On February 14, 2002, the President directed the Secretary of Energy, in consultation with the Secretary of Commerce, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, to propose improvements to the voluntary emission reduction registration program under section 1605(b) of the 1992 Energy Policy Act. The improvements were to enhance measurement accuracy, reliability and verifiability, working with and taking into account emerging domestic and international approaches. In response to this charge, the Department of Energy (DOE), in consultation with the other agencies, has revised the reporting Guidelines for the Voluntary Reporting Program in two parts:
* General Guidelines
* Technical Guidelines (calculating emissions and reductions)
