- 5. Enbridge Gas’s total 2021 regulated volume forecast subject to the GGPPA is 18,227,952 103m3.2 This results in an associated forecast total 2021 cost of $1,420.03 million. The details of this volume forecast and associated cost are included at Exhibit B, Tab 1 for the EGD rate zone and at Exhibit B, Tab 2 for the Union rate zones.
FORECAST 2021 CUSTOMER VOLUME AND FEDERAL CARBON CHARGE COST
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6. Enbridge Gas’s total 2021 Customer Volume forecast subject to the Federal Carbon Charge is 18,060,106 103m3 for the period of April 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022.3 This results in an associated forecast 2021 Federal Carbon Charge cost of $1,414.11 million. This cost estimate is subject to change based on actual distribution volumes and is meant to be used for informational purposes only. Customers will be charged the Federal Carbon Charge rate monthly based on actual billed volumes.
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7. To estimate the Customer Volume forecast, Enbridge Gas excluded customer volumes exempt from Part 1 of the GGPPA, including customer volumes qualifying for exemption for non-covered activities,4 and OBPS-qualified customer volumes with emissions exceeding 10 ktCO2e.5 Enbridge Gas also excluded volumes delivered to downstream distributors, including those distributors that are out of
2 Total of regulated customer and facility-related volumes for the EGD rate zone and Union rate zones. Calculated as: Exhibit B, Tab 1, Schedule 1, Col. 3, Line 13 + Exhibit B, Tab 1, Schedule 2, Col. 1, Line 6 + Exhibit B, Tab 2, Schedule 1, Col. 3, Line 16 + Exhibit B, Tab 2, Schedule 2, Col. 1, Line 6.
3 Calculated as: Exhibit B, Tab 1, Schedule 1, Col. 3, Line 13 + Exhibit B, Tab 2, Schedule 1, Col. 3, Line 16.
4 Under the GGPPA, entities that use natural gas which is not put into a fuel system that produces heat or energy and those entities that use natural gas: (i) as a raw material in an industrial process that produces another fuel, substance, material or thing; or (ii) as a solvent or diluent in the production or transport of crude bitumen or another substance, material or thing, meet the definition of a non-covered activity and may be exempt from Part 1 of the GGPPA.
5 The 2021 Customer Volume forecast excludes customer volumes from mandatory and voluntary participants under the GGPPA that have registered under the OBPS.