Clean Electricity Regulations (SOR/2024-263)

Marginal note:Planned unit

3 A unit is planned if its commissioning date is within the period that begins on January 1, 2025 and ends on December 31, 2034 and if the Minister is satisfied that the unit is substantially the same on its commissioning date as the unit in relation to which the following criteria were met:

• (a) on or before December 31, 2025,

  • (i) all information required to initiate any impact assessment or environmental assessment required in relation to the unit under a federal or provincial law has been submitted to the relevant authority,

  • (ii) the proponent responsible for the development of the unit owns or has a lease for the land on which the unit is located,

  • (iii) all information required to initiate the process to obtain any permit required to begin construction at the site where the unit is located has been submitted to the relevant authority, and

  • (iv) contracts with a value of at least $10 million have been entered into for the purchase of any equipment referred to in the definition unit in subsection 2(1) for use in the unit; and

• (b) on or before December 31, 2027, construction has begun at the site where the unit is located.