ENBRIDGE GAS ESTIMATED OBPS COMPLIANCE OBLIGATION
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On October 31, 2018 the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Information Production Order
(the “Order”) was published in Canada Gazette II.1 On December 20, 2018, ECCC released the Regulatory Proposal for the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations under the Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act (the “Regulatory Proposal”).2 On June 28, 2019, the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations (the “OBPS regulations”) were published in Canada Gazette II.3 Based on OBPS regulations, the annual compliance obligation under OBPS is calculated as follows:
Compliance Obligation (tCO2e) =
Annual Facility Emissions – Annual Facility Emissions LimitWhere:
Annual Facility Emissions (tCO2e) =
Total Annual Facility Emissions4 (Gas Transmission pipeline system)Annual Facility Emissions Limit (tCO2e) =
OBS (tCO2e/production units) × Annual Production (production units) -
For forecasting purposes, the annual facility emissions limit was calculated by using ECCC’s Output-Based Standard (“OBS”) for the natural gas transmission sector of
1 SOR/2018-214 available at http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2018/2018-10-31/html/sor-dors214-eng.html , as amended on December 20, 2018 by SOR/2018-277 available at http://gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2018/2018- 12-20-x2/html/sor-dors277-eng.html
2 Available at https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/eccc/documents/pdf/climate-change/pricing- pollution/obps-regulatory-proposal-en.pdf
3 SOR/2019-266 available at http://www.gazette.gc.ca/rp-pr/p2/2019/2019-07-10/html/sor-dors266- eng.html
4 Excluding emissions covered by ECCC’s Regulations Respecting Reduction in the Release of Methane and Certain Volatile Organic Compounds (Upstream Oil and Gas Sector).