In preparation for the November 2014 joint auction #1, California
Air Resources Board (ARB) staff is providing the following
information and guidance regarding updated auction application
attestation requirements.
ARB staff has developed guidance on the attestation disclosure,
which is available here:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/guidance/guidance.htm.
Effective for the November 2014 joint auction #1, California
entities applying to participate in an auction must meet revised
regulatory requirements related to submitting an Auction
Application Attestation Disclosure, as described in Section
95912(d)(4)(E) of the Cap-and-Trade Regulation. Each auction
application must include an attestation disclosing the existence
and status of any ongoing investigation or an investigation that
has occurred within the last ten years with respect to any
alleged violation of any rule, regulation, or law associated with
any commodity, securities, environmental, or financial market for
the entity participating in the auction, and all other entities
with whom the entity has a corporate association, direct
corporate association, or indirect corporate association pursuant
to section 95833 that participate in a carbon, fuel, or
electricity market.
In order to submit the attestation for the November 2014 joint
auction #1, an applicant must complete two (2) steps. First, the
applicant must provide an answer to the attestation question
provided in the Auction Application or Intent to Bid process,
which is completed in the Auction Platform. Second, each
applicant must provide an attestation to the California Air
Resources Board (ARB) including any required disclosures, any
updates to previously submitted disclosures, or a statement that
there are no disclosures to be made or no updates to previously
submitted disclosures. An auction applicant may use the Auction
Application Attestation Disclosure Form available from the ARB
Auction webpage at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/auction/forms/auction_app_attestation_disclosure_form.docx
to submit the required attestation disclosure. Each auction
applicant must provide the required attestation to ARB at least
30 days prior to an auction in which it intends to participate.
For the November 2014 joint auction #1, this date is October 20,
2014.
The attestation must be updated before each auction to reflect
any change in the status of an investigation that has occurred
since the most recent auction application attestation was
submitted.
BACKGROUND:
The California Cap on Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Market-Based
Compliance Mechanisms Regulation (Regulation) was adopted by the
California Air Resources Board in October of 2011, and formally
went into effect January 1, 2012. Entities subject to the
Regulation will have a compliance obligation for their greenhouse
gas emissions beginning on January 1, 2013. The Regulation was
amended in early 2013 to link the California and Québec programs
beginning January 1, 2014.
If you have any questions related to the Cap-and-Trade Program,
please visit "Contact Us" at
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/contacts/capandtrade_contacts.htm.
For more information on the California Cap-and-Trade Program,
please go to:
http://www.arb.ca.gov/cc/capandtrade/capandtrade.htm.
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