Carbon Sequestration Certification Program
Aggregation
The Conservation Commission encourages aggregators of Oklahoma carbon offsets to apply to participate in the Carbon Sequestration Certification Progr
am. Advantages of participation include:
- Aggregator names will be provided to interested landowners.
- Aggregators will be eligible to receive fee-based verification of agriculture and forestry carbon offsets.
- Aggregators will have access to screened verifiers experienced in agriculture and forestry.
What is an Aggregator?
An aggregator is a person or company that contracts with multiple landowners to sell their carbon offsets.Most landowners will need an aggregator to sell their offsets because offsets are typically sold in bundles of thousands of tons. To put this in perspective, 100 acres of no-till sequestering CO2 at a rate of 0.2 metric tons/acre/year will sequester 20 metric tons of CO2 in a year. By contracting with multiple landowners and selling the pooled offsets in a bundle of thousands of tons, aggregators can meet required tonnage minimums and help more landowners access carbon market opportunities.
Why should you use a state approved aggregator?
Carbon trading is fairly new. With it comes a new vocabulary and new concepts, but very little oversight. In Oklahoma, state approved aggregators have been screened by the Conservation Commission prior to being recommended on this website. The Commission compiles the information and makes it publicly available for Oklahomans considering signing a carbon contract.
Important questions to ask an aggregator:
- How does the aggregator determine what to pay you?
- How much are the fees?
- How are the fees paid?
- Will your offset be verified?
- How much will verification cost you?
- How long is the contract?
- Will your offset be reported to the state or national registry?
- How long will the aggregator hold your offset before selling?
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- Does the aggregator have insurance?
- Where will the aggregator sell your offsets?
- When will you get paid?
- How often will you get paid?
- Who pays if all or some of your offset is reversed?
- What happens if your offset is reversed by an act of nature?
- Is the aggregator approved by the state of Oklahoma?
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Aggregator Application (coming soon)
List of State Approved Aggregators
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