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Clean Electricity Regulations — Clean Electricity Regulations
fossil fuel means a fuel, other than biomass, that releases CO 2 when combusted or that is produced using a process that results in CO 2 emissions. ( combustible fossile )
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GHGRP means the document entitled Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements, Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program , Version 5.0, published by the Department of the Environment in December 2021. ( PDGES )
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maximum continuous rating means the maximum net power that a unit can continuously sustain, expressed in MW, as reported to the electricity system operator for the unit. ( puissance maximale continue )
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net supply means the quantity of electricity supplied to an electricity system during a calendar year, expressed in GWh and determined in accordance with subsection 13 (2). ( solde de fourniture )
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planned unit means a unit referred to in section 3 . ( groupe prévu )
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renewable natural gas means natural gas that meets the standard for injection into the nearest natural gas pipeline and that is either gas derived from the processing of biogas or synthetic natural gas derived from biomass. ( gaz naturel renouvelable )
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responsible person means an owner or a person that has the charge, management or control of a unit. ( personne responsable )
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standard conditions means a temperature of 15˚C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa. ( conditions normales )
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unit means an assembly consisting of equipment that is physically connected and that operates together to generate electricity, including at least one boiler or combustion engine along with any other equipment, such as duct burners or other combustion devices, heat recovery systems, steam turbines, generators, emission control devices and carbon capture and storage systems. ( groupe )
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useful thermal energy means energy in the form of steam or hot water that is destined for a use, other than the generation of electricity, that would have required the consumption of energy in the form of fuel or electricity had that steam or hot water not been used. ( énergie thermique utile )
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Planned unit 3 A unit is planned if its commissioning date is within the period that begins on January 1, 2025 and ends on December 31, 2034 and if the Minister is satisfied that the unit is substantially the same on its commissioning date as the unit in relation to which the following criteria were met: (a) on or before December 31, 2025, (i) all information required to initiate any impact assessment or environmental assessment required in relation to the unit under a federal or provincial law has been submitted to the relevant authority, (ii) the proponent responsible for the development of the unit owns or has a lease for the land on which the unit is located, (iii) all information required to initiate the process to obtain any permit required to begin construction at the site where the unit is located has been submitted to the relevant authority, and (iv) contracts with a value of at least $10 million have been entered into for the purchase of any equipment referred to in the definition unit in subsection 2 (1) for use in the unit; and (b) on or before December 31, 2027, construction has begun at the site where the unit is located.
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Incorporation by reference 4 (1) A reference to any document incorporated by reference into these Regulations, other than the GHGRP and the CEMS Protocol, is a reference to the most recently published version of the document. Interpretation of documents incorporated by reference (2) For the purposes of interpreting any document that is incorporated by reference into these Regulations, “should” is to be read as “must” and any recommendation or suggestion is to be read as an obligation. Adaptation of GHGRP (3) For the purposes of these Regulations, any reference in the GHGRP to the document entitled Reference Method for Source Testing: Quantification of Carbon Dioxide Releases by Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems from Thermal Power Generation is to be read as a reference to the CEMS Protocol. Adaptation of CEMS Protocol (4) For the purposes of these Regulations, the CEMS Protocol is to be read as follows: (a) the references to “appropriate regulatory authority”, “applicable regulating authority”, “appropriate regulatory agency” and “corresponding regulating authority” are to be read as references to the Minister, except in section 5.3.1, where “the appropriate regulatory authority” is to be read as “subsection 46 (1) of the Clean Electricity Regulations ”; and (b) the reference to “the most recent version of the ECCC Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements” in section 7.1 is to be read as a reference to “section 16 of the Clean Electricity Regulations ”.
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Criteria 5 (1) These Regulations begin to apply in respect of a unit on the day on which the unit meets the following criteria and, subject to subsection 43 (2), continue to apply until the responsible person for the unit submits the notice of permanent cessation of electricity generation in accordance with subsection 43 (1): (a) the unit has an electricity generation capacity of at least 25 MW; (b) the unit generates electricity using fossil fuel; and (c) the unit is connected, directly or indirectly, to an electricity system. Sum of electricity generation capacity (2) Subject to subsection (3), a unit that has an electricity generation capacity of less than 25 MW is deemed to meet the criterion set out in paragraph (1)(a) if (a) the unit’s commissioning date is on or after January 1, 2025; and (b) the sum of the electricity generation capacity of all units, other than planned units, that are located at the facility where the unit is located and that have commissioning dates on or after January 1, 2025 is at least 25 MW. Non-application — planned units (3) These Regulations do not apply in respect of a planned unit that has an electricity generation capacity of less than 25 MW.
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Registration report 7 (1) Subject to section 8 , the responsible person for a unit that meets the criteria set out in section 5 must submit to the Minister a registration report for the unit that contains the information set out in Schedule 2 by the later of (a) December 31, 2025, and (b) the 60th day after the day on which the unit meets the criteria set out in section 5 . Modification of a unit (2) If a unit for which a registration report has been submitted under subsection (1) is modified, such as by adding or removing a piece of equipment or changing how equipment is physically connected, and that modification results in the creation of one or more units that meet the criteria set out in section 5 , the responsible person must submit to the Minister (a) a registration report for each unit that was created that contains the information set out in Schedule 2 within 60 days after the day on which the unit was created; and (b) the notice of permanent cessation of electricity generation referred to in subsection 43 (1) for the original unit or the updated registration report referred to in subsection (4) for that unit. Registration number (3) On receipt of the registration report referred to in subsection (1), paragraph (2)(a) or subsection 8 (2), the Minister must assign a registration number to the unit and inform the responsible person of that registration number. Updated registration report (4) If there is a change to any information submitted under this section or subsection 8 (2), the responsible person must submit to the Minister, no later than 60 days after the day on which the change occurs, an updated registration report for the unit that contains the information set out in Schedule 2.
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Emission limit 9 (1) The responsible person for a unit must not emit from the unit in a calendar year a quantity of CO 2 , determined in accordance with section 12 , that exceeds the limit, expressed in tonnes, determined by the formula C × I el × 8760 × 0.001 where C is the unit’s electricity generation capacity for the calendar year; and I el is the emissions intensity applicable to the calendar year and is (a) 65 tonnes of CO 2 emissions per GWh for the 2035 to 2049 calendar years, and (b) 0 tonnes of CO 2 emissions per GWh for the 2050 and subsequent calendar years. Rounding (2) The emission limit determined under subsection (1) is to be rounded to the nearest whole number or, if equidistant between two consecutive whole numbers, to the higher number.
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Non-application — end of prescribed life 10 (1) Subject to subsection (2), subsections 9 (1), 12 (1) and 13 (1) do not apply in respect of a unit, other than one that combusts coal, until January 1 of the calendar year following the unit’s end of prescribed life if it (a) has a commissioning date after December 31, 2009 but before January 1, 2025; (b) is a planned unit; or (c) is a boiler unit referred to in subsection 3(4) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity that has an end of prescribed life after December 31, 2034. Increase in maximum continuous rating (2) Subsections 9 (1), 12 (1) and 13 (1) begin to apply in respect of a unit referred to in subsection (1) on the later of the following dates if the maximum continuous rating for the unit increases by 15% or more from the maximum continuous rating reported in the registration report submitted for the unit under subsection 7 (1), paragraph 7 (2)(a) or subsection 8 (2): (a) January 1, 2035, and (b) January 1 of the calendar year following the year in which the increased maximum continuous rating was reported to the electricity system operator. Date of end of prescribed life (3) For the purposes of subsection (1) but subject to section 11 , a unit’s end of prescribed life is on (a) December 31 of the calendar year that is 25 years after the unit’s commissioning date, in the case of a unit referred to in paragraph (1)(a); (b) December 31, 2049, in the case of a planned unit; and (c) December 31 of the calendar year before the prohibition set out in subsection 4(2) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity would have applied to the unit, as determined under that subsection, in the case of a unit referred to in paragraph (1)(c).
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Election 11 (1) For the purposes of subsection 10 (1), the responsible person for a unit may elect to end the unit’s prescribed life on a date that is before the date set out for the unit in subsection 10 (3) and that is no earlier than December 31, 2034. Information (2) The responsible person must, in order to make the election, submit the following information to the Minister on or before the date that is elected to be the unit’s end of prescribed life: (a) the registration number assigned to the unit by the Minister under subsection 7 (3); and (b) the date that is elected as the unit’s end of prescribed life. Election permanent (3) An election made under this section may not be changed or revoked.
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Net supply 13 (1) The responsible person for a unit must, for each calendar year, determine the net supply from the facility where the unit is located. Determination (2) The net supply from a facility is determined by the formula Q t − Q r − Q a − Q na − Q ec where Q t is the quantity of electricity transmitted from the facility to an electricity system during the calendar year; Q r is the quantity of electricity transmitted to the facility from an electricity system during the calendar year; Q a is the quantity of electricity allocated to the facility for the calendar year in accordance with subsection (4); Q na is the sum of the quantities of electricity generated at the facility during the calendar year by (a) any unit that has not reached the end of its prescribed life as determined in accordance with subsection 10 (3) or section 11 , (b) any unit to which these Regulations do not apply, other than a unit that has been registered as multiple subunits in accordance with section 8 , and (c) any source of electricity generation at the facility that is not a unit; and Q ec is the sum of the quantities of electricity generated by any unit located at the facility, other than a unit referred to in the description of Q na , during any deduction period during the calendar year. Measurement (3) The quantities of electricity referred to in subsection (2) must be expressed in GWh and must be measured (a) in the case of the quantities referred to in the descriptions of Q t , Q r and Q a , using meters that measure the transfer of electricity; and (b) in the case of the quantities referred to in the descriptions of Q na and Q ec , at the electrical terminals of the generators of the unit or, in the case of a source of electricity generation that is not a unit, at the electrical terminals of the source. Electricity allocated to facility (Q a ) (4) A quantity must not be assigned to Q a in subsection (2) unless, during the calendar year for which the quantity is assigned, the facility transmits electricity to an electricity system and supplies useful thermal energy to a recipient facility and the following conditions are met: (a) the recipient facility is not a facility where a unit to which these Regulations apply is located; (b) the quantity assigned to Q a does not exceed the quantity of electricity transmitted to the recipient facility from the electricity system during that calendar year; and (c) the responsible person obtains from the recipient facility documentation that (i) indicates the quantity of electricity transmitted to the recipient facility from the electricity system during the calendar year, and (ii) demonstrates that the quantity of electricity was measured using an electricity meter that is installed, maintained and calibrated in accordance with subsections 36 (1) and (2) and that enables measurements to be made in accordance with subsection 36 (3). Overlapping deduction periods (5) A quantity of electricity generated by a unit must not be included in more than one deduction period for the purposes of determining the quantity for Q ec in subsection (2).
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Net supply ≤ 0 14 (1) The responsible person for a unit is exempt from the application of subsection 9 (1) and sections 39 and 41 with respect to the unit for any calendar year in which the net supply from the facility where the unit is located is zero or less. Declaration of net supply (2) The responsible person for a unit is exempt from the application of sections 12 and 15 to 24 with respect to the unit if (a) the net supply from the facility where the unit is located is zero or less for each calendar year in which subsection 13 (1) applies in respect of the unit; and (b) the responsible person submits to the Minister a declaration of net supply in accordance with subsections (3) and (4). Contents (3) The declaration must contain (a) the registration number assigned to each unit located at the facility by the Minister under subsection 7 (3); (b) a statement that the facility operates in such a manner that it is reasonable to conclude that the net supply from the facility will be zero or less for each calendar year in which subsection 13 (1) applies in respect of the unit; and (c) an attestation, dated and signed by the responsible person or its authorized official, that the declaration is accurate and complete. Submission date (4) The declaration must be submitted within the 12 months before any unit at the facility would have been subject to an emission limit under subsection 9 (1) had the unit not been subject to an exemption, under subsection (1), from the application of that subsection. End of exemption (5) The exemption referred to in subsection (2) ends on December 31 of the calendar year before any calendar year in which the net supply from the facility is greater than zero.
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Quantification with CEMS 15 (1) For the purposes of paragraphs 12 (3)(a) and (d), the quantity of CO 2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuel in a unit during a calendar year must be measured using a CEMS and is determined, subject to section 17 , in accordance with sections 7.1 to 7.5 of the CEMS Protocol. Multiple CEMS (2) The quantity of CO 2 emissions from a unit equipped with multiple CEMS is determined by adding together the quantity of CO 2 emissions measured by each CEMS.
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ndard Test Method for Calorific (Heating) Value of Gases in Natural Gas Range by Continuous Recording Calorimeter , (B) ASTM D3588, entitled Standard Practice for Calculating Heat Value, Compressibility Factor, and Relative Density of Gaseous Fuels , (C) ASTM D4891, entitled Standard Test Method for Heating Value of Gases in Natural Gas and Flare Gases Range by Stoichiometric Combustion , (D) Gas Processors Association Standard 2172, entitled Calculation of Gross Heating Value, Relative Density, Compressibility and Theoretical Hydrocarbon Liquid Content for Natural Gas Mixtures for Custody Transfer , or (E) Gas Processors Association Standard 2261, entitled Analysis for Natural Gas and Similar Gaseous Mixtures by Gas Chromatography , or (ii) by means of a direct measuring device, except that if the measuring device provides only lower heating values, those lower heating values must be converted to higher heating values; (b) in the case of a liquid fuel that is (i) an oil or a liquid fuel derived from waste, in accordance with one of the following standards, as applicable: (A) ASTM D240, entitled Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter , or (B) ASTM D4809, entitled Standard Test Method for Heat of Combustion of Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels by Bomb Calorimeter (Precision Method) , and (ii) any other liquid fuel type, in accordance with an applicable ASTM standard for the measurement of the higher heating value of the fuel type or, if there is no such ASTM standard, in accordance with an applicable internationally recognized method; and (c) in the case of a solid fuel that is (i) coal, in accordance with ASTM D5865, entitled Standard Test Method for Gross Calorific Value of Coal and Coke , and (ii) any other solid fuel type, in accordance with an applicable ASTM standard for the measurement of the higher heating value of the fuel type or, if there is no such ASTM standard, in accordance with an applicable internationally recognized method.
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Units sharing CEMS 17 If a unit is located at a facility where there are one or more other units and a CEMS measures emissions from that unit and at least one other unit at a common stack rather than at the exhaust duct of each unit that shares the common stack, the quantity of CO 2 emissions attributed to that unit is determined, based on the ratio of the heat input of that unit to the total heat input of all the units sharing the common stack, by the formula The product of the multiplication of E and the quotient of the following two sums: the sum of the product resulting from the multiplication of Quj and HHVuj for each fuel type “j” combusted in that unit “u” during the calendar year and the sum, for each unit “i” that shares a common stack, of the sum of the product resulting from the multiplication of Qij and HHVij for each fuel type “j” combusted during the calendar year. where j is the j th fuel type combusted during the calendar year in a unit where “j” goes from 1 to y and where y is the number of fuel types combusted; Q u,j is the quantity of fuel type “j” combusted in the unit “u” during the calendar year, determined (a) for a gaseous fuel, in the same manner used in the determination of V f in paragraph 20 (1)(a) and expressed in m 3 at standard conditions, (b) for a liquid fuel, in the same manner used in the determination of V f in paragraph 20 (1)(b) and expressed in kL, and (c) for a solid fuel, in the same manner used in the determination of M f in paragraph 20 (1)(c) and expressed in tonnes; HHV u,j is the higher heating value for each fuel type “j” combusted in the unit “u” that is measured in accordance with subsection 16 (2) or the default higher heating value set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 for the fuel type set out in column 1; i is the i th unit, where “i” goes from 1 to x and where x is the number of units that share the common stack; Q i,j the quantity of fuel type “j” combusted in each unit “i” during the calendar year, determined for a gaseous fuel, a liquid fuel and a solid fuel, respectively, in the manner set out in the description of Q u,j ; HHV i,j is the higher heating value for each fuel type “j” combusted in each unit “i” that is measured in accordance with subsection 16 (2) or the default higher heating value set out in column 2 of Schedule 3 for the fuel type set out in column 1; and E is the quantity of CO 2 emissions, expressed in tonnes, from the combustion of all fuels in all the units that share the common stack during the calendar year, measured using a CEMS at the common stack and determined in accordance with sections 7.1 to 7.5 of the CEMS Protocol.
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Obligation — CEMS Protocol 18 (1) A responsible person that uses a CEMS to measure CO 2 emissions for the purposes of any of sections 15 to 17 must ensure that the requirements set out in sections 3, 4 and 6 of the CEMS Protocol are met. Certification of CEMS (2) The CEMS must be certified in accordance with section 5 of the CEMS Protocol before it is used for the purposes of these Regulations. CEMS report (3) For each calendar year during which a CEMS is used to measure CO 2 emissions from a unit, the responsible person must (a) obtain a CEMS report, signed by an auditor, that contains the information set out in Schedule 4 in respect of the CEMS; and (b) if the emissions report referred to in subsection 39 (1) is required for the unit for that calendar year, submit the CEMS report along with the emissions report.
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Quantification 19 For the purposes of paragraphs 12 (3)(c) and (d), the quantity of CO 2 emissions from the combustion of fossil fuel in a unit during a calendar year is determined by the formula Es plus the sum of Ei for each fossil fuel “i” combusted in the unit during the calendar year. where i is the i th fossil fuel type combusted in the unit during the calendar year, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of fossil fuel types combusted; E i is the quantity of CO 2 emissions from the combustion of each fossil fuel type “i” in the unit during the calendar year, expressed in tonnes, as determined for that fossil fuel type in accordance with section 20 ; and E s is the quantity of CO 2 emissions that is released from the sorbent used to control the emission of sulphur dioxide from the unit during the calendar year, expressed in tonnes and determined by the formula S × R × (44 ÷ MM s ) where S is the quantity of sorbent, such as Ca‍CO 3 , expressed in tonnes, R is the stoichiometric ratio, on a mole fraction basis, of CO 2 released on usage of one mole of sorbent, which is equal to 1 if the sorbent is Ca‍CO 3 , and MM s is the molecular mass of the sorbent, which is equal to 100 if the sorbent is Ca‍CO 3 .