the audit provisions of the NGER Act and Regulations, the Greenhouse and Energy Data Officer (the GEDO) has the authority to register auditors and to request that audits of returns provided by registered organisations (i.e. corporations that are liable to report) be carried out.
Audits requested by the GEDO are in two forms:
The NSW Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) today confirmed its decision to allow standard retail electricity prices to rise steeply from 1 July 2010.
The decision published by IPART in its final report , means that standard tariffs which determines the retail price paid for electricity, will rise up to 64% over the next 3 years.
When asked to comment on the scale of the approved price increase for electricity, the acting chairman and CEO of IPART, Jim Cox said "I don't think we have had anything as big as this one".[1]
While a proportion of the price rise is for the proposed federal governments Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme, 42% of the rise is to support the infrastructure investment requirements needed to improve network security and reliability of supply.
Under the approved price rise, the average household electricity bill is set to increase by between $577 and $918 by 2013, taking into account the introduction of the CPRS.
Irrespective of whether the CPRS scheme e...
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