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Reporting Regulation – Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act

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Regulatory Amendment

Amendments to the Reporting Regulation have been made that come into effect for 2011 calendar year emissions reports (as reported by March 31, 2012) and include:

  • Imported electricity is included under the Reporting Regulation
    • A third class of reporting operation – "electricity import operation" – is created
    • No reporting threshold, 25,000 tonne verification threshold
    • Imported electricity is either specified and unspecified power
    • Incorporates a version of the WCI.060 quantification method directly into Schedule D (and elsewhere) of the regulation.
    • Consequential additions to data to be reported, registration, etc. sections of the regulation
  • A reporting-only class of emissions is created
    • Currently includes mobile equipment, above ground coal mine fugitive emissions, and CO2 from Schedule C biomass
    • Reporting only emissions do not count to the quantitative verification threshold
    • A different supplementary report threshold applies for reporting only sources
    • Reporting only emissions to not count to the quantitative materiality threshold
  • Extension of the alternative parameter measurement clause into the future for where a quantification method is new or has been substantially modified
  • Addition of above-ground coal mine fugitive emissions as an attributable activity (quantification method is choice of the reporting operation)
  • General regulatory updates and improvements
    • Improvements in language clarity (e.g. trade name vs. legal name vs. name)
    • "Alternative methodologies" changed to read "replacement methodologies"
    • Further requirements added to ensure that changes between methods on the part of a reporting operation improve emissions estimates
    • Exempting immaterial changes for non-reporting only (the lessor of 1% or 1000 tonnes) and reporting-only (the lessor of 3% or 3000 tonnes) sources from supplementary reporting requirements
    • Handling of terminals/storage tanks is clarified.
    • Additions of red liquor to Schedule C biomass list
    • Update of quantification method references to incorporate new and revised WCI quantification methods (PDF/17 MB)
  • Data to be Reported
    • Addition of Income Tax Act business number and DUNS and Bradstreet Number to report contents section
    • Starting in 2012, a process flow diagram must be provided with the report. 
    • The map of linear facilities operations has been removed.
    • Disaggregation of detail to be reported for carbon dioxide transfer added
  • General verification updates and improvements
    • Oversight of verification bodies
    • Verifier independence
    • Clarification of site visit requirements for linear facilities operations
    • Verification statement contents

Additional updates may be proposed based on the proposed Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Cap and Trade) Act Emissions Trading Regulation and/or Offsets Regulation at the same time these regulations are brought forward:

  • Further reporting only sources (i.e. those that would not hold a cap and trade allowance obligation)
  • Handling of the transfer of carbon dioxide
  • Further additions to the Schedule C biomass list
  • Clarification of the operator and operator’s representative
  • Additional verification and compliance amendments