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Volume 60, No. 5

114/2017

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

March 28, 2017

B.C. Reg. 114/2017 , deposited March 22, 2017, under the CLEAN ENERGY ACT [section 35]. Order in Council 161/2017, approved and ordered March 21, 2017.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with

the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that the Greenhouse Gas Reduction

(Clean Energy) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 102/2012, is amended as set out in the attached

Schedule.

— W. R. BENNETT, Minister of Energy and Mines and Minister Responsible for Core Review ; M. STILWELL, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 1 of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 102/2012,

is amended by adding the following

definitions:

“non-bypass customer” means a customer of a public utility that receives service under a rate that is not

specific to the customer;

“shore-side asset” means any of the following:

(

a) boil-off gas recovery equipment;

(

b) an LNG cryogenic loading manifold;

(

c) an LNG cryogenic pipeline and vessel loading berth;

(

d) an LNG cryogenic storage tank;

(

e) an LNG measurement apparatus; .

Section 2 (0.1) is amended in the table in the definition of “early adopter vehicle or machine” by striking out the row in relation to “ Shipping, passenger transportation or commercial services by marine vehicle that

will use fuel purchased from a public utility ” and substituting the following:

Column 1

Market Segment

Column 2

Contracted Demand

(GJ)

Column 3

Number of Persons

who Receive Grants

or Zero-Interest Loans

Shipping, passenger transportation or commercial services by marine vehicle that

will use fuel purchased from a public utility

10 million

Section 2 (1) is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

b) by striking out “ in a year ” and substituting “ in any year ”, and

(

b) in paragraph (

c) by striking out “ $107.9 million ” and substituting “ $177.9 million ”.

Section 2 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(1.4) Despite subsection (1) (c), the total expenditures referred to in that subsection

may exceed $177.9 million by $40 million if the $40 million is for expenditures in

relation to eligible vehicles or machines operated on liquefied natural gas or compressed

natural gas all of which is derived from biogas or biomass.

Section 2 (3) is amended

(

a) by repealing paragraph (

a) and substituting the following:

(

a) the public utility, before March 31, 2022, enters into a binding commitment

to construct and operate, or purchase and operate, one or more of the following:

(

i) one or more liquefied natural gas tank trailers or liquefied natural gas fuelling

stations for the purposes of providing within British Columbia liquefied natural gas

fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on liquefied natural

gas;

(ii) one or more tanker truck load-outs for the purposes of providing within British

Columbia liquefied natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that

operate on liquefied natural gas or to owners or operators of marine vehicles that

operate on liquefied natural gas; ,

(

b) in paragraph (

b) by striking out “ $30.5 million, ” and substituting “ $50.5 million, ”, and

(

c) in paragraph (b) (ii) by striking out “ $5.5 million ” and substituting “ $10 million ”.

Section 2 (3.1) is amended by striking out “ Subject to subsection 3.3, a public utility’s ” and substituting “ A public utility’s ”.

Section 2 (3.4) is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

a) by striking out everything after subparagraph (ii) and substituting

the following:

LNG distribution and storage infrastructure, other than liquefied natural gas fuelling

stations, in British Columbia, including LNG rail tank cars, ISO containers and shoreside

assets, for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions; , and

(

b) in paragraph (

b) by striking out “ $15 million ” and substituting “ $40 million ”.

Section 2 is amended by adding the following subsections:

(3.5) A public utility’s undertaking that is in the class defined in subsection

(3.6) is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of

section 18 of the Act.

(3.6) The public utility, during the undertaking period, expends amounts on feasibility

and development costs in relation to shore-side assets that do not exceed $5 million.

(3.7) A public utility’s undertaking that is in the class defined in subsection

(3.8) is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of

section 18 of the Act.

(3.8) The public utility acquires renewable natural gas

(

a) for which the public utility pays no more than $30 per GJ, and

(

b) that, subject to subsection (3.9), in a calendar year, does not exceed 5%

of the total volume of natural gas provided by the public utility to its non-bypass

customers in 2015.

(3.9) The volume referred to in subsection (3.8) (

b) does not include renewable

natural gas acquired by the public utility that the public utility provides to a customer

in accordance with a rate under which the full cost of the following is recovered

from the customer:

(

a) the acquisition of the renewable natural gas;

(

b) the service related to the provision of the renewable natural gas.

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