Output-Based Pricing System Regulations

Marginal note:Total GHGs

• 17 (1) Subject to subsection (5) and section 18, the total quantity of GHGs from a covered facility other than an electricity generation facility, during a compliance period, expressed in CO₂e tonnes, is determined by the formula

  

  where

  E_j

  is the quantity of each GHG type “j” from the covered facility during a compliance period, for each specified emission type, determined in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) or section 19;

  GWP_j

  is the global warming potential of the GHG type “j”;

  i

  is the i^th specified emission type, where “i” goes from 1 to n and where n is the number of the facility’s specified emission types; and

  j

  is the j^th GHG type, where “j” goes from 1 to m and where m is the number of greenhouse gases.

• Marginal note:Quantity of each GHG

  (2) The quantity of a GHG type “j” from a covered facility during a compliance period for a specified emission type “i” is the sum of the following quantities:

  • (a) in the case of a GHG from industrial activities set out in items 1 to 37, column 1, of Schedule 1 and also set out in column 2 of the table to the Part of Schedule 3 that is applicable to those industrial activities, from a specified emission type set out in column 1 of that table, the quantities of that GHG calculated in accordance with the requirements of the methods set out in column 3 of that table for that emission type and GHG;

  • (b) in the case of a GHG from those industrial activities but not set out in column 2 of the table to the part of Schedule 3 that applies to those activities or from a specified emission type not set out in column 1, the quantities of that GHG calculated in accordance with

    • (i) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the facility’s industrial activities, or

    • (ii) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in subparagraph (i) are not applicable; and

  • (c) in the case of a GHG from industrial activities not set out in column 1 of Schedule 1, the quantities of that GHG calculated in accordance with

    • (i) the GHGRP or the WCI Method, if those methods are applicable to the facility’s industrial activities, or

    • (ii) the IPCC Guidelines, if the methods referred to in subparagraph (i) are not applicable.

• Marginal note:Sampling, analysis and measurement requirements

  (3) The sampling, analysis and measurement requirements that apply are

  • (a) if a GHG is quantified in accordance with paragraph 2(a), the requirements set out in column 4 of the table to the applicable Part of Schedule 3 for the specified emission type set out in column 1 and the GHG set out in column 2; or

  • (b) if a GHG is quantified in accordance with paragraph 2(b) or (c), the requirements specified in the methods or guidelines used for the purposes of those paragraphs.

• Marginal note:Missing data

  (4) For the purposes of subsection (2), if, for any reason beyond the control of the person responsible for a covered facility, the data required to quantify the GHGs from a facility are missing for a given period of a compliance period, replacement data for the given period must be calculated in accordance with

  • (a) if a GHG is quantified in accordance with paragraph 2(a), the requirements set out in column 5 of the table to the applicable Part of Schedule 3 for the specified emission type in column 1 and the GHG set out in column 2; or

  • (b) if a GHG is quantified in accordance with paragraph 2(b) or (c), the requirements specified in the methods or guidelines used for the purposes of those paragraphs.

• Marginal note:Biomass — exclusion of CH₄ and N₂O

  (5) For the purposes of the determination made under subsection (1), the quantities of CH₄ and N₂O generated from stationary devices that combust biomass for the purpose of producing useful heat are subtracted from the quantities of CH₄ and N₂O calculated in accordance with subsections (2) to (4) for stationary fuel combustion emissions.