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Electric Utilities Greenhouse Gas Reporting Project

CalPERS developed a greenhouse gas (GHG) reporting project completed in coordination with the California State Teachers' Retirement System (CalSTRS) and the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) with the objective to improve transparency in the Electric Utilities industry. CalPERS worked closely with CalSTRS and the CDP to implement the project which included drafting a section specific to the Electric Utilities industry to be incorporated starting with the CDP's 2006 questionnaire (CDP4). (The CDP makes all company responses to its annual questionnaire available for free download at its website.)

The Electric Utilities GHG reporting project was the first sector report for the CDP. The World Wildlife Fund (WWF), in collaboration with CalPERS and CalSTRS, commissioned Trucost to analyze and report on the responses of the Electric Utilities companies. The report, Carbon Disclosure Project Report 2006 Electric Utilities 265 (PDF, 506 KB), was released on January 29, 2007. CalPERS would like to thank its partners, CalSTRS and the CDP, for their collaborative efforts and the WWF and Trucost for their efforts in producing the Electric Utilities Report.

CalPERS remains supportive of the CDP and its on-going efforts to improve disclosure of environmental data.  The CDP provides companies with a reporting mechanism through which they can report on the four elements of climate risk disclosure required by investors, which are detailed in the Global Framework for Climate Risk Disclosure., in collaboration with CalPERS and CalSTRS, commissioned to analyze and report on the responses of the Electric Utilities companies.