Brian Jones, a senior consultant in Climate Services at M.J. Bradley & Associates, will be moderating a roundtable discussion at the Carbon Market Insights Americas 2007 Point Carbon Conference in New York City October 29-31.  The roundtable is entitled North American Offset Supply and includes the perspectives of a broker, a project developer and the Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX).  The roundtable is slated to address the following questions - Will offset supply meet demand?  Are the RGGI standards too strict?  Will federal standards trump regional protocols?

Brian is the project manager of the U.S. GHG Offset Acquisition Initiative, which released a request for proposals (RFP) in February 2007 for more than 10 million tons of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions sourced from projects within the United States.  The participants in this Initiative are five power companies: Conectiv Energy Supply, Inc.; Dominion Resources Services, Inc.; Entergy Corporation; NRG Energy, Inc.; and Public Service Enterprise Group.  The participants have teamed with The Climate Trust and M. J. Bradley & Associates, Inc. to leverage their respective expertise in the offset market and climate change policy.

Phase 2 GHG offset project proposals were received in late August from the final pool of project applicants.  MJB&A is working with The Climate Trust to evaluate these GHG offset project opportunities with a goal of making final GHG offset purchase recommendations to the participating companies in early November.

Additional details on the RFP are available on The Climate Trust's website at http://www.climatetrust.org/solicitations_2007_RFP.php

The Climate Trust is a non-profit organization that promotes climate change solutions by acquiring high quality GHG offsets and advancing sound offset policy.

M. J. Bradley & Associates, Inc. (http://www.mjbradley.com) is a strategic consulting firm that works with a wide range of clients to help them understand and respond to the political, scientific, technical, and business implications of climate change policy.