Interpretation
 1. (1) In this Regulation, “accredited verification body” means a verification body that is accredited to ISO 14065 by a member of the International Accreditation Forum; (“organisme de vérification accrédité”) “biogas” means a gas made from, (a)  the anaerobic digestion of organic matter in wastewater or wastewater treatment systems, or (b)  source separated organics; (“biogaz”) “biomass” means organic matter, other than source separated organics and peat or peat derivatives, that meets the criteria set out in Schedule 4; (“biomasse”) “compliance period” has the same meaning as in the EPS Regulation; (“période de conformité”) “CO2e” means, when used in reference to a quantity of greenhouse gas, the equivalent quantity of carbon dioxide, calculated in accordance with section 4; (“éq. CO2”) “covered facility” means an EPS facility, within the meaning of the EPS Regulation, that is registered or required to be registered under that Regulation; (“installation assujettie”) “Director” means the Director appointed under section 5 of the Act in respect of the section of this Regulation in which the reference appears; (“directeur”) “distribution system” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; (“réseau de distribution”) “electricity importation” means the importation of electricity into Ontario for consumption in Ontario; (“importation d’électricité”) “EPS Regulation” means Ontario Regulation 241/19 (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Performance Standards) made under the Act; (“règlement sur le programme NRE”) “facility” means a facility within the meaning of section 1.1; (“installation”) “first compliance period” has the same meaning as in the EPS Regulation; (“première période de conformité”) “Guideline” means the guideline published by the Ministry and available from the Ministry, entitled “Guideline for Quantification, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions”, as amended from time to time; (“ligne directrice”) “IESO” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; (“SIERE”) “industrial activity” has the same meaning as in the EPS Regulation; (“activité industrielle”) “ISO 14064-3” means, subject to subsection (2), ISO Standard 14064-3:2019, published by the International Organization for Standardization; (“ISO 14064-3”) “ISO 14065” means, subject to subsection (3), ISO Standard 14065:2020, published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO); (“ISO 14065”) “NAICS” means the North American Industry Classification System maintained for Canada by Statistics Canada, as amended or revised from time to time; (“SCIAN”) “natural gas distribution” means the movement of natural gas in a natural gas pipeline system downstream of gate station inlet valves where pressure reduction or measuring occurs for the delivery of natural gas to consumers; (“distribution de gaz naturel”) “natural gas transmission” means the movement of natural gas in a natural gas pipeline system upstream of gate station inlet valves where pressure reduction or measuring occurs for the delivery of natural gas to consumers; (“transport de gaz naturel”) “Ontario Regulation 143/16” means Ontario Regulation 143/16 (Quantification, Reporting and Verification of Greenhouse Gas Emissions) made under the Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016 as that Regulation read on July 31, 2018; (“Règlement de l’Ontario 143/16”) “Ontario Regulation 452/09” means Ontario Regulation 452/09 (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reporting) made under the Act as that Regulation read on July 31, 2018; (“Règlement de l’Ontario 452/09”) “production parameter” has the same meaning as in the Guideline; (“paramètre de production”) “registration period” has the same meaning as in the EPS Regulation; (“période d’enregistrement”) “reporting amount” means the reporting amount determined under section 6; (“quantité déclarée”) “source separated organics” has the same meaning as in Ontario Regulation 160/99 (Definitions and Exemptions) made under the Electricity Act, 1998; (“matière organique séparée à la source”) “specified GHG activity” means an activity set out in Column 1 of Schedule 2, as described in Column 2 of that Schedule; (“activité émettrice de GES précisée”) “total annual emissions limit” has the same meaning as in the EPS Regulation; (“limite des émissions annuelles totales”) “transmission system” has the same meaning as in subsection 2 (1) of the Electricity Act, 1998; (“réseau de transport”) “verification amount” means, (a)  in the case of a report in respect of 2018 or a previous year, the verification amount determined under section 8 as it read immediately before the day section 4 of Ontario Regulation 242/19 made under the Act came into force, and (b)  in the case of a report in respect of 2019 or a later year, the verification amount determined under section 12; (“quantité de vérification”) “year” means a calendar year. (“année”) O. Reg. 390/18, s. 1 (1); O. Reg. 77/19, s. 1; O. Reg. 242/19, s. 1; O. Reg. 13/20, s. 1 (1-9); O. Reg. 730/21, s. 1 (1-4); O. Reg. 563/22, s. 1, 2 (1, 2). (2) Despite the definition of “ISO 14064-3”, an accredited verification body that begins a verification for the purposes of this Regulation on or before April 30, 2023 may elect to comply with ISO Standard 14064-3: 2006, published by the International Organization for Standardization, instead of ISO Standard 14064-3:2019, and any reference in this Regulation to “ISO 14064-3” shall be read as a reference to ISO Standard 14064-3: 2006 for the purposes of a verification in respect of which such an election has been made. O. Reg. 13/20, s. 1 (10). (3) Despite the definition of “ISO 14065”, an accredited verification body that completes a verification for the purposes of this Regulation on or before June 30, 2024 may elect to comply with ISO Standard 14065:2013 published by the International Organization for Standardization instead of ISO 14065:2020, and any reference in this Regulation to “ISO 14065” shall be read as a reference to ISO Standard 14065:2013 for the purposes of a verification in respect of which such an election has been made. O. Reg. 730/21, s. 1 (5); O. Reg. 563/22, s. 2 (3). (4) Revoked: O. Reg. 13/20, s. 1 (10).