ATCO Australia

**Published name**

ATCO Australia

Would you like to subscribe to our mailing list to receive correspondence and updates on the Guarantee of Origin scheme?

Yes

How do you intend to participate with the GO scheme?

Producer
Intermediary (transport or storage)
Consumer

How do you plan to use GO certificates?

To sell a product (including renewable electricity) to a domestic customer
To sell a product (including renewable electricity) to an international customer
To demonstrate eligibility/compliance with Government programs (E.g. Hydrogen Headstart)
To evidence consumption claims

Do you consider the proposed enrolment process appropriate?

Well balanced

Do you consider the proposed profile registration process appropriate?

Well balanced

Do you consider the proposed assessment process appropriate?

Well balanced

Are the ongoing obligations proposed under the scheme appropriate?

Well balanced

Do you consider the proposed certificate creation process appropriate?

Well balanced

Do you consider the proposed certificate completion process appropriate?

Well balanced

Do you consider the proposed certificate retirement process appropriate?

Well balanced

Do you consider the proposed ARC process appropriate?

Too burdensome

Please provide additional information if you don’t think the ARC process is well balanced.

The Paper indicates the ARC process will commence at the end of July each year. Having until the end of September to submit the LSTR may be inadequate to sufficiently prepare such a submission if participants are only notified in July. We recommend the Department consider a longer timeframe between notification of requirement for LSTR and submission.

Do you consider the proposed certificate correction process appropriate?

Well balanced

What information should be publicly available on the GO Registers compared to privately available information that can be shared?

ATCO is broadly comfortable with the publicly available data on the GO registry. The Department should consider the 'consumption purpose' attribute being publicly visible on a GO certificate. Public disclosure of consumption purpose may reveal information that is otherwise likely to be sensitive under commercial offtake arrangements.

Please provide feedback on the product prioritisation and methodology development process

ATCO supports the expansion of the GO scheme to incorporate new product-specific methodologies for hydrogen products and its derivatives. This is necessary to help future-proof the scheme and ensure it remains relevant over time as new products and methodologies become available.

The annual product prioritisation process is appropriate, particularly the inclusion of three levels of prioritisation. Annual lists would allow stakeholders to recommend new products and escalate existing products to a higher priority.

A transparent tracker would support better industry collaboration. Input from international partners would help Australia's hydrogen export industry to align with international standards.