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  1. Output-Based Pricing System Regulations - SOR/2019-266 (SCHEDULE 5 : Content of Verification Report)
    Output-Based Pricing System Regulations

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    1 Information with respect to the person responsible for a covered facility:

    • (a) an indication as to whether they own or are otherwise responsible for the covered facility, including having the charge, management or control of the facility, or are the true decision maker with respect to the facility’s operations;

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    3 Information with respect to the verification:

    • (a) the name and civic address of the verification body, as well as the name, telephone number and email address of the lead verifier for the team that conducted the verification;

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    • (f) the total quantity of GHGs from a covered facility, other than a facility referred to in paragraph (g) or (h), during the compliance period and the production from each specified industrial activity during the compliance period that is used in the calculation of the emissions limit by the covered facility, as described in the annual report or corrected report, as the case may be, for the covered facility;

    • (f.1) if section 36.2 of these Regulations applies to a covered facility, the electricity generation attributed to the capacity added to the equipment and the electricity generation attributed to the capacity of the equipment before the additional capacity was added, as described in the annual report or corrected report, as the case may be;

    • (g) in the case of a verification of an electricity generation facility, the following information as described in its annual report or corrected report, as the case may be:

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    • (h) in the case of a covered facility, where the specified industrial activities are both the production of coal by mining coal deposits and, if composed of a unit or a group of units that are registered under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, the generation of electricity, as described in its annual report or corrected report, as the case may be,

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    • (h.1) if section 41.2 of these Regulations applies to an electricity generation facility or a covered facility referred to in paragraph (h), the electricity generated that is attributed to the capacity added to each unit as described in its annual report or corrected report, as the case may be:

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    • (j) a record of errors or omissions capable of influencing the assessment of the quantity of GHGs that are emitted from a covered facility during the applicable compliance period against its applicable GHG emissions limit, identified during the verification, in the data, information or methods used in the preparation of the annual report or corrected report, as the case may be, that indicates,

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    • (k) a record of any corrections made by the person responsible as a result of any errors or omissions capable of influencing the assessment of the quantity of GHGs that are emitted from a covered facility during the applicable compliance period against its applicable GHG emissions limit, identified during the verification;

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    • (n) a verification statement by the verification body containing

      • (i) determinations as to whether a material discrepancy exists with respect to the total quantity of GHGs and the total production from each specified industrial activity used in the calculation of the emissions limit in the annual report or corrected report, as the case may be, and whether the annual report or corrected report was prepared in accordance with these Regulations, and

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  2. Output-Based Pricing System Regulations - SOR/2019-266 (SCHEDULE 3 : Quantification Requirements)
    Output-Based Pricing System Regulations

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    • (2) The following definitions apply in this section.

      rated brake power

      rated brake power  means the maximum brake power of a driver as specified by its manufacturer either on its nameplate or otherwise. (puissance au frein nominale)

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    1 Production is quantified at the end of the formulation step of the manufacturing process, in litres of vaccine, as follows:

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    • 1 (1) Production by the covered facility is quantified in tonnes of finished product or tonnes of specialty product, as follows:

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    • (2) Subject to section 5, if a unit uses a mixture of fossil fuels or a mixture of biomass and fossil fuels to generate electricity, the gross electricity generated by the unit is to be determined separately for the gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels in accordance with the following formula and expressed in GWh:

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      where

      GU 
      is the gross quantity of electricity generated by the unit during a compliance period, as measured at the electrical terminals of the generators of the unit using meters that comply with the requirements of the Electricity and Gas Inspection Act and the Electricity and Gas Inspection Regulations, expressed in GWh;
      HFFk 
      is determined in accordance with the following formula, calculated separately for gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels type “k”:

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      where

      QFFj 
      is the quantity of gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, type “j” combusted in the unit to generate electricity during the compliance period, determined in accordance with subsection (3),
      HHVj 
      is the higher heating value of the gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, type “j” combusted in the unit, determined in accordance with subsection 24(1) of the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations, and
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      is the jth fossil fuel type combusted in the unit, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the number of types of gaseous, liquid or solid fuel combusted, as the case may be, combusted; and

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    • 7 (1) If a covered facility uses a mixture of fossil fuels or a mixture of biomass and fossil fuels to generate electricity, the gross electricity generated by the facility is to be determined separately for the gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels in accordance with the following formula and expressed in GWh:

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      where

      HFFk 
      is determined in accordance with the following formula, calculated separately for gaseous fuels, liquid fuels and solid fuels type “k”:

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      where

      QFFj 
      is the quantity of gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, type “j” combusted in the facility for electricity generation during the compliance period, determined under subsection (2) and in accordance with section 2.C.2 of the GHGRP 2.C.2,
      HHVj 
      is the higher heating value of the gaseous, liquid or solid fuel, as the case may be, type “j” combusted in the facility for electricity generation determined in accordance with sections 2.C.1 and 2.C.3 of the GHGRP, and
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      is the jth fossil fuel type combusted in the facility, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the number of types of gaseous, liquid or solid fuels combusted, as the case may be; and

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  3. Output-Based Pricing System Regulations - SOR/2019-266 (Section 49)
    Output-Based Pricing System Regulations
    Marginal note:Verification body
    •  (1) To be authorized to verify an annual report or a corrected report, a third party must

      • (a) meet the following accreditation requirements:

        • (i) it is accredited as a verification body to the ISO Standard 14065 by the Standards Council of Canada, the ANSI National Accreditation Board or any other accreditation organization that is a member of the International Accreditation Forum,

      • (b) conduct the verification in accordance with ISO Standard 14064-3 published by the International Organization for Standardization in 2006 entitled Greenhouse gases — Part 3: Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions or published in 2019 entitled Greenhouse gases -- Part 3: Specification with guidance for the verification and validation of greenhouse gas statements, based on their accreditation, by applying methods that allow it to make a determination to a reasonable level of assurance, as defined in that standard, on whether

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    • (2) For the purpose of the verification of a covered facility’s annual report or corrected report, a material discrepancy exists when

      • (a) with respect to GHGs from covered facilities that have emitted a quantity of GHGs of less than 50 kt of CO2e during the compliance period,

        • (i) in the case of each error or omission respecting GHGs that is identified during the verification and that may be quantified, the result, expressed as a percent, determined by the formula, is equal to or greater than 8%:

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        • (ii) in the case of the aggregate of all errors and omissions respecting GHGs, that are identified during the verification and that may be quantified, the result, expressed as a percent, determined by the formula, is equal to or greater than 8%:

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      • (b) with respect to GHGs from covered facilities that emitted a quantity of GHGs of equal to or greater than 50 kt of CO2e but less than 500 kt during the compliance period,

        • (i) in the case of each error or omission respecting GHGs that is identified during the verification and that may be quantified, the result, expressed as a percent, determined by the formula, is equal to or greater than 5%:

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        • (ii) in the case of the aggregate of all errors and omissions respecting GHGs that are identified during the verification and that may be quantified, the result, expressed as a percent, determined by the formula, is equal to or greater than 5%:

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      • (c) with respect to GHGs from covered facilities that emitted a quantity of GHGs that is equal to or greater than 500 kt of CO2e during the compliance period,

        • (i) in the case each single error or omission respecting GHGs that is identified during the verification and that may be quantified, the result, expressed as a percent, determined by the formula, is equal to or greater than 2%:

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        • (ii) in the case of the aggregate of all errors and omissions respecting GHGs that are identified during the verification and that may be quantified, the result, expressed as a percent, determined by the formula, is equal to or greater than 2%:

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      • (d) with respect to the production from each specified industrial activity that is used in the calculation of the emissions limit, in the case an error or omission respecting the quantification of the production that is identified during the verification and may be quantified, the result, expressed as a percent, determined by the formula is equal to or greater than 5%:

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  4. Output-Based Pricing System Regulations - SOR/2019-266 (Section 2)
    Output-Based Pricing System Regulations
    Marginal note:Definitions
    •  (1) The following definitions apply in these Regulations.

      boiler unit

      boiler unit  has the same meaning as subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity. (groupe chaudière)

      combustion engine unit

      combustion engine unit  has the same meaning as subsection 2(1) of the Regulations Limiting Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Natural Gas-fired Generation of Electricity. (groupe moteur à combustion)

      electricity generation facility

      electricity generation facility  means a covered facility, other than one referred to in paragraph 5(2)(c), that generates electricity as its primary industrial activity, that is used to generate electricity from fossil fuels and that is composed of one unit or a group of units. (installation de production d’électricité)

      flaring emissions

      flaring emissions  means controlled emissions of gases from industrial activities as a result of the combustion of a gas or liquid stream produced at a facility, the purpose of which is not to produce useful heat. It does not include emissions from the flaring of landfill gas. (émissions de torchage)

      industrial product use emissions

      industrial product use emissions  means emissions from the use of a product in an industrial process that does not involve a chemical or physical reaction and does not react in the process, including emissions from the use of sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), HFCs and PFCs as cover gases and the use of HFCs and PFCs in a foam-blowing process. (émissions associées à l’utilisation de produits industriels)

      natural gas

      natural gas  means a mixture of hydrocarbons — such as methane, ethane or propane — that is in a gaseous state at a temperature of 15°C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa 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, refinery gas, blast furnace gas, coke oven gas or gas derived through industrial processes from petroleum coke or coal, including synthetic gas. (gaz naturel)

      specified industrial activity

      specified industrial activity  means, with respect to a covered facility, an industrial activity specified in paragraph 5(2)(a), subparagraphs 5(2)(b)(i) or (ii), or paragraph 5(c), as the case may be. (activité industrielle visée)

      total capacity

      total capacity  means, in respect of a unit or equipment that generates electricity, either

      • (a) the maximum continuous rating (the maximum net power that can be continuously sustained by a unit or equipment that generates electricity without the use of duct burners, at a temperature of 15˚C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa), expressed in MW of electricity, as most recently reported to a provincial authority of competent jurisdiction or to the electric system operator in the province where the unit or equipment is located, or

    • Marginal note:Incorporation by reference

      (2) Unless otherwise indicated, a reference to any document incorporated by reference into these Regulations, except the ISO Standard 14065, the GHGRP and the 2020 GHGRP, is incorporated as amended from time to time.

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  5. Output-Based Pricing System Regulations - SOR/2019-266 (SCHEDULE 1 : Industrial Activities and Output-based Standards)
    Output-Based Pricing System Regulations

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    TABLE

    Item Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4
    Industrial Activity Units of Measurement Output-based standard (CO2e tonnes/unit of measurement) Applicable Part of Schedule 3
    13 Production of grain ethanol for use as fuel and secondary production of ethanol for industrial use
    • (a) ethanol to be used as fuel

    kilolitres of absolute ethanol 0.321 Part 13
    16 Production of nylon 6 or nylon 6,6, as the case may be
    30 Industrial processing of potatoes for human or animal consumption Tonnes of potatoes used as raw material 0.0995 Part 30
    31 Industrial processing of oilseeds for human or animal consumption Tonnes of oilseed used as raw material 0.0481 Part 31
    33 Processing of corn through wet milling Tonnes of corn used as raw material 0.0991 Part 33

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