Clean Electricity Regulations — 8
Subunits 8 (1) A responsible person may register a unit as multiple subunits if (a) each subunit would be a unit as defined in subsection 2 (1) if it were not physically connected to any of the other subunits; (b) each subunit has a maximum continuous rating; (c) each subunit produces useful thermal energy; (d) each boiler and combustion engine, as well as any other equipment that is part of the unit, is accounted for in one of the subunits; and (e) either each boiler and combustion engine in the unit started operating on or before December 31, 2024 or each boiler and combustion engine was part of a planned unit on the unit’s commissioning date. Registration report (2) To register a unit as multiple subunits, the responsible person must (a) in the case of a unit for which a registration report has not been submitted under section 7 , submit to the Minister a registration report for each subunit that contains the information set out in Schedule 2 by the later of (i) December 31, 2025, and (ii) the 60th day after the day on which the unit meets the criteria set out in section 5 ; or (b) in the case of a unit for which a registration report has been submitted under section 7 , submit to the Minister the following reports no later than the day before the day on which any of the subunits would, if registered, be subject to an emission limit under subsection 9 (1): (i) an updated registration report for the unit that contains the information set out in Schedule 2 in respect of one of the subunits, and (ii) a registration report for each of the other subunits that contains the information set out in Schedule 2. Consequences of registration (3) If a unit is registered as multiple subunits in accordance with subsection (2), (a) each subunit is deemed to be a unit to which these Regulations apply; and (b) these Regulations, other than this section, cease to apply in respect of the unit that is registered as multiple subunits. Permanent cessation (4) A registered subunit is no longer deemed to be a unit, other than for the purposes of subsection 43 (2), beginning on the day on which the responsible person for the subunit submits the notice of permanent cessation of electricity generation referred to in subsection 43 (1). Notice — maximum continuous rating (5) The responsible person for a unit that has been registered as multiple subunits must notify the Minister, no later than 60 days after the day on which the change occurs, if the sum of the maximum continuous rating for each of the subunits increases by 15% or more from the sum of the maximum continuous ratings reported in the registration reports submitted for the subunits under subsection (2). Application of emission limit (6) If, on the day on which the increase referred to in subsection (5) occurs, one or more of the subunits has not reached the end of its prescribed life, as determined in accordance with subsection 10 (3) or section 11 , subsection 9 (1) begins to apply in respect of each of those subunits on the later of (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.