Clean Electricity Regulations (SOR/2024-263)

Marginal note:Measured carbon content

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  20 (1) The quantity assigned to E_i in section 19 is, for each type of fossil fuel combusted in the unit during a calendar year, determined by one of the following formulas, as applicable:

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    (a) in the case of a gaseous fuel,

    V_f × CC_A × (MM_A ÷ MV_cf) × 3.664 × 0.001

    where

    V_f

    is the volume of the fossil fuel combusted during the calendar year, determined using flow meters and expressed in m³ at standard conditions,

    CC_A

    is the weighted average of the carbon content of the fossil fuel, determined in accordance with subsection (4) and expressed in kg of carbon per kg of the fossil fuel,

    MM_A

    is the average molecular mass of the fossil fuel, determined based on fuel samples taken in accordance with section 34 and expressed in kg per kg-mole of the fossil fuel, and

    MV_cf

    is the molar volume conversion factor of 23.645 m³ at standard conditions, per kg-mole of the fossil fuel at standard conditions;

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    (b) in the case of a liquid fuel,

    V_f × CC_A × 3.664

    where

    V_f

    is the volume of the fossil fuel combusted during the calendar year, determined using flow meters and expressed in kL, and

    CC_A

    is the weighted average of the carbon content of the fossil fuel, determined in accordance with subsection (4) at the same temperature as that used in the determination of V_f and expressed in tonnes of carbon per kL of the fossil fuel; and

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    (c) in the case of a solid fuel,

    M_f × CC_A × 3.664

    where

    M_f

    is the mass of the fossil fuel combusted during the calendar year, determined, as the case may be, on a wet or dry basis using a measuring device and expressed in tonnes, and

    CC_A

    is the weighted average of the carbon content of the fossil fuel, determined in accordance with subsection (4) on the same wet or dry basis as that used in the determination of M_f and expressed in kg of carbon per kg of the fossil fuel.

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  Marginal note:Renewable natural gas

  (2) If a unit that combusts natural gas is supplied by a pipeline network into which renewable natural gas is injected, the volume of natural gas to be used in determining the value for V_f in paragraph (1)(a) is determined by the formula

  V_total − V_RNG

  where

  V_total

  is the total volume of natural gas and renewable natural gas supplied to the unit that is combusted during the calendar year, determined using flow meters and expressed in m³ at standard conditions; and

  V_RNG

  is the volume of renewable natural gas that may be claimed by the unit during the calendar year, determined in accordance with subsection (3) and expressed in m³ at standard conditions.

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  Marginal note:V_RNG — conditions

  (3) For the purposes of determining the value for V_RNG in subsection (2), a volume of renewable natural gas may be claimed for a calendar year only if

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    (a) a contractual agreement specifies that the volume is supplied to the unit for the calendar year;

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    (b) the volume is kept physically separated from any other substance and is clearly identifiable as renewable natural gas from the time it is produced until the time it is injected into a pipeline network to which the unit is connected;

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    (c) the responsible person for the unit is able to identify each producer of the renewable natural gas supplied to the unit under the contractual agreement referred to in paragraph (a) and the volume supplied by each producer;

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    (d) the volume supplied by each producer does not exceed the volume of renewable natural gas produced by that producer that is injected during the calendar year into a pipeline network to which the unit is connected;

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    (e) the volume is not being used to create credits in a jurisdiction outside Canada or to comply with a requirement relating to greenhouse gas emissions that is set by a jurisdiction outside Canada;

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    (f) the volume is not being used by an end user, other than the responsible person, to create credits in Canada or to comply with a requirement relating to greenhouse gas emissions set out in a federal or provincial law; and

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    (g) the responsible person for the unit submits to the Minister, in the emissions report submitted under section 39 for the calendar year, the information set out in section 8 of Schedule 5 in respect of the volume.

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  Marginal note:Weighted average (CC_A)

  (4) The weighted average CC_A referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c) is determined by the formula

  

  where

  i

  is the i^th sampling period that is set out for the fuel type in subsection 34(2), where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of sampling periods;

  CC_i

  is the carbon content of each sample or composite sample, as the case may be, of the fossil fuel for the i^th sampling period — expressed for gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels, respectively, in the same unit of measure as that set out in the description of CC_A in paragraph (1)(a), (b) or (c), as applicable — as provided by the supplier of the fossil fuel to the responsible person or, if not so provided, as determined in the following manner:

  • (a) in the case of a gaseous fuel,

    • (i) in accordance with one of the following standards, as applicable:

      • (A) ASTM D1945, entitled Standard Test Method for Analysis of Natural Gas by Gas Chromatography,

      • (B) ASTM UOP539, entitled Refinery Gas Analysis by Gas Chromatography,

      • (C) ASTM D7833, entitled Standard Test Method for Determination of Hydrocarbons and Non-Hydrocarbon Gases in Gaseous Mixtures by Gas Chromatography, or

      • (D) API Technical Report 2572, entitled Carbon Content, Sampling, and Calculation, published by the American Petroleum Institute, or

    • (ii) by means of a direct measuring device,

  • (b) in the case of a liquid fuel, in accordance with one of the following standards or methods, as applicable:

    • (i) API Technical Report 2572, entitled Carbon Content, Sampling, and Calculation, published by the American Petroleum Institute,

    • (ii) ASTM D5291, entitled Standard Test Methods for Instrumental Determination of Carbon, Hydrogen, and Nitrogen in Petroleum Products and Lubricants, or

    • (iii) the ASTM standard that applies to the fossil fuel type, or if there is no such ASTM standard, an applicable internationally recognized method, and

  • (c) in the case of a solid fuel, on the same wet or dry basis as that used in the determination of CC_A, in accordance with

    • (i) for a solid fuel derived from waste, ASTM E777, entitled Standard Test Method for Carbon and Hydrogen in the Analysis Sample of Refuse-Derived Fuel, and

    • (ii) for any other solid fuel type, in accordance with an ASTM standard for the measurement of the carbon content of the fuel type or, if there is no such ASTM standard, in accordance with an applicable internationally recognized method; and

  Q_i

  is the volume or mass, as the case may be, of the fossil fuel combusted during the i^th sampling period, determined

  • (a) using flow meters and expressed in m³ at standard conditions, in the case of a gaseous fuel,

  • (b) using flow meters and expressed in kL, in the case of a liquid fuel, and

  • (c) using a measuring device and expressed in tonnes, on the same wet or dry basis as that used in the determination of CC_A, in the case of a solid fuel.