Output-Based Pricing System Regulations

Marginal note:Total emissions per unit — electricity

• 20 (1) Subject to subsection (6), with respect to an electricity generation facility, the total quantity of GHGs from each unit within a facility, during a compliance period, expressed in CO₂e tonnes, is determined by the formula

  

  where

  E_j

  is the quantity of each GHG type “j” from the unit during a compliance period for each specified emission type determined in accordance with subsections (2) to (5);

  GWP_j

  is the global warming potential of the GHG type “j” applicable to the compliance period;

  i

  is the i^th specified emission type, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the unit’s number of specified emission types;

  j

  is the j^th GHG type, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the number of greenhouse gases.

• Marginal note:Quantity of each GHG

  (2) The quantity of a GHG type “j” generated by a unit during a compliance period for a specified emission type “i” is the sum of

  • (a) for CO₂, CH₄ and N₂O from stationary fuel combustion emissions, the quantity of each of those GHGs calculated in accordance with section 1 of Part 38 of Schedule 3 for each unit;

  • (b) for a GHG set out in column 2 of the table to Part 38 of Schedule 3 for a specified emission type set out in column 1, the quantities of that GHG calculated in accordance the requirements of the methods set out in column 3 of that table for that emission type; and

  • (c) for a GHG not referred to in paragraph (a) or (b), the quantity of that GHG calculated in accordance with

    • (i) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable, or

    • (ii) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in subparagraph (i) are not applicable.

• Marginal note:Apportioning GHGs

  (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(b) or (c), if the GHGs for a specified emission type referred to in subsection (2) can only be quantified for the facility as a whole, the quantity of those GHGs must be apportioned to the facility’s units on the basis of each unit’s total generation of electricity relative to the facility’s total generation of electricity.

• Marginal note:Sampling, analysis and measurement requirements

  (4) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply are

  • (a) for a GHG quantified in accordance with paragraph (2)(a), the requirements referred to in section 2 of Part 38 of Schedule 3 for each of the units;

  • (b) for a GHG quantified in accordance with paragraph (2)(b), the requirements set out in column 4 of the table to Part 38 of Schedule 3 for the specified emission type set out in column 1; and

  • (c) for a GHG quantified in accordance with paragraph (2)(c), the requirements set out in the methods or guidelines used for the purpose of that paragraph.

• Marginal note:Missing data

  (5) For the purposes of subsection (2), if, for any reason beyond the control of the person responsible for a covered facility, the data required to quantify GHGs from a unit are missing for a given period of a compliance period, replacement data for the given period must be calculated in accordance with

  • (a) if a GHG is quantified in accordance with paragraph (2)(a), the requirements set out in section 3 of Part 38 of Schedule 3;

  • (b) if the GHG is quantified in accordance with paragraph (2)(b), the requirements set out in column 5 of the table to Part 38 of Schedule 3 for the specified emission type set out in column 1; and

  • (c) if the GHGs are quantified in accordance with paragraph (2)(c), the requirements set out in the methods or guidelines used for the purpose of that paragraph.

• Marginal note:Biomass — exclusion of CH₄ and N₂O

  (6) For the purposes of the determination made under subsection (1), the quantity of CH₄ and N₂O generated from stationary devices that combust biomass for the purpose of producing useful heat are subtracted from the quantity of CH₄ and N₂O calculated in accordance with subsections (2) to (5) for stationary fuel combustion emissions.