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Bulga Opencut

BULGA COAL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED
📍 NSW

The Safeguard Mechanism requires Australia's largest industrial facilities to keep net emissions under a legislated, stepping-down baseline — or offset the difference with carbon credits.

Not covered since 2018–19 — this facility's reported emissions have not reached the Safeguard Mechanism's 100,000t threshold since then. Figures below are its last reported year.
Bulga Opencut came in under its baseline in 2018–19 — reporting 651 kt against an obligation of 674 kt.
Source: Clean Energy Regulator · data as at 25 Oct 2026
651 kt
2018–19 emissions CER
674 kt
net baseline obligation CER
-23 kt
vs baseline Zerra calc.
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ACCUs surrendered CER
Emissions history

Reported emissions vs baseline, 2016–17 to 2018–19

Red bars indicate emissions above baseline — covered by carbon credit purchases
0t189kt377kt566kt754kt16–1717–1818–19 Emissions Overage Baseline
Annual compliance record

Credit surrenders — Bulga Opencut

YearEmissionsBaseline Gap†ACCUsSMCsCompliance†
18–19 651 kt 674 kt -23 kt — — Under baseline
17–18 537 kt 674 kt -136 kt — — Under baseline
16–17 441 kt 674 kt -232 kt — — Under baseline

Emissions, baseline, ACCUs and SMCs are reported directly by CER. †Gap and compliance category are calculated by Zerra from those figures.

Plain English

What this means

Bulga Opencut is a facility operated by BULGA COAL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED in NSW. Like all covered facilities, industrial operations generate significant emissions. Under Australia's Safeguard Mechanism, Bulga Opencut must keep its annual emissions below a stepping-down baseline — or purchase carbon credits to cover any overage.

In 2018–19, Bulga Opencut came in under its baseline — reporting emissions of 651 kt against an obligation of 674 kt, a surplus of 23 kt. Facilities that come in under baseline can generate Safeguard Mechanism Credits (SMCs), which can be sold to facilities that need to cover an overage.

Related facilities

Related facilities — Safeguard Mechanism 2018–19

No peer data available.

Also operated by BULGA COAL MANAGEMENT PTY LIMITED
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Source: Clean Energy Regulator — Safeguard Mechanism data · All figures in tCO₂-e · Data updated annually on CER release
All data sourced from the Clean Energy Regulator (Australian Government). Zerra is an independent data platform and is not affiliated with any listed facility or operator.