The Northern Territory's industry department has questioned plans by the NT EPA to ask for estimates of scope 3 emissions when assessing large-emitting projects.
Allowing Safeguard facilities to use international units is off the table for now, but might be considered in the future, according to the government's Safeguard Taskforce.
The Safeguard discussion paper shows Minister Bowen is considering action to prevent an over-supply of either Australian carbon credits, or the new Safeguard credits.
Carbon and energy analyst RepuTex has warned that setting Safeguard limits based on average industry emissions intensities would undermine the integrity of the system.
A new discussion paper says Safeguard emission limits will decline by up to 6% annually, and seeks responses about possible site-specific approaches to protecting competitiveness.
The Albanese government says its approach to legislating emissions targets doesn't expose it to the litigation risks that last month resulted in a British court ruling the UK government had breached its own Climate Change Act.
There will be winners and losers as the federal government moves to tighten Safeguard emission limits and some crucial decisions will need to be made on how baselines are set, according to carbon and energy analyst RepuTex.