British Columbia Order in Council — Amendment to Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation (O.C. 301/2024)

O.C. 301/2024

British Columbia — Orders in Council

PROVINCE OF BRITISH COLUMBIA ORDER OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR IN COUNCIL Order in Council No. , Approved and Ordered Lieutenant Governor Executive Council Chambers, Victoria 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 Reduc tion (Clean Energy) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 102/2012, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule. Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation Presiding Member of the Executive Council (This

part is for administrative purposes only and is not part of the Order.) Authority under which Order is made: Act and section: Clean Energy Act, S.B.C. 2010, c. 22, s. 35 (

n) Other: O.C. 295/2012 R10762002 June 10, 2024

SCHEDULE Section 2 (2) (

c) of the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation, B.C. Reg. 102/2012, is amended by striking out “During” and substituting “during”. 2 The following

section is added: Prescribed undertaking – electricity purchases for non-integrated areas 3.1

(1) In this section: “microgrid” means an electricity generation, storage and distribution system owned and operated by the authority for a non-integrated area; “non-integrated area” means any of the following: (

a) Ah-Sin-Heek (Bella Coola); (

b) Anahim Lake; (

c) Atlin; (

d) Bella Bella; (

e) Dease Lake; (

f) Ehthlateese; (

g) Good Hope Lake; (

h) Hartley Bay; (

i) Kwadacha; (

j) Masset; (

k) Sandspit; (

l) Telegraph Creek; (

m) Toad River; (

n) Tsay Keh Dene.

(2) A public utility’s undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of

section of the Act: (

a) the public utility, on or before Decemb er 31, 2029, enters into a contract to purchase electricity; (

b) the electricity referred to in paragraph (

a) is (

i) produced, at a facility that begi ns operating on or after January 1, 2024, using a clean or renewable resource as defined in the Act, and (ii) used to provide service to a non-integrated area; (

c) if the public utility reasonably expects that upgrades are necessary to enable distribution of the electricity referred to in paragraph (

a) in a microgrid, the public utility constructs and operates those upgrades. 3 Sections 4 (2), 5 (2) and (3), 5.1 (2) and (3), 5.2 (2), 6, 7 (2) and 8 (1) are amended by striking out “a class defined” wherever it appears and substituting “the class defined”.

Document details

Collection	British Columbia — Orders in Council
Citation	O.C. 301/2024
Type	order_in_council
Volume / chapter	arc oic 0301 2024
Language	en
Format	pdf
Source	PROVINCIAL
Identifier	8861d3b3dbd5959deda5d1743f051b4f6c850347

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