Sierra Research | Greenhouse Gas Assistance

CARB Mandatory Reporting: Preparation and submittal of annual GHG inventory reports using the CARB mandatory reporting tool software for electricity generating and cogeneration facilities, power entities with electricity transactions, cement plants, refineries and hydrogen plants, and general stationary combustion facilities.
EPA Mandatory Reporting: Preparation and submittal of annual GHG inventory reports using the EPA mandatory reporting tool software for subject facilities, including, but not limited to, electricity generating and cogeneration facilities, cement plants, refineries and hydrogen plants, and general stationary combustion facilities.
Sierra is a CARB-Accredited Verification Body. Verification services for facilities subject to CARB’s mandatory GHG reporting rule are provided by four CARB-accredited Lead Verifiers on staff with general and sector specific accreditations in the Refinery and Power Entities sectors. Sierra’s expertise in GHG emissions verification services includes:
- Providing required verification services for compliance with CARB annual and triennial verification requirements;
- Providing informal verification auditing of annual GHG reports prepared by others; and
- Assisting facilities in addressing deficiencies identified in Verification Reports prepared by others.
Permit assistance for developers of GHG-emitting industrial facilities and power plants subject to air pollution control requirements.
Development assistance for GHG-emitting energy projects fueled with natural gas, oil, digester gas, landfill gas, gasified coal and sewage sludge, petroleum coke, wood waste, biomass, municipal solid waste, and agricultural waste used in gas turbines, Diesel engines, and conventional and fluidized bed boilers.