Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01206:reg:22:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2018L01206
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 22 (pt 1/3)
Character Range: 50159–52817

22  Setting the measurement periods and reference period
 (1) For each IE unit in the project, the project proponent must set the following measurement periods:
 (i) a baseline period before the upgrade;
 (ii) a project measurement period after the upgrade.
 (2) For each IE unit in the project, the project proponent must also set a reference period that:
 (a) is before the upgrade; and
 (b) includes the entire baseline period; and
 (c) if it includes excisable intervals in accordance with subsection (7)—is for 365 days plus the length of any excisable intervals; and
 (d) if it does not includes excisable intervals—is for 365 days.
Limit on maintenance and other work concurrent with upgrade
 (3) The baseline period and the proposed project measurement period for the purposes of  paragraph 24(4)(i) (in the pre-upgrade declaration) must be such that it is reasonable to expect that the combined effect of any actions that:
 (a) are taken between the beginning of the baseline period and the end of the proposed project measurement period; and
 (b) are of a kind mentioned in paragraph 8(6)(a), (b), (c) or (d); and
 (c) are not part of the IE upgrade;

  will not have a significant effect on the abatement generated by the IE unit.
 (4) The baseline period and the project measurement period must be such that the combined effect of any actions that:
 (a) are taken between the beginning of the baseline period and the end of the project measurement period; and
 (b) are of a kind mentioned in paragraph 8(6)(a), (b), (c) or (d); and
 (c) are not part of the IE upgrade;

  do not have a significant effect on the abatement generated by the IE unit.
 (5) For subsections (3) and (4), if data is available that allows a numerical estimate to be made of the proportion of the abatement generated by the IE unit that is attributable to particular actions, a proportion of less than 20% will be taken not to be significant.
Measurement periods and reference period must be continuous apart from excisable intervals
 (6) Subject to subsection (7), each measurement period and the reference period:
 (a) must be set as a continuous period; and
 (b) must not include any excisable intervals.
 (7) A measurement period or the reference period may, if there is no suitable continuous period that satisfies subsection (6), consist of an otherwise continuous period from which the excisable intervals have been excised.
 (8) A time interval is an excisable interval for the IE unit if it is part of:
 (a) a commissioning period for the unit; or
 (b) the period of  a start-up or shut-down sequence that is not part of the normal cycle of operation; or
 (c) if