Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment issued the Implementation Plan for the Allocation of Carbon Emission Quotas in Chongqing in 2023 (Yuhuan Office [2024] 162), according to the Announcement of Chongqing Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment on Adjusting the Standards for the Inclusion of Carbon Market in Chongqing (Yuhuan [2023] 55). The annual greenhouse gas emissions reached 1.
The list of cement manufacturing industries is as follows:
The notice is as follows:
of quota management is based on the Announcement of Chongqing Ecological Environment Bureau on Adjusting the Inclusion Standards of Chongqing Carbon Market (Yuhuan [2023] 55). According to the annual greenhouse gas emissions, the total amount
of quotas will reach 1.
2. Considering the economic and social development of our city, the development of modern manufacturing cluster system of "33618", the synergy of pollution reduction and carbon reduction, the potential of industry emission reduction, the supply and demand of historical quotas and other factors, and adhering to the general principle of "seeking progress in stability, promoting green, low-carbon and high-quality development", the total quota of carbon emission trading market in 2023 is determined. The total quota
in 2023 is composed of the total quota of key emission units and the quota reserved by the government. Among them, the total quota of key emission units accounted for 95%, and the government reserved quota accounted for 5%. According to the quota verification method stipulated in this scheme, the annual quota of all key emission units shall be verified, and the total quota of key emission units shall be obtained by summing up from bottom to top. The government reserved quota is determined according to the total quota of key emission units, which is mainly used for market regulation. The unused government reserved quota will be cancelled at the end of the 2023 performance period.
3. Quota allocation method
The annual quota of key emission units is obtained by summing up the quota of each production line/production process. According to the production characteristics of the production line/production process and the quality of carbon emission data, the "industry baseline method" and "historical emission intensity reduction method" are used. The priority of the "historical total emission reduction method" shall be applied to the quota allocation method, and the equivalent method shall be used in special cases. One or a combination of methods may be used to verify the quota in combination with the actual production situation. The specific calculation methods of the above four quota allocation methods are shown in Annex 2, and the main industries and situations applicable to different quota allocation methods are shown in Annex 3. The production line/production process that stops production in 2023 will not participate in the quota allocation.
4. Quota issuance
(1) Free quota issuance
The 2023 annual quota of key emission units shall be allocated free of charge. After being examined and approved by the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment, the registration agency shall issue it to the key emission units through the registration subsystem of Chongqing Carbon Emission Business Management System. If a key discharge unit has any objection to the result of quota allocation, it may apply to the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment for review within seven working days from the date of receiving the notification, and the Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment shall make a decision on review within ten working days from the date of receiving the application for review.
(2)
The Municipal Bureau of Ecology and Environment will decide whether to organize the government to reserve quotas for payment according to the operation of the municipal carbon emission trading market, and the specific matters will be notified separately.
(3) The quota pre-allocation of
key emission units in 2024 shall be accounted for at 70% of the quota in 2023, and shall be issued to their accounts in a frozen state through the registration system, and the freeze shall be lifted after they have completed the payment of the quota in 2023. The key emission units of cement, steel and electrolytic aluminium industries to be included in the national carbon market will not be pre-allocated for the time being. After the final approval of the quota for 2024, if it is inconsistent with the pre-allocated quota, the difference will be refunded. If the
key emission units should be removed from the list of key emission units, or if there are performance risks such as closure and judicial freezing, the relevant district and county ecological environment bureaus shall collect and verify the information and feedback it to the municipal ecological environment bureaus, and then cancel the pre-allocation.
5. Quota clearance and offset mechanism
(1) Quota clearance
key emission units shall submit quotas equivalent to their approved carbon emissions in 2023 through the Chongqing Carbon Emission Registration System within the prescribed time to fulfill their clearance obligations. If the quota is insufficient, it can be purchased through the unified carbon emission trading platform of the city to make up for it; if there is a surplus in the quota, it can be used in subsequent years or for trading.
(2) The key emission units of the offset mechanism
can use the certified voluntary emission reduction (CQCER) of the Chongqing "Carbon Huitong" project that meets the requirements to clear the quota in 2023, and the emission reduction of 1 ton of carbon dioxide equivalent offsets 1 ton of quota. The amount of emission reduction used shall not exceed 5% of the annual quota payable.
Six、 Quota adjustment and incentive mechanism
(I) Performance cost control mechanism
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(II) Quota cap restraint mechanism
Quota surplus of key emission units in 2023 (approved annual carbon emissions and annual allocation) If the amount difference) exceeds 20% of the approved annual carbon emissions, the surplus shall be calculated as 20%; after accounting according to the above method, if the quota surplus of key emission units in 2023 exceeds 200,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent, the surplus shall be calculated as 200,000 tons.
(3) If the incentive mechanism
for pollution reduction and carbon reduction is not subject to administrative penalties for ecological environment and is not suspected of violating ecological environment violations in 2023, additional quotas shall be issued on the basis of free annual quotas for key emission units with better synergy in pollution reduction and carbon reduction. The details are as follows:
1. The carbon emission intensity of key emission units in 2023 (based on the historical emission intensity reduction method or the industry baseline method) is lower than that in 2022, or the total carbon emission in 2023 (based on the historical emission reduction method) is lower than that in 2022. If the performance of key industries in heavy polluted weather in 2023 is graded a, 0.5% of the quota in 2023 will be added (the upper limit of a single key emission unit will not exceed 2000 tons), and the performance of key industries in heavy polluted weather in 2023 will be graded B.
With reference to the Circular of the National Development and Reform Commission and other departments on the Issuance of the Benchmarking Level and Benchmarking Level of Energy Efficiency in Key Industrial Areas (2023 Edition) (Development and Reform Industry [2023] 723), the energy efficiency of a single product of a key emission unit in 2023 has reached the benchmark level.
For key emission units with a quota gap in 2023, if they purchase and use green power consumption outside the city that meets the requirements in 2023, the corresponding emission reduction can be used to offset the performance. The proportion of offset shall not exceed 8% of the annual quota gap (the upper limit of a single key emission unit shall not exceed 2000 tons), and the offset shall only be used once, and shall not be used separately or carried over to other years.
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