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);

  GWP_j

  is the global warming potential of the GHG type “j” applicable to the compliance period and, if it is used to determine the quantities referred to in the descriptions of A, C and F in subsection 37(1), for the reference year “i”, the global warming potential applicable to the compliance period in respect of which the output-based standard is being calculated;

  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:Emission factors — details

  (4.1) For the purposes of subsection (2), if the quantities of the GHGs are calculated in accordance with the GHGRP 2.A or 2.B, the emission factor tables set out in that method are replaced by those set out in the 2020 GHGRP.

• 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.