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Clean Fuel Regulations — 87
New application 87 (1) A registered creator or foreign supplier may apply to replace a carbon intensity approved by the Minister under subsection 85 (1) with the actual carbon intensity determined in accordance with section 76 , 78 or 79 , in the case where the actual carbon intensity — as specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report referred to in subsection 123 (1) — is lower than the approved carbon intensity and the difference between the two intensities is at least (a) 1 gCO 2 e/MJ, if the absolute value of the approved carbon intensity is less than 20 gCO 2 e/MJ; (b) 5%, if the absolute value of the approved carbon intensity is between 20 and 100 gCO 2 e/MJ; and (c) 5 gCO 2 e/MJ, if the absolute value of the approved carbon intensity is greater than 100 gCO 2 e/MJ. New application — carbon-intensity contributor (2) A carbon-intensity contributor may apply to replace a carbon intensity that has been approved by the Minister under subsection 85 (1) with the actual carbon intensity determined in accordance with section 76 or 79 in the case where the actual carbon intensity — as specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report referred to in subsection 123 (1) — is lower than the approved carbon intensity and the difference between the two intensities is at least (a) 1 gCO 2 e/MJ, if the absolute value of the approved carbon intensity is less than 20 gCO 2 e/MJ; (b) 5%, if the absolute value of the approved carbon intensity is between 20 and 100 gCO 2 e/MJ; and (c) 5 gCO 2 e/MJ, if the absolute value of the approved carbon intensity is greater than 100 gCO 2 e/MJ.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 88
Adjustment of credits 88 (1) A registered creator may — in the first annual credit-creation report that they submit under section 120 or first credit-adjustment report that they submit under section 122 following the approval under subsection 85 (1) of the carbon intensity of a fuel or energy source determined in accordance with section 76 , 78 or 79 — request that compliance credits be created for the three compliance periods preceding the approval of the carbon intensity if (a) the carbon intensity indicated in that credit-creation report or that credit-adjustment report was determined in accordance with section 75 or was temporarily approved under subsection 91 (4); (b) the fuel for which the carbon intensity was approved under subsection 85 (1) is produced from the same type of feedstock and in the same production process as the fuel or electricity used during the preceding compliance periods for which a credit adjustment is requested; and (c) the carbon intensity that was approved under subsection 85 (1) was determined in accordance with section 76 , 78 or 79 after July 1, 2024. Number of adjusted compliance credits (2) The number of compliance credits that may be created by a registered creator under subsection (1) is equal to the difference between (a) the maximum number of compliance credits that would be created for the three compliance periods preceding the approval of the carbon intensity using the information contained in the report that they submit under section 120 or 122 in respect of those compliance periods and using the carbon intensity that was determined in accordance with section 76 , 78 or 79 , as the case may be, and (b) the total number of compliance credits that were created by the registered creator for the three compliance periods preceding the approval of the carbon intensity using the carbon intensity that was determined in accordance with section 75 or that was temporarily approved under subsection 91 (4), as the case may be.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 89
Adjustment — actual carbon intensity 89 A registered creator may — in the credit-adjustment report that they submit under subsection 122 (1) — request that any compliance credits that were created for a compliance period using the carbon intensity that was determined in accordance with section 76 and approved under subsection 85 (1) be adjusted based on the actual carbon intensity of the fuel as specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report that they submit under subsection 123 (1) for that compliance period.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 90
Adjustment after June 30, 2024 90 (1) If an approved carbon intensity determined in accordance with section 76 , 77 , 78 or 79 ceases to be valid on December 31, 2025 through the operation of subsection 86 (9) and the registered creator, carbon-intensity contributor or foreign supplier made, before September 30, 2025, a new application to the Minister under subsection 80 (1) for approval of the carbon intensity, the registered creator may — in the first annual credit-creation report that they submit under section 120 or first credit-adjustment report that they submit under section 122 following the approval under subsection 85 (1) of the carbon intensity — request that compliance credits be created for the period beginning on the day on which they became eligible to create compliance credits under subsection 25 (2) or 25 (3) or paragraph 31 (2)(b) or 32 (2)(d), as the case may be, and ending on the day on which the new application is approved by the Minister. Number of adjusted compliance credits (2) The number of compliance credits that may be created under subsection (1) is equal to the difference between (a) the maximum number of compliance credits that would be created by the registered creator for the period referred to in subsection (1) using the information contained in the report that they submit under section 120 or 121 in respect of the compliance periods that fall within that period and using the carbon intensity that was determined in accordance with any of sections 76 to 79 , as the case may be, and (b) the total number of compliance credits that were created by the registered creator for the period referred to in subsection (1) using the carbon intensity that they used to create compliance credits before June 30, 2024.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 91
Application for temporary approval 91 (1) A registered creator or foreign supplier who has data on the operation of a facility for a period of 3 or more consecutive months, but no more than 24 consecutive months, with respect to the activities referred to in the definition carbon intensity in subsection 1 (1) may apply for temporary approval of a carbon intensity. Determination of carbon intensity (2) The carbon intensity is to be determined in accordance with section 76 , 78 or 79 , as the case may be, using the data for the period referred to in subsection (1) instead of the data for 24 consecutive months that is required by those sections. Application (3) The application must be made in accordance with sections 80 to 84 . Temporary approval (4) The Minister must grant temporary approval of the carbon intensity if the Minister is satisfied that the determination of the carbon intensity is based on the factors set out in subsection 85 (1). Unique alphanumeric identifier (5) The Minister must assign a unique alphanumeric identifier to the temporarily approved carbon intensity. Equivalent to approved carbon intensity (6) The temporarily approved carbon intensity is to be treated as if it were approved under subsection 85 (1) until (a) the day that is 24 months after the day on which the temporary approval is granted, in the case where the registered creator or foreign supplier who applied for temporary approval has not applied for approval of that carbon intensity under section 80 ; or (b) the day on which the Minister approves the carbon intensity under subsection 85 (1), in any other case. Period of validity (7) The temporarily approved carbon intensity ceases to be valid on the day referred to in paragraph (6)(a) or (b), as the case may be, or on any earlier day on which there is a change to the extraction or production processes for the feedstock used to produce the fuel or to the fuel production processes and the change is not consistent with the emission factors, input data, background data sets or methodology that were used to determine the temporarily approved carbon intensity.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 92
Registration of foreign supplier 92 (1) A foreign supplier may register as a foreign supplier with the Minister by submitting to the Minister a registration report that contains the following information: (a) their name, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address; (b) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of their authorized agent; (c) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of a contact person, unless the contact person is the authorized agent; and (d) with respect to each facility at which they produce low-carbon-intensity fuel, (i) the name, GPS coordinates to the fifth decimal place and, if any, civic address of the facility, and (ii) the type of low-carbon-intensity fuel produced at the facility. Pre-condition for application (2) A foreign supplier may make an application referred to in subsection 80 (1), 81 (1) or 91 (1) only if they are registered as a foreign supplier with the Minister.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 93
Registration — carbon-intensity contributor 93 (1) A carbon-intensity contributor may register as a carbon-intensity contributor with the Minister by submitting to the Minister a registration report that contains the following information: (a) their name, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address; (b) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of their authorized agent; (c) the name, title, civic address, postal address, telephone number and, if any, email address of a contact person, unless the contact person is the authorized agent; and (d) with respect to each facility at which renewable natural gas, renewable propane, electricity, biogas or hydrogen is produced, (i) the name, GPS coordinates to the fifth decimal place and, if any, civic address of the facility, and (ii) the type of fuel, energy source or material input produced at the facility. Pre-condition for application (2) A carbon-intensity contributor may make an application referred to in subsection 80 (1), 81 (1) or 91 (1) only if they are registered as a carbon-intensity contributor with the Minister.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 94
Liquid class 94 (1) A person who, during a compliance period, produces in Canada or imports into Canada a quantity of liquid low-carbon-intensity fuel that displaces, or was sold to displace, the use of a quantity of fuel in the liquid class may create provisional compliance credits in respect of the liquid class for the compliance period. Number of compliance credits (2) The number of compliance credits that the person may create for a compliance period in respect of the liquid low-carbon-intensity fuel is determined by the formula CI diff × (Q × D) × 10 -6 where CI diff is the difference between the reference carbon intensity for the liquid class, as set out in item 1, column 2, of Schedule 1, and the carbon intensity of the low-carbon-intensity fuel that is the default carbon intensity referred to in paragraph 75 (1)(a), the carbon intensity approved under subsection 85 (1) or the actual carbon intensity specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report referred to in subsection 123 (1), as the case may be; Q is, subject to subsection 45 (1), the volume of the low-carbon-intensity fuel that the person produced in Canada using an eligible feedstock or imported into Canada during the compliance period that is used or sold for use in Canada as neat fuel or as part of a blend, expressed in cubic metres; and D is, at the election of the person, the energy density of the low-carbon-intensity fuel as set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 or as set out in the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 96
Biogas used to produce electricity 96 (1) A person who, during a compliance period, produces in Canada a quantity of biogas that is used in equipment to produce electricity and that displaces the use in Canada of a volume of fuel in the gaseous class in accordance with paragraph 20 (b) or (c) may create provisional compliance credits in respect of the gaseous class for the compliance period. Electricity produced from biogas (2) The carbon intensity of the electricity that the person produces by using biogas in equipment is determined by the formula CI biogas × (Q × D) ÷ E total where CI biogas is the carbon intensity of the biogas that is used to produce electricity and that is the default carbon intensity referred to in paragraph 75 (1)(a), the carbon intensity approved under subsection 85 (1) or the actual carbon intensity specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report referred to in subsection 123 (1), as the case may be; Q is, subject to subsection 45 (1), the quantity of the biogas that is produced using an eligible feedstock and used in the equipment and determined in accordance with the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations, expressed in cubic metres; D is, at the election of the person, the energy density of the biogas as set out in item 1, column 2, of Schedule 2, as set out in the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations or as measured in accordance with section 162 ; and E total is the total quantity of electricity produced by the equipment from the biogas, expressed in megajoules. Number of compliance credits (3) The number of compliance credits that a person may create under subsection (1) for a compliance period is determined by the formula CI diff × E × 10 -6 where CI diff is the difference between the carbon intensity of electricity for the province in which the equipment used to produce the electricity is located, as determined in accordance with subsection (4), and the carbon intensity of the electricity produced from biogas, as determined in accordance with subsection (2); and E is the quantity of electricity that is produced, expressed in megajoules. Carbon intensity — province (4) The carbon intensity of electricity for the province in which the equipment that uses biogas to produce electricity is located is the lessor of the following amounts: (a) the amount set out for that province in section 9 of Schedule 6; (b) the amount set out for that province in the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations; and (c) 96 g/MJ.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 97
Multiple feedstocks 97 (1) A low-carbon-intensity fuel that is produced using more than one type of feedstock is considered to be multiple fuels for the purposes of paragraph 30 (d) and sections 94 to 96 , 100 and 104 and the quantity of each type of fuel is equal to the proportion of the low-carbon-intensity fuel that is produced using each type of feedstock. Determination of proportion (2) The registered creator must determine the proportion of a low-carbon-intensity fuel that is produced using each type of feedstock in accordance with the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations. Co-processed low-carbon-intensity fuel (3) The registered creator must determine the proportion of a co-processed low-carbon-intensity fuel that is produced using each type of feedstock in accordance with the applicable specific emission-reduction quantification method established under subsection 32 (1).
Clean Fuel Regulations — 98
Gas for vehicles 98 (1) The owner or operator of a fuelling station who, during a compliance period, displaces the use of a fuel in the liquid class by supplying propane, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas for use in Canada as a fuel for a vehicle may create provisional compliance credits in respect of the liquid class for the compliance period. Number of compliance credits (2) The number of compliance credits that an owner or operator may create under subsection (1) for a compliance period is determined by the formula CI diff × (Q × D) × 10 -6 where CI diff is the difference between (a) the reference carbon intensity for the liquid class, as set out in item 1, column 2, of Schedule 1, and (b) the carbon intensity of the propane, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas that is determined in accordance with subsection 75 (6), that is approved under subsection 85 (1) or that is the actual carbon intensity specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report referred to in subsection 123 (1), as the case may be; Q is the difference between (a) the total quantity of the fuel that contains propane, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas that is supplied for use as a fuel for a vehicle, as measured by a meter, (i) expressed in cubic metres of fuel in the liquid state, in the case of fuel that contains propane, (ii) expressed in cubic metres, in the case of fuel that contains compressed natural gas, and (iii) expressed in kilograms, in the case fuel that contains liquefied natural gas; and (b) the quantity of the following, as determined from the supporting documents referred to in subsection 99 (2): (i) renewable propane or co-processed low-carbon-intensity propane supplied for use as a fuel for a vehicle, expressed in cubic metres of fuel in the liquid state, if the fuel that is supplied contains propane, renewable propane or co-processed low-carbon-intensity propane, and (ii) renewable natural gas supplied for use as a fuel for a vehicle, expressed in cubic metres, if the fuel that is supplied contains compressed natural gas, or (iii) renewable natural gas supplied for use as a fuel for a vehicle, expressed in kilograms, if the fuel that is supplied contains liquefied natural gas; and D is, at the election of the owner or operator, the energy density of the propane, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas, as the case may be, as set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 or as set out in the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 99
ensity fuel that is renewable propane or co-processed low-carbon intensity propane may create for a compliance period is determined by the formula (CI diff1 + CI diff2 ) × (Q × D) × 10 -6 where CI diff1 is the difference between (a) the reference carbon intensity for the liquid class, as set out in item 1, column 2, of Schedule 1, and (b) the carbon intensity of the propane that is determined in accordance with subsection 75 (6), that is approved under subsection 85 (1) or that is the actual carbon intensity specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report referred to in subsection 123 (1), as the case may be; CI diff2 is the difference between (a) the carbon intensity of propane, as determined in accordance with subsection 75 (6), and (b) the reference carbon intensity of renewable propane, as set out in item 3, column 2, of Schedule 1; Q is, subject to subsection 45 (1), the quantity of the renewable propane or co-processed low-carbon intensity propane supplied to the vehicles, expressed in cubic metres of fuel in the liquid state, as determined from the supporting documents referred to in subsection (2); and D is, at the election of the owner or operator, the energy density of renewable propane as set out in item 7, column 2, of Schedule 2 or in the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations.
Clean Fuel Regulations — 100
Creator — producer or importer 100 (1) A person who, during a compliance period, displaces the use of a fuel in the liquid class by producing in Canada or importing into Canada, a quantity of low-carbon-intensity fuel that is renewable propane or renewable natural gas for use in Canada as a fuel for a vehicle must not create provisional compliance credits in respect of the liquid class for the compliance period unless they possess supporting documents that (a) establish that the fuel was physically supplied to a fuelling station or supplied to the fuelling station by means of a contractual agreement; (b) indicate the name of the owner or operator of the fuelling station; (c) indicate the quantity of the fuel that was supplied to the fuelling station during the compliance period; (d) establish that the quantity of the fuel that was supplied by the producer to the fuelling station and used to create compliance credits during the compliance period does not exceed the quantity of the fuel that was supplied to vehicles at the fuelling station during the compliance period; and (e) if the fuel was supplied to the fuelling station by means of a contractual agreement, establish that there is a physical connection between the fuelling station and the producer of the fuel. Number of compliance credits (2) The number of compliance credits that the person referred to in subsection (1) may create for a compliance period in respect of a particular fuel is determined by the formula CI diff × (Q × D) × 10 -6 where CI diff is (a) in the case of renewable natural gas, the difference between the reference carbon intensity of renewable natural gas, as set out in item 2, column 2, of Schedule 1, and the carbon intensity of the renewable natural gas that is the default carbon intensity referred to in paragraph 75 (1)(a), the carbon intensity approved under subsection 85 (1) or the actual carbon intensity specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report referred to in subsection 123 (1), as the case may be, and (b) in the case of renewable propane, the difference between the reference carbon intensity of renewable propane, as set out in item 3, column 2, of Schedule 1, and the carbon intensity of the renewable propane that is the default carbon intensity referred to in paragraph 75 (1)(a), the carbon intensity approved under subsection 85 (1) or the actual carbon intensity specified in the carbon-intensity-pathway report referred to in subsection 123 (1), as the case may be; Q is, subject to subsection 45 (1), the quantity of the fuel supplied to the fuelling station, expressed in cubic metres, as determined from the supporting documents referred to in subsection (1); and D is, at the election of the person, the energy density of the fuel as set out in column 2 of Schedule 2 or as set out in the Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations.