Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity (SOR/2018-261)

Marginal note:Definitions

• 2 (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

  Act

  Act means the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999. (Loi)

  API

  API means the American Petroleum Institute. (API)

  ASTM

  ASTM means ASTM International, formerly known as the American Society for Testing and Materials. (ASTM)

  auditor

  auditor means a person who

  • (a) is independent of the responsible person that is to be audited; and

  • (b) has knowledge of and has 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

  authorized official means

  • (a) in respect of a responsible person that is a corporation, an officer of the corporation who is authorized to act on its behalf;

  • (b) in respect of a responsible person that is an individual, that individual or an individual who is authorized to act on that individual’s behalf; and

  • (c) in respect of a responsible person that is another entity, a person authorized to act on that other entity’s behalf. (agent autorisé)

  biomass

  biomass means a fuel that consists only of non-fossilized, biodegradable organic material that originates from plants or animals but does not originate from a geological formation, and includes gases and liquids that are recovered from the decomposition of organic waste. (biomasse)

  boiler unit

  boiler unit means a unit that consists of at least one boiler but does not have a combustion engine. (groupe chaudière)

  capacity

  capacity means

  • (a) in the case of a unit, the maximum continuous rating (the maximum net power that can be continuously sustained by the unit without the use of duct burners, at standard conditions), expressed in MW, as most recently reported to a provincial authority of competent jurisdiction or to the electric system operator in the province where the unit is located; and

  • (b) in the case of a combustion engine, the manufacturer provided capacity, expressed in MW. (capacité)

  combustion engine

  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 natural gas to produce a net amount of motive power; or

  • (b) combusts natural gas and uses reciprocating motion to convert thermal energy into mechanical work. (moteur à combustion)

  combustion engine unit

  combustion engine unit means a unit that consists of at least one combustion engine and, if applicable, a heat recovery system, but does not have a boiler. (groupe moteur à combustion)

  continuous emission monitoring system

  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)

  facility

  facility means all buildings, other structures and equipment, whether the equipment is stationary or not, that are located on a single site or adjacent sites and that are operated as a single integrated site. (installation)

  fossil fuel

  fossil fuel means a fuel other than biomass. (combustible fossile)

  heat recovery system

  heat recovery system means equipment, other than a boiler, that extracts heat from a combustion engine’s exhaust gases in order to generate steam or hot water. (système de récupération de la chaleur)

  heat to electricity ratio

  heat to electricity ratio means, in respect of a unit, the total useful thermal energy production in a calendar year, expressed in GWh, divided by the total gross electricity generation in that calendar year, expressed in GWh. (rapport chaleur-électricité)

  natural gas

  natural gas means a mixture of hydrocarbons — such as methane, ethane or propane — that is in a gaseous state at standard conditions and that is composed of at least 70% methane by volume or that has a higher heating value that is not less than 35 MJ/standard m³ and not more than 41 MJ/standard m³. It excludes landfill gas, digester gas, gas from wastewater treatment systems, refinery gas, sour gas, blast furnace gas, producer gas, coke oven gas, gas derived from petroleum coke or coal — including synthetic gas — or any gaseous fuel produced in a process that might result in highly variable sulphur content or heating value. (gaz naturel)

  operator

  operator means a person who has the charge, management or control of a unit. (exploitant)

  performance test verifier

  performance test verifier means a person who

  • (a) is independent of the responsible person for which the performance test is being conducted; and

  • (b) has knowledge of and has experience with respect to performance testing of boiler units. (vérificateur de l’essai de rendement)

  potential electrical output

  potential electrical output means the quantity of electricity that would be generated by a unit in a calendar year if the unit were to operate at capacity at all times during that calendar year. (production potentielle d’électricité)

  Reference Method

  Reference Method means the document entitled Reference Method for Source Testing: Quantification of Carbon Dioxide Releases by Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems from Thermal Power Generation, June 2012, published by the Department of the Environment. (Méthode de référence)

  responsible person

  responsible person means an owner or operator of a unit. (personne responsable)

  standard conditions

  standard conditions means a temperature of 15˚C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa. (conditions normales)

  standard m³

  standard m³ means a volume expressed in cubic metres — at standard conditions. (m³ normalisé)

  unit

  unit means an assembly comprised of a boiler or combustion engine and any other equipment that is physically connected to either, including duct burners and other combustion devices, heat recovery systems, steam turbines, generators and emission control devices and that operate together to generate electricity and, if applicable, produce useful thermal energy, from the combustion of natural gas. (groupe)

  useful life

  useful life, in respect of a boiler unit referred to in subsection 3(4), has the same meaning as in subsection 2(1) of the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations. (vie utile)

  useful thermal energy

  useful thermal energy means energy in the form of steam or hot water that is destined for a use — other than the generation of electricity — that would have required the consumption of energy in the form of fuel or electricity had that steam or hot water not been used. (énergie thermique utile)

• Marginal note:Interpretation of documents incorporated by reference

  (2) For the purposes of interpreting documents that are incorporated by reference into these Regulations, “should” must be read to mean “must” and any recommendation or suggestion must be read as an obligation.

• Marginal note:Standards incorporated by reference

  (3) Any standard of the ASTM, Gas Processors Association or the API that is incorporated by reference into these Regulations is incorporated as amended from time to time.