Clean Electricity Regulations — 2
Definitions 2 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations. ASTM means ASTM International. ( ASTM ) auditor means an individual who (a) is independent of the responsible person that is to be audited; and (b) has knowledge of and experience with respect to (i) the certification, operation and relative accuracy test audit of continuous emission monitoring systems, and (ii) quality assurance and quality control procedures in relation to those systems. ( vérificateur ) authorized official means (a) in respect of a responsible person who is an individual, that individual or an individual who is authorized to act on that individual’s behalf; (b) in respect of a responsible person that is a corporation, an officer of the corporation that is authorized to act on its behalf; and (c) in respect of a responsible person that is another entity, an individual who is authorized to act on its behalf. ( agent autorisé ) biogas means a gaseous mixture — including landfill gas and sludge digestion gas — that consists primarily of methane and CO 2 that is recovered from the anaerobic decomposition of biomass and that contains other constituents that prevent it from meeting the standard for injection into the nearest natural gas pipeline. ( biogaz ) biomass means material that originates from plants or animals, including animal waste, or any product derived from any of these, and includes wood, wood products, agricultural residues, biologically derived organic matter in municipal or industrial wastes, biogas, renewable natural gas, bio-alcohols, pulping liquor and other fuels that consist only of non-fossilized, biodegradable organic material that originates from plants or animals but does not originate from a geological formation. ( biomasse ) Canadian offset credit means (a) an offset credit issued under subsection 29(1) of the Canadian Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System Regulations ; or (b) a unit or credit that is recognized under subsection 78(1) of the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations and meets the conditions set out in paragraphs 78(4)(a) to (d) of those Regulations. ( crédit compensatoire canadien ) CEMS Protocol means the document entitled Protocols and performance specifications for continuous monitoring of gaseous emissions from thermal power generation and other sources , published by the Department of the Environment in 2023. ( Protocole SMECE ) coal includes petroleum coke and synthetic gas that is derived from coal or petroleum coke. ( charbon ) combustion engine means an engine, other than an engine that is self-propelled or designed to be propelled while performing its function, that (a) operates according to the Brayton thermodynamic cycle and combusts fossil fuel to produce a net amount of motive power; or (b) combusts fossil fuel and uses reciprocating motion to convert thermal energy into mechanical work. ( moteur à combustion ) commissioning date , in respect of a unit, means the day on which the oldest boiler or combustion engine in the unit starts operating. ( date de mise en service ) continuous emission monitoring system or CEMS means equipment for the sampling, conditioning and analyzing of emissions from a given source and the recording of data related to those emissions. ( système de mesure et d’enregistrement en continu des émissions ou SMECE ) deduction period means the period for which the beginning and end is determined in accordance with subsection 25 (2). ( période de déduction ) electricity generation capacity means the capacity of a unit, expressed in MW and determined in accordance with section 6 . ( capacité de production d’électricité ) electricity system means an electricity system that is subject to the standards of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. ( réseau électrique ) electricity system operator , in respect of a unit, means the person that operates the electricity system within a province and to which the unit is required to report in order to transmit electricity