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Attributed emissions (E th ) 21 The quantity of CO 2 emissions attributed to the production of useful thermal energy by a unit during a calendar year is determined by the formula H pnet × b EI where H pnet is the net quantity of useful thermal energy, expressed in GJ, determined by the formula The sum of the products of houti and Mouti for each heat stream “i” minus the sum of the products of hinj and Minj for each heat stream “j”, summed for all time periods. where t is the t th period, where “t” goes from 1 to x and where x is the total number of periods during which the unit produced useful thermal energy during the calendar year, i is the i th heat stream exiting the unit, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the total number of heat streams exiting the unit, h out i is the average specific enthalpy of the i th heat stream exiting the unit during period “t”, expressed in GJ/tonne and determined based on the measurement, using a continuous measuring device, of the temperature and pressure of that heat stream, M out i is the mass flow of the i th heat stream exiting the unit during period “t”, expressed in tonnes and determined using a continuous measuring device, j is the j th heat stream, other than condensate return, entering the unit, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the total number of heat streams entering the unit, h in j is the average specific enthalpy of the j th heat stream, other than condensate return, entering the unit during period “t”, expressed in GJ/tonne and determined based on the measurement, using a continuous measuring device, of the temperature and pressure of that heat stream, and M in j is the mass flow of the j th heat stream, other than condensate return, entering the unit during period “t”, expressed in tonnes and determined using a continuous measuring device; and b EI is the emission intensity of a reference boiler, set to 0.0556 tonnes of CO 2 emissions per GJ.
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Attributed emissions (E int ) 22 The quantity of CO 2 emissions attributed to electricity generated by a unit that is used internally, during a calendar year, at the facility where the unit is located is determined by the formula G int × C EI where G int is the quantity of electricity generated by the unit that is used internally, during the calendar year, at the facility where the unit is located, expressed in GWh and determined by the formula (G F − Q ns ) × (G U ÷ G F ) where G F is the sum of the total gross electricity generated by each unit at the facility that is subject to an emission limit under subsection 9 (1) during the calendar year, expressed in GWh and measured for each unit at the electrical terminals of the unit’s generators, Q ns is the net supply from the facility for the calendar year, and G U is the total gross electricity generated by the unit during the calendar year, expressed in GWh and measured at the electrical terminals of the unit’s generators; and C EI is the emission intensity of a reference unit that produces useful thermal energy, set to 250 tonnes of CO 2 emissions per GWh.
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CO 2 captured and stored (E ccs ) 23 (1) The quantity of CO 2 from a unit that is captured during a calendar year and stored in a storage project is determined by the formula E u × (E cap ÷ E in ) where E u is the value determined for E u in subsection 12 (1) or, if applicable, subsection 27 (1); E cap is the quantity of CO 2 that is the portion of E in that has been captured and subsequently stored, during the calendar year, in a storage project that meets the conditions set out in subsection (2), expressed in tonnes and determined by means of a direct measuring device that measures the flow and concentration of CO 2 ; and E in is the quantity of CO 2 , expressed in tonnes, entering the carbon capture and storage system during the calendar year, determined, in accordance with sections 7.1 to 7.5 of the CEMS Protocol, using a CEMS that is located upstream of the carbon capture and storage system and that measures all CO 2 entering the carbon capture and storage system. Conditions (2) For the purposes of determining the value for E ccs in subsections 12 (1) and 27 (1), a quantity of CO 2 may only be claimed if it has been permanently stored in a storage project that meets the following conditions: (a) the geological site into which the CO 2 is injected is (i) a deep saline aquifer into which the CO 2 is injected for the sole purpose of storing it, or (ii) a depleted oil reservoir into which the CO 2 is injected for the purpose of enhanced oil recovery; and (b) the CO 2 stored for the purposes of the project is captured, transported and stored in accordance with the laws of Canada or a province or the laws of the United States or one of its states.
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Emissions — hydrogen, ammonia or steam (E ext ) 24 (1) The quantity of CO 2 emissions from the production of the hydrogen, ammonia or steam used by a unit to generate electricity during a calendar year is determined by the formula The sum of the multiplication of Qk by the quotient of Ek and Pk, summed for each stream “k” of hydrogen, ammonia and steam. where k is the k th stream of hydrogen, ammonia or steam, where “k” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of streams of hydrogen, ammonia or steam that are used by the unit during the calendar year; E k is the total annual CO 2 emissions, expressed in tonnes, from the total annual production of the k th stream of hydrogen, ammonia or steam used by the unit during the calendar year; P k is the total annual production of the k th stream of hydrogen, ammonia or steam during the calendar year, determined using a continuous measuring device and expressed (a) in m 3 at standard conditions, in the case of hydrogen and ammonia, and (b) in GJ, in the case of steam; and Q k is the quantity of hydrogen or ammonia, expressed in m 3 at standard conditions, or the quantity of purchased or transferred steam, expressed in GJ, in the k th stream used by the unit to generate electricity during the calendar year, determined using a continuous measuring device. Quantification of E k and P k (2) Subject to subsection (4), the responsible person must obtain the values of E k and P k from the supplier of the hydrogen, ammonia or steam, if any, used by the unit, determined in accordance with (a) section 10 of the GHGRP, in the case of hydrogen production; (b) section 8 of the GHGRP, in the case of ammonia production; and (c) section 7 of the GHGRP, in the case of steam production. Adaptation of GHGRP (3) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), the description of R CO2 in Equation 10-2 of the GHGRP is to be read as “CO 2 captured and permanently stored in a storage project that meets the conditions set out in subsection 23 (2) of the Clean Electricity Regulations ”. Default values (4) If the hydrogen or ammonia used by a unit is not produced at the facility at which the unit is located or the steam used by a unit is purchased or transferred to that facility and the responsible person for the unit is not able to obtain from the supplier the information required under subsection (2), the responsible person must replace the ratio E k ÷ P k in subsection (1) with the following values: (a) 9.8312 × 10 -4 tonnes of CO 2 /m 3 , in the case of hydrogen; (b) 1.4635 × 10 -3 tonnes of CO 2 /m 3 , in the case of ammonia; and (c) 0.08 tonnes of CO 2 /GJ, in the case of steam.
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Application for extension of deduction period 26 (1) If the conditions set out in subsection 25 (1) will continue to be met for more than 30 days after the day on which the unit receives the direction to generate electricity referred to in paragraph 25 (1)(d), the responsible person may, within 30 days after the day on which the direction is received, apply to the Minister for an extension of the deduction period. Contents of application (2) The application must include (a) the registration number assigned to the unit by the Minister under subsection 7 (3), if any; (b) the date on which and hour at which the deduction period began; (c) a description of the irresistible emergency event or risk to human health and safety that caused the electricity system operator to direct the unit to generate electricity, including (i) the date on which and hour at which the event or risk began and, if applicable, the date on which and hour at which it ended, (ii) the province or state in which the event or risk occurred, (iii) the province or state in which the disruption or significant risk of disruption to the electricity supply occurred, and (iv) information demonstrating that the unit received the direction to generate electricity to alleviate or materially help alleviate a disruption or significant risk of disruption to the electricity supply; and (d) if the direction to generate electricity is due to the electricity system operator determining that there is an irresistible emergency event, information, along with supporting documents, demonstrating that (i) the electricity system operator determined that an irresistible emergency event occurred, (ii) the event was outside the control of the electricity system operator and the responsible person for the unit, (iii) the irresistible emergency event caused the disruption or significant risk of disruption to the electricity supply that the direction to generate electricity is intended to alleviate or materially help alleviate, and (iv) the disruption or significant risk of disruption to the electricity supply arising from the event will continue for more than 30 days after the day on which the deduction period began. Minister’s decision (3) If the Minister is satisfied that the conditions set out in subsection 25 (1) will continue to be met, the Minister must, within 10 days after the day on which the application is received, grant an extension of the deduction period. Irresistible emergency event (4) Before granting an extension of a deduction period based on an irresistible emergency event, the Minister must be satisfied that (a) the event occurred; (b) the event is outside the control of the electricity system operator and the responsible person for the unit; (c) the disruption or significant risk of disruption to the electricity supply arising from the event will continue; and (d) the generation of electricity by the unit will alleviate or materially help alleviate the disruption or significant risk of disruption to the electricity supply in the province in which the unit is located or in a contiguous province or state.
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Emissions during deduction period (E ec ) 27 (1) The quantity referred to in the description of E ec in subsection 12 (1) is determined by the formula The sum, for each deduction period “i”, of Eu minus Eth, minus Eint, minus Eccs, plus Eext. where i is the i th deduction period, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of deduction periods in the calendar year; E u is the quantity of CO 2 emissions, expressed in tonnes, from the combustion of fossil fuel in the unit during the i th deduction period during the calendar year, determined in accordance with subsection 12 (3); E th is the quantity of CO 2 emissions, expressed in tonnes, attributed to the production of useful thermal energy by the unit during the i th deduction period during the calendar year, determined in accordance with section 21 ; E int is the quantity of CO 2 emissions, expressed in tonnes, attributed to electricity generated by the unit, during the i th deduction period during the calendar year, that is used internally at the facility where the unit is located and is (a) equal to zero, in the case of (i) any deduction period in which the unit did not produce useful thermal energy, (ii) any unit, other than a planned unit, that has a commissioning date after December 31, 2024, and (iii) every deduction period after 2049, and (b) determined in accordance with section 22 in any other case; E ccs is the quantity of CO 2 , expressed in tonnes, captured from the unit during the i th deduction period during the calendar year and stored in a storage project, determined in accordance with section 23 ; and E ext is the quantity of CO 2 emissions, expressed in tonnes, from the production of the hydrogen, ammonia and the purchased or transferred steam used by the unit to generate electricity during the i th deduction period during the calendar year, determined in accordance with section 24 . Adaptation (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), any reference to a calendar year in a calculation required under section 15 or 16 or any of sections 19 to 24 is to be read as a reference to the applicable deduction period. Multiple calendar years (3) If a deduction period begins in one calendar year and ends in another calendar year, the deduction period for the purposes of subsection (1) is the portion of that deduction period that occurred during the calendar year for which CO 2 emissions are being determined. Overlapping deduction periods (4) A quantity of CO 2 emissions must not be included in more than one deduction period for the purposes of subsection (1).
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Remittance — December 15 28 (1) The quantity of CO 2 assigned to C off in subsection 12 (1) corresponds to the number of Canadian offset credits that the responsible person remits to the Minister for the unit on or before the December 15 that follows the calendar year for which the remittance is made. Maximum (2) The maximum number of Canadian offset credits that may be remitted for a unit for a calendar year corresponds to the quantity of CO 2 , expressed in tonnes, determined by the formula C × I off × 8760 × 0.001 where C is the unit’s electricity generation capacity for the calendar year; and I off is the emission intensity applicable to the calendar year and is (a) 35 tonnes of CO 2 emissions per GWh for the 2035 to 2049 calendar years, and (b) 42 tonnes of CO 2 emissions per GWh for the 2050 and subsequent calendar years. Rounding (3) The quantity determined under subsection (2) is to be rounded to the nearest whole number or, if equidistant between two consecutive whole numbers, to the higher number. Condition (4) Any Canadian offset credit remitted for a calendar year must have been issued for greenhouse gas reductions or removals that occurred no more than eight calendar years before the calendar year in which the Canadian offset credit is remitted. Cross-recognition (5) A responsible person may remit the same Canadian offset credit for the purposes of both subsection 12 (1) and an eligible system referred to in subsection (6) if, under that eligible system, the Canadian offset credit is remitted (a) for the same calendar year as the year for which the Canadian offset credit is remitted under this section; (b) in relation to the same unit for which the Canadian offset credit is remitted under this section; and (c) in fulfillment of a remittance requirement other than a requirement that relates to an extraordinary situation, such as to replace a cancelled credit or as compensation for non-compliance with a requirement. Eligible systems (6) The eligible systems are (a) a system for pricing greenhouse gas emissions established under Division 1 of Part 2 of the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act ; and (b) a provincial carbon pricing system that is subject to an agreement between the Minister and a province regarding the cross-recognition of Canadian offset credits and that is on the list published on the Department of the Environment’s website for the purposes of this section. Timing of remittance (7) A Canadian offset credit is considered to be remitted on the day on which a reconciliation report that contains all of the information set out in sections 1 and 2 of Schedule 6 in respect of the Canadian offset credit is submitted to the Minister in accordance with section 41 .
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Cancelled Canadian offset credit 29 (1) If, within five years after the day on which a responsible person remits to the Minister one or more Canadian offset credits referred to in paragraph (b) of the definition Canadian offset credit in subsection 2 (1), the issuing province cancels and does not provide a mechanism to replace the credits, the Minister must notify the responsible person of the number of Canadian offset credits that were cancelled by the province and the number of Canadian offset credits that the responsible person must remit to the Minister. Cross-recognition conditions not met (2) If the Minister determines that one or more Canadian offset credits referred to in subsection 28 (5) were remitted that did not meet the conditions set out in that subsection, the Minister must notify the responsible person of the number of Canadian offset credits remitted that did not meet those conditions and the number of Canadian offset credits that the responsible person must remit to the Minister. Request by Minister (3) The responsible person must provide to the Minister, within the time limit specified by the Minister, any information requested by the Minister to determine whether a Canadian offset credit meets the conditions set out in subsection 28 (5). Remittance obligation (4) The responsible person must remit the number of Canadian offset credits set out in a notice referred to in subsection (1) or (2) by submitting to the Minister, no later than December 15 of the calendar year that follows the calendar year in which the Minister provides the notice, a reconciliation report that contains the information set out in sections 1 and 4 of Schedule 6 in respect of the credits. Eligible Canadian offset credits (5) The Canadian offset credits that are remitted under subsection (4) must have been issued for greenhouse gas reductions or removals that occurred no more than eight calendar years before the time limit set out in that subsection.
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Number of compliance credits issued 30 (1) If the Minister is satisfied that, for any of the 2035 to 2049 calendar years, the quantity of CO 2 emissions attributed to a unit, as determined in accordance with the formula set out in the description of E in subsection 12 (1), is below the emission limit determined for the unit in accordance with subsection 9 (1), the Minister must issue to the responsible person for the unit, for that calendar year and for that unit, a number of compliance credits, each with a corresponding value of one tonne of CO 2 , that is equal to the difference between that quantity and that limit. Exceptions (2) Despite subsection (1), no compliance credits are issued for a unit for a calendar year if (a) the unit is not subject to an emission limit under subsection 9 (1) before July 1 of that calendar year; or (b) the unit is subject to an exemption, under subsection 14 (1), from the application of subsection 9 (1) for that calendar year. Request by Minister (3) The responsible person for a unit must provide to the Minister, within the time limit specified by the Minister, any information requested by the Minister that is necessary to determine whether (a) the quantity of CO 2 emissions assigned to E in subsection 12 (1) that is reported in the emissions report submitted under section 39 for the unit for a calendar year was determined in accordance with that subsection; and (b) the emission limit that is reported in the emissions report submitted under section 39 for the unit for a calendar year was determined in accordance with subsection 9 (1). Notice (4) If, after receiving the information requested under subsection (3), the Minister is not satisfied that the quantity of CO 2 emissions attributed to a unit, as determined in accordance with the formula set out in the description of E in subsection 12 (1), is below the emission limit determined for the unit in accordance with subsection 9 (1), the Minister must notify the responsible person that no compliance credits will be issued for the unit for the calendar year.
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Transferable compliance credits 31 (1) Subject to section 32 , the compliance credits issued under subsection 30 (1) for a unit for a calendar year are transferable if the unit does not combust coal during the calendar year and is (a) a unit that has a commissioning date before January 1, 2025 and that does not produce useful thermal energy during the calendar year; (b) a unit, other than a planned unit, that has a commissioning date after December 31, 2024 but before January 1, 2030; or (c) a planned unit that does not produce useful thermal energy during the calendar year. Non-transferable compliance credits (2) Subject to section 32 , the compliance credits issued under subsection 30 (1) for a unit for a calendar year are non-transferable if the unit is not a unit referred to in subsection (1). Transfer between responsible persons (3) A transferable compliance credit may only be transferred between responsible persons for units to which these Regulations apply.
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Designation of substitute unit 32 (1) The responsible person for a unit described in any of paragraphs 31 (1)(a) to (c) or a unit that has been designated as a substitute unit under this section may, with the agreement of the responsible person for another unit, designate that other unit as a substitute unit if (a) the electricity generation capacity of the unit being designated as a substitute unit does not exceed the electricity generation capacity of the unit being substituted; and (b) both units report to the same electricity system operator. Required information (2) To designate a substitute unit, the responsible person that makes the designation and the responsible person for the unit that will be designated as a substitute unit must each submit the following information to the Minister before January 1 of the calendar year in which the substitution will take effect, along with an attestation, dated and signed by the responsible person or its authorized official, that it agrees to the substitution: (a) the registration number assigned to each unit by the Minister under subsection 7 (3); (b) the electricity generation capacity of each unit; and (c) the electricity system operator for each unit. Consequences of substitution (3) Beginning with the calendar year in which the designation of a substitute unit takes effect, (a) any compliance credits issued for the substitute unit for that calendar year — and for any subsequent calendar year in which the unit is a substitute unit — are transferable, unless the substitute unit (i) combusts coal during that calendar year, (ii) has a commissioning date before January 1, 2025 and produces useful thermal energy during that calendar year, or (iii) is a planned unit that produces useful thermal energy during that calendar year; and (b) any compliance credits issued for the unit that is not the substitute unit for that calendar year — and for any subsequent calendar year in which that unit is not a substitute unit — are non-transferable. Ceasing to be a substitute unit (4) A substitute unit ceases to be a substitute unit on January 1 of the calendar year that follows the year in which the responsible person for that unit designates another substitute unit in accordance with this section.