Clean Electricity Regulations (SOR/2024-263)

Marginal note:Definitions

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

  ASTM

  ASTM means ASTM International. (ASTM)

  auditor

  auditor means an individual who

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

  • (b) has knowledge of and 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 who is an individual, that individual or an individual who is authorized to act on that individual’s behalf;

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

  • (c) in respect of a responsible person that is another entity, an individual who is authorized to act on its behalf. (agent autorisé)

  biogas

  biogas means a gaseous mixture — including landfill gas and sludge digestion gas — that consists primarily of methane and CO₂ that is recovered from the anaerobic decomposition of biomass and that contains other constituents that prevent it from meeting the standard for injection into the nearest natural gas pipeline. (biogaz)

  biomass

  biomass means material that originates from plants or animals, including animal waste, or any product derived from any of these, and includes wood, wood products, agricultural residues, biologically derived organic matter in municipal or industrial wastes, biogas, renewable natural gas, bio-alcohols, pulping liquor and other fuels that consist only of non-fossilized, biodegradable organic material that originates from plants or animals but does not originate from a geological formation. (biomasse)

  Canadian offset credit

  Canadian offset credit means

  • (a) an offset credit issued under subsection 29(1) of the Canadian Greenhouse Gas Offset Credit System Regulations; or

  • (b) a unit or credit that is recognized under subsection 78(1) of the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations and meets the conditions set out in paragraphs 78(4)(a) to (d) of those Regulations. (crédit compensatoire canadien)

  CEMS Protocol

  CEMS Protocol means the document entitled Protocols and performance specifications for continuous monitoring of gaseous emissions from thermal power generation and other sources, published by the Department of the Environment in 2023. (Protocole SMECE)

  coal

  coal includes petroleum coke and synthetic gas that is derived from coal or petroleum coke. (charbon)

  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 fossil fuel to produce a net amount of motive power; or

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

  commissioning date

  commissioning date, in respect of a unit, means the day on which the oldest boiler or combustion engine in the unit starts operating. (date de mise en service)

  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)

  deduction period

  deduction period means the period for which the beginning and end is determined in accordance with subsection 25(2). (période de déduction)

  electricity generation capacity

  electricity generation capacity means the capacity of a unit, expressed in MW and determined in accordance with section 6. (capacité de production d’électricité)

  electricity system

  electricity system means an electricity system that is subject to the standards of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation. (réseau électrique)

  electricity system operator

  electricity system operator, in respect of a unit, means the person that operates the electricity system within a province and to which the unit is required to report in order to transmit electricity to the electricity system. (exploitant de réseau électrique)

  facility

  facility means the units, buildings, other structures and stationary equipment — including equipment used for hydrogen or ammonia production and equipment used for fuel production from coal gasification — that have in common at least one owner or person who has the charge, management or control of each of them and that are located on a single site, or on contiguous or adjacent sites that function as a single integrated site, where an industrial activity is carried out. (installation)

  fossil fuel

  fossil fuel means a fuel, other than biomass, that releases CO₂ when combusted or that is produced using a process that results in CO₂ emissions. (combustible fossile)

  GHGRP

  GHGRP means the document entitled Canada’s Greenhouse Gas Quantification Requirements, Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, Version 5.0, published by the Department of the Environment in December 2021. (PDGES)

  maximum continuous rating

  maximum continuous rating means the maximum net power that a unit can continuously sustain, expressed in MW, as reported to the electricity system operator for the unit. (puissance maximale continue)

  net supply

  net supply means the quantity of electricity supplied to an electricity system during a calendar year, expressed in GWh and determined in accordance with subsection 13(2). (solde de fourniture)

  planned unit

  planned unit means a unit referred to in section 3. (groupe prévu)

  renewable natural gas

  renewable natural gas means natural gas that meets the standard for injection into the nearest natural gas pipeline and that is either gas derived from the processing of biogas or synthetic natural gas derived from biomass. (gaz naturel renouvelable)

  responsible person

  responsible person means an owner or a person that has the charge, management or control of a unit. (personne responsable)

  standard conditions

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

  unit

  unit means an assembly consisting of equipment that is physically connected and that operates together to generate electricity, including at least one boiler or combustion engine along with any other equipment, such as duct burners or other combustion devices, heat recovery systems, steam turbines, generators, emission control devices and carbon capture and storage systems. (groupe)

  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:Carbon capture and storage

  (2) For the purposes of the definition unit in subsection (1), equipment that is connected only by a carbon capture and storage system is not considered to be physically connected. However, that carbon capture and storage system is considered to be part of each unit to which it is connected.