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Volume 53, No. 25

B.C. Reg. 376/2010

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

December 28, 2010

B.C. Reg. 376/2010 , deposited December 20, 2010, pursuant to the MISCELLANEOUS STATUTES AMENDMENT ACT (No. 3), 2010 [Sections 76 and 81] and the GREENHOUSE GAS REDUCTION (CAP AND TRADE) ACT [Sections 38, 39, 44 and 45]. Order in Council 849/2010, approved and ordered December 17, 2010.

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor, by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council, orders that

(

a) sections 76 (

a) and (

b) and 81 (

d) of the Miscellaneous Statutes Amendment Act (No. 3), 2010 , S.B.C. 2010, c. 21, are brought into force, and

(

b) the Reporting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 272/2009, is amended as set out in the attached Schedule.

— M. COELL, Minister of Environment ; S. BOND, Presiding Member of the Executive Council .

Schedule

Section 1 (1) of the Reporting Regulation, B.C. Reg. 272/2009, is amended

(

a) in the definition of " facility " by striking out " and " at the end of paragraph (

b) and by adding the following paragraph:

(b.1) storage of petroleum products at a terminal that receives petroleum products from a facility, if the terminal is adjacent to a site or sites referred to in paragraph (a) (

i) and managed or controlled by the person referred to in paragraph (a) (ii), and , and

(

b) by adding the following

definitions:

"Canadian entitlement power" means imported electricity that is a downstream power benefit to which Canada is entitled as described in Articles V (1) and VII of the Columbia River Treaty and determined in accordance with that Treaty;

"Columbia River Treaty" means the treaty between Canada and the United States of America relating to the Cooperative Development of the Water Resources of the Columbia River Basin, including its Annexes A and B, signed at Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America on the 17th day of January, 1961, and the Protocol brought into force by the exchange of instruments of ratification and an exchange of notes on September 16, 1964;

"electricity import operation" means the business of importing electricity at the time when it is delivered to the first point of delivery in British Columbia;

"final point of delivery" means the last point of delivery for a given electricity transaction as recorded on the NERC E-tag for that transaction;

"imported electricity" means electricity, not generated in a jurisdiction with a cap and trade program approved by the minister, delivered from outside British Columbia to a point of delivery in British Columbia, including electricity imported under an exchange program or swap, but not including electricity that

(

a) has a final point of delivery outside British Columbia, or

(

b) is owned by the Yukon Electrical Company Limited at the time of import, if the final point of delivery in British Columbia is not connected to the North American electrical transmission grid;

"NERC E-tag" means the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) energy tag representing transactions on the North American bulk electricity market scheduled to flow between or across balancing authority areas;

"parent company" means a corporation, wherever and however incorporated, that is a holding corporation as defined in the Business Corporations Act ;

"plant information

summary" means the plant information table included in the Final Default Emissions Factor Calculator most recently published by the Western Climate Initiative;

"point of delivery" means a point on an electricity transmission or distribution system where a power supplier delivers electricity to the receiver of that energy, and includes an interconnection with another system or a substation where the transmission provider's transmission and distribution systems are connected to another system;

"power contract" means an arrangement for the purchase of electricity, including, without limitation, power purchase agreements and tariff provisions;

"reporting-only emissions" means carbon dioxide from biomass listed in

Schedule C and greenhouse gas emissions from source types listed in items 2 and 25 of Table 1 of

Schedule A;

"specified power" means imported electricity that the electricity import operation can identify as being generated at an electricity generating facility or sub-facility due to

(

a) the operation's control by the owner of the facility or sub-facility,

(

b) the identification of the facility or sub-facility in the power contract under which the electricity was imported

but does not include Canadian entitlement power;

"sub-facility" means any electrical generating unit or group of electrical generating units within a facility;

"unspecified power" means imported electricity, other than Canadian entitlement power, that is not specified power.

2 The following

section is added:

Effect of amendments

1.1 Unless otherwise indicated in this regulation, amendments to the regulation or to the WCI standards incorporated by reference in this regulation apply to the reporting period immediately following that in which the amendment was made.

Section 2 (2) (

a) is amended by adding " , other than an activity listed in item 2 of Table 1 " after "

Schedule A ".

Section 2 is amended

(

a) in subsection (3) by striking out " single site operation or a linear facility operation " and substituting " single facility operation or a linear facilities operation ", and

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(4) For the purposes of the definition of "attributable" in the Act, the greenhouse gas emissions attributable to an electricity import operation are the emissions associated with production of the electricity imported by the operator of the electricity import operation, as determined using the applicable methodologies set out in

Schedule D.

Section 3 (2) and (3) are repealed and the following substituted:

(2) This regulation does not apply to a public sector organization, as defined in the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act , other than the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and any of its subsidiaries to the extent set out in subsection (3).

(3) This regulation applies to the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority and its subsidiaries only in respect of attributable greenhouse gas emissions from electricity generating facilities, electricity transmission facilities or electricity import operations.

Section 6 (1) is repealed and the following is substituted:

(1) For the purposes of the definition of "reporting operation" in the Act,

(

a) an operation is a reporting operation for a reporting period if the operation is

(

i) a single facility operation, or

(ii) a linear facilities operation

that, during the reporting period, has a total amount of attributable greenhouse gas emissions that is greater than or equal to 10 000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, not including carbon dioxide produced from biomass listed in

Schedule C, and

(

b) an electricity import operation is a reporting operation.

Section 9 is amended

(

a) in subsection (1) by striking out " or linear facility operation " and substituting " or linear facilities operation ",

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(2.1) The operator of an electricity import operation that has not previously submitted an emission report respecting the operator's operation must register

(

a) by March 31, 2011, or

(

b) if operation begins after January 1, 2011, within 90 days of the day the operation begins.

(

c) in subsection (3) by repealing paragraphs (

a) to (

c) and substituting the following:

(

a) the legal name and head office mailing address of each operator of a reporting operation;

(a.1) a statement specifying whether the reporting operation is a single facility operation, linear facility operation or an electricity import operation;

(

b) the trade name, if any, associated with the reporting operation;

(

c) in the case of a single facility operation, the name, street address and geographic coordinates of the facility;

(c.1) in the case of a linear facilities operation, the name, street address and geographic coordinates of each facility within the operation that has attributable greenhouse gas emissions during the reporting period of 10 000 tonnes or more carbon dioxide equivalent, not including carbon dioxide produced from biomass listed in

Schedule C; , and

(

d) in subsection (4) by adding " if the operation is a single facility operation or a linear facilities operation, " after " referred to in subsection (3), ".

Section 12 is amended

(

a) by renumbering subsection (1) as (1.1),

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(1) In this

section "process flow diagram" means a diagram that indicates in reasonable schematic detail the processes that cause emissions occurring at

(

a) the facility, in the case of a single facility operation, or

(

b) the facilities, in the case of a linear facilities operation,

and indicates the sources of those emissions over 100 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and the sources of emissions from a single type of source that cumulatively exceed 250 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent. ,

(

c) by repealing subsection (1.1) (

a) and substituting the following:

(

a) the trade name, if any, associated with the reporting operation; ,

(

d) in subsection (1.1) (

b) by striking out " the name " and substituting " the legal name ",

(

e) in subsection (1.1) (d)

(

i) by renumbering subparagraph (

i) as (i.1) and adding the following subparagraph

(

i) the name of the facility; , and

(ii) by striking out " and " at the end of subparagraph (ii), by adding " and " at the end of subparagraph (iii) and by adding the following:

(iv) for the 2012 and subsequent reporting periods, a process flow diagram; ,

(

f) by repealing subsection (1.1) (

e) and substituting the following:

(

e) in the case of a linear facilities operation, for the 2012 and subsequent reporting periods, a process flow diagram; ,

(

g) by repealing subsection (1.1) (

f) and substituting the following:

(

f) if the facility is a single facility operation or a linear facilities operation, the NAICS codes of the reporting operation; ,

(

h) in subsection (1.1) by adding the following paragraph:

(f.1) the business number, as defined in the Income Tax Act (Canada), and Dun and Bradstreet (D-U-N-

S) number of the operator of the reporting operation; ,

(

i) by repealing subsection (1.1) (

i) and substituting the following:

(

i) if the facility is a single facility operation or a linear facilities operation, the current permit numbers of the reporting operation issued under

section 14 of the Environmental Management Act , if any; ,

(

j) by repealing subsection (1.1) (

j) and substituting the following:

(

j) if the facility is a single facility operation or a linear facilities operation, the total carbon dioxide in tonnes captured for

(

i) on-site use,

(ii) on-site storage, or

(iii) transferred off-site

that are from the reporting operation during the reporting period; ,

(

k) by repealing subsection (1.1) (

n) and substituting the following:

(

n) if the facility is a single facility operation or a linear facilities operation, the information required under

section 16 [reporting emissions before 2010] ;

(

l) in subsection (2) by striking out " in subsection (3), every reporting " and substituting " in subsection (3) and an electricity import operation, every reporting "

(

m) in subsection (2) (

f) by striking out " 13 (4) " and substituting " 13 (5) ",

(

n) by adding the following subsection:

(2.1) The operator of an electricity import operation must include the following additional information in the emissions report

(

a) the total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the operation during the reporting period;

(

b) the information referred to in

section 5 of

Schedule D.

(

o) in subsection (3) by adding " other than an electricity import operation " after " In the case of a reporting operation ", and

(

p) in subsection (4) (

d) by striking out " subsection (2) (a), (

b) and (c) " and substituting " subsections (1) (

d) and (2) (a), (

b) and (c) " .

Section 13 is amended

(

a) by adding the following subsections:

(2.1) An electricity import operation must quantify emissions

(

a) of specified power as specified in

section 2 of

Schedule D, and

(

b) of unspecified power as specified in

section 3 of

Schedule D.

(2.2) Subsections (2), (3), (4), (5) and (5.1) do not apply to electricity import operations.

(

b) in subsection (4) by striking out " using methodologies " and substituting " using a replacement methodology ", in paragraph (

a) by striking out " alternative methodologies " and substituting " replacement methodologies " and in paragraph (

b) by striking out " alternative methodology " and substituting " replacement methodology ",

(

c) by adding the following subsection:

(5.1) If, as a result of an amendment to column 5 of the tables in

Schedule A, or an amendment to the standard referenced in column 5 of the tables, an operator would otherwise be required during a reporting period to use a methodology for measuring a parameter that the operator was not required to use in the previous reporting period, the operator may, for the first reporting period during which the methodology is otherwise required, use an alternative measurement methodology inconsistent with the methodology that is otherwise required if

(

a) it is not practicable to use the specified parameter measurement methodology because the operator has not been able to establish systems necessary to use that methodology within the time necessary to use the methodology for the reporting period,

(

b) the alternative parameter measurement methodology is as accurate as is practicable, and

(

c) for an alternative parameter measurement methodology used after March 31 of the reporting period, the methodology has been approved by the director. ,

(

d) in subsection (6) by striking out " subsection (5) (c) " and substituting " subsection (5) (

c) or (5.1) (c) " and by striking out " February 1, 2010 " and substituting " February 1 of the reporting period ",

(

e) in subsection (7) (

a) by striking out " subsection (5) (c) " and substituting " subsection (5) (

c) or (5.1) (c) ", and

(

f) in subsection (8) by striking out " March 3, 2010 ", and substituting " March 3 of the reporting period ".

Section 14 is amended

(

a) in subsection (3) (

b) by striking out " alternative methodologies " in both places and substituting " replacement methodologies ", and

(

b) by repealing subsection (4) and substituting the following:

(2.1) If, in circumstances authorized by this regulation, the operator has the option to choose between 2 or more direct measurement methodologies to quantify greenhouse gas emissions, the operator must continue to use the chosen methodology for all future emissions reports unless

(

a) a change in methodology is approved in advance by the director,

(

b) the change in methodology is to a higher numerically rated calculation method,

(

c) the change in methodology is to a more accurate calculation method, or

(

d) the applicable greenhouse gas emissions are less than the lower of

(i) 20 000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, or

(ii) 3% of the total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the reporting operation during the reporting period, not including carbon dioxide produced from biomass listed in

Schedule C.

(3.1) For greater certainty, subsection (2.1) does not apply to an operator that, in respect of a previous reporting period or portion of a reporting period, had the option to choose between 2 or more direct measurement methodologies to quantify greenhouse gas emissions, but no longer has that option because

(

a) of the adoption of, or a change in, the methodologies specified for that source type in a code, standard or rule referred to in column 5 of Table 1 or 2 of

Schedule A,

(

b) the emissions exceed the threshold for use of replacement methodologies under

section 13 (4) (a) [methodologies for quantifying greenhouse gas emissions] , or

(

c) an alternative parameter measurement methodology May no longer be used under

section 13 (5).

(4) An operator of a reporting operation previously operated by another operator must use the methodology chosen by the previous operator

(

a) under subsection (2), unless paragraph (

a) or (

b) of that subsection applies, or

(

b) under subsection (2.1), unless paragraph (a), (b), (

c) or (

d) of that subsection applies.

Section 16 (1) is amended by adding " a single facility operation or a linear facilities operation that is " after " The operator of ".

Section 17 is amended

(

a) in subsection (2) (

a) by striking out " subsection " and substituting "

section ", and

(

b) by adding the following subsections:

(3) Subject to subsection (4), a supplementary report is not required to be submitted under

section 4 (2) [emissions reports] of the Act in relation to inaccuracies, omissions or changes if the difference between

(

a) the total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the reporting operation during a reporting period, not including reporting-only emissions, as reported in the most recent emissions report for the same reporting period, and

(

b) the total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the reporting operation during that reporting period, not including reporting-only emissions, calculated in accordance with this regulation,

does not exceed the lesser of 1% or 1000 tonnes of total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the reporting operation during the reporting period, not including reporting-only emissions, as reported in the emissions report referred to in paragraph (a).

(4) A supplementary report is required to be submitted under

section 4 (2) [emissions reports] of the Act if

(

a) an inaccuracy, omission or change increases the total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the reporting operation during that reporting period to an amount that is greater than or equal to 25 000 metric tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, not including reporting-only emissions, or

(

b) the total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the reporting operation

(

i) from reporting-only emissions, as reported in the most recent emissions report for the same reporting period, and

(ii) from the combination of reporting-only emissions, calculated in accordance with this regulation,

exceed the lesser of 3% or 3000 tonnes of the total greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the reporting operation during the reporting period as reported in the emissions report referred to in paragraph (a).

Section 18 is amended

(

a) in paragraph (

b) of the definition of " verification body " by adding " as a verification body " after " accredited ", and

(

b) by repealing the definition of " verifier " and substituting the following:

"verifier" means an individual employed or contracted by a verification body, or by a subcontractor of a verification body, for the purpose of conducting a verification.

Section 19 is amended

(

a) in subsections (1) and (2) by striking out " emission report " and substituting " emissions report ", and

(

b) in subsection (1) by striking out " carbon dioxide from biomass listed in

Schedule C " and substituting " reporting-only emissions ".

Section 23 is amended

(

a) by repealing subsection (2) (

d) and substituting the following:

(

d) one or more site visits as described in subsection (3); , and

(

b) by adding the following subsection:

(3) Site visits required under subsection (2) (

d) must comply with the following:

(

a) for a single facility operation, a visit to the facility;

(

b) for a linear facilities operation, at least one site visit must be made to each individual facility within a reporting operation where emissions exceed 25 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent;

(

c) for both single facility operations and linear facilities operations, at least one site visit must be made to the head office, regional office or other location of central data management, if different from the facilities visited under paragraph (

a) or (b);

(

d) for a linear facilities operation, additional site visits must be made to sources within the operation if necessary to provide a reasonable level of assurance that the emissions report is materially correct.

Section 25 (

b) is amended

(

a) by striking out " verification team " and substituting " verification body ",

(

b) by adding " not including reporting-only emissions " after " greenhouse gas emissions ", adding " related to attributable emissions other than reporting-only emissions " after " resulting from errors, omissions and misrepresentation " and adding " , not including reporting-only emissions " after " TRE = total reported emissions ".

Section 26 (2) is amended

(

a) by adding the following paragraph:

(b.1) the name, business email address and business telephone number of the verifiers who assisted the lead verifier in performing the verification; , and

(

b) by repealing paragraph (

j) and substituting the following:

(

j) a signed declaration by the lead verifier on behalf of the verification body that

(

i) the lead verifier represents an accredited verification body,

(ii) the evidence obtained during the verification is sufficient and appropriate to support the verification opinion,

(iii) the verification statement is true, accurate and complete, and

(iv) the verification work documented in the statement was conducted in accordance with this regulation; .

Section 28 (1) is amended by adding the following paragraph:

(

l) for electricity import operations, NERC E-tags, power contracts, settlements data, and all other information needed to confirm the transactions and emissions.

Section 1 of

Schedule A is amended

(

a) in the definition of " general stationary combustion " by adding " , compressors " after "mobile crude oil", and by adding the following paragraph:

(

e) combustion by construction related equipment temporarily used at a construction site"; ,

(

b) in paragraph (

a) of the definition of " oil and gas extraction and gas processing activities " by striking out " associated pipelines and pumping stations " and substituting " associated pipelines, storage facilities and pumping stations ", and

(

c) in the definition of " oil transmission " by striking out " associated with the pipeline " and substituting " that are managed or controlled by the operator of the pipeline ".

Schedule A is amended in Table 1 — Single Facility Operations

(

a) in column 5 by striking out " Refer to Methodology Manual " for each of the following items and substituting the following:

Item

Column 5

WCI.280 2

WCI.080 2

Refer to Methodology Manual

or use WCI.250 2 for the 2010 reporting period

and WCI.250 2 after that

WCI.260 2

WCI.110 2

WCI.270 2

WCI.140 2

WCI.160 2

WCI.290 2

WCI.310 2

WCI.340 2

WCI.240 2

(

b) in item 2, column 2, by striking out " 3 to 24 " and substituting " 3 to 26 ",

(

c) in items 6 and 7, column 4, by striking out " Carbon dioxide from non-biomass ",

(

d) in item 9, column 5, by striking out " WCI.040 " and substituting " WCI.040 for source types set out in paragraphs (

a) to (d) " and by striking out " Refer to Methodology Manual for emissions from electrical equipment " and substituting " WCI.230 for source types set out in paragraph (e) ",

(

e) in item 14

(

i) in column 3, by striking out " Emissions from the anaerobic or aerobic digestions of wastewater " and substituting the following:

(

a) Emissions from the anaerobic or aerobic digestion of wastewater

(

b) Emissions from oil-water separators

, and

(ii) in column 4, by striking out " Carbon dioxide from biomass listed in

Schedule C " and " Carbon dioxide from biomass not listed in

Schedule C ",

(

f) in item 19 by adding the following to column 3 and column 4:

Column 3

Column 4

(

d) Petrochemical related process emissions from ethylene production

Carbon dioxide from non-biomass Methane Nitrous oxide

(

g) in item 20 by striking out " emissions " opposite source type (

c) and " Methane " and " Nitrous Oxide " opposite source type (e),

(

h) by adding the following items:

Coal mining from open pit mines

Emissions from coal when broken or exposed to the atmosphere during mining

Methane

Storage of petroleum products, excluding storage that is part of an activity listed in column 2 of Table 2

Emissions from above ground storage tanks

Methane

WCI.200

Section 203 (f)

(

i) by adding the following footnote after footnote 1:

2 If the applicable WCI methodology is not published, an operator May use methodologies specified for that source type in the Methodology Manual.

Schedule A is amended in Table 2 — Linear Facilities Operations

(

a) in column 5 by striking out " Refer to Methodology Manual " for each of the following items and substituting the following:

Item

Column 5

WCI.360 1

WCI.230 1

WCI.3501

WCI.360 1

WCI.350 1

(

b) by adding the following footnote after footnote 1:

2 If the applicable WCI methodology is not published, an operator May use methodologies specified for that source type in the Methodology Manual.

Schedule B is amended

(

a) in item 2, column 3, by adding " Table 1, Row 25 " and " Table 1, Row 26 ", and

(

b) in item 3, column 3, by adding " Table 1, Row 19 (d) ".

Schedule C is amended in item 1, paragraph (b), by adding " , red liquor " after " wood-derived fuel ".

24 The following

Schedule is added:

Schedule D — Electricity Import Operation Methodologies,

Additional Information and Instrumentation

Definitions

1 In this Schedule:

"balancing authority" means a responsible entity that integrates resource plans ahead of time, maintains load-interchange-generation balance within a balancing authority area, and supports interconnection frequency in real time;

"balancing authority area" means the collection of generation, transmission, and loads within the metered boundaries of a balancing authority;

"default emissions factor" means

(

a) for an unspecified source that is located in a jurisdiction listed in the most recent Western Climate Initiative's published Default Emissions Factor Calculator, DEF Calculator Page, the figure in the Grand Total column of that page in the sum of emission factor rows for that jurisdiction, or

(

b) if paragraph (

a) does not apply, an emissions factor approved by the director;

"electricity transaction" means the purchase, sale, import, export or exchange of electric power;

"electricity wheeled through British Columbia" means electricity that is imported into British Columbia but is simultaneously exported out of British Columbia;

"exchange agreement" means a commitment between electricity market participants to swap energy for energy;

"specified source" , in relation to an electricity transaction, means

(

a) if

(

i) the transaction identifies a sub-facility, or unit within a sub-facility, as the source of the electricity, and

(ii) the Plant Information

Summary identifies emissions and net generation for that sub-facility,

the sub-facility identified as the source of the electricity, and

(

b) if paragraph (

a) does not apply, the facility identified in the transaction as the source of the electricity;

"unspecified source" means the pool, balancing authority or other source of electricity that is identified in the NERC E-tag as the source of unspecified power.

Calculation of emissions from specified sources

2 The emissions reported under

section 4 (a) (vi) of this

Schedule must be calculated using the following methodology:

CO 2 = MWhimp x Applicable Factor

where

CO 2

the amount reported under

section 4 (a) (

v) of this

Schedule measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent;

MWhimp

megawatt-hours of electricity imported from the specified source as measured at the first point of delivery in British Columbia;

Applicable Factor

in relation to

(

a) a specified source listed in the Plant Information

Summary, the amount derived by dividing emissions in the metric tonnes column of the Plant Information

Summary by net generation for the unit or facility as specified in the net generation column of the Plant Information

Summary, and

(

b) a specified source not listed in the Plant Information

Summary, one of the following:

(

i) if the specified source is a wind, solar, hydro or nuclear facility, zero;

(ii)

if subparagraph (

i) does not apply, 0.435 Mt CO 2 e per MWh or such other amount approved by the Director.

Calculation of emissions from unspecified sources

3 The emissions reported under

section 12 (2.1) (c) (iv) of the Reporting Regulation must be calculated by multiplying the reported quantities of imported electricity from each balancing authority area, by the appropriate default emission factor according to the following equation:

CO 2 = MWh x DEF

where

CO 2

Annual CO 2 mass emissions for imported electricity from the unspecified source (tonnes);

MWh

Megawatt-hours of electricity imported from the balancing authority area;

DEF

The default emission factor corresponding to the balancing authority area in which the unspecified source is located

Reporting requirements

4 For the purpose of preparing and reporting emissions and electricity transactions, electricity import operators must do the following:

(

a) for each specified source of electricity imported by the electricity import operation during the reporting period:

(

i) if the specified source is a facility, the name of that facility;

(ii) if the specified source is a sub-facility, the name of the facility which includes the specified source;

(iii) the ID provided in the Plant Information

Summary for the facility referred to in subparagraph (

i) or (ii), if any;

(iv) if the specified source is a sub-facility, the sub-facility ID identified for that sub-facility in the Plant Information

Summary;

(

v) for imported electricity generated by the specified source and imported by the reporting operation during the reporting period, amounts of such electricity as measured at the first point of delivery in British Columbia;

(vi) the amount of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the electricity importing operation associated with the production of electricity referred to in subparagraph (v);

(

b) for each unspecified source of electricity imported by the electricity import operation during the reporting period:

(

i) the name of unspecified source;

(ii) the amount of electricity imported as measured at the first point of delivery, measured in megawatt hours;

(iii) the amount of greenhouse gas emissions attributable to the electricity importing operation associated with the production of electricity referred to in subparagraph (ii).

(

c) electricity wheeled through British Columbia in the reporting period, that is owned by the electricity import operation at the first point of delivery in British Columbia, in megawatt hours;

(

d) identification of whether a specified source referred to in paragraph (

b) is a hydroelectric generating facility with nameplate capacity of greater than 30 MW that was operational before January 1, 2008 or a nuclear facility that was operational before January 1, 2008;

(

e) for each specified source referred to in paragraph (

d) a disaggregation of the information required in paragraph (

a) according to whether the electricity transaction under which the electricity was imported was

(

i) electricity purchased with a contract in effect prior to January 1, 2008 that remains in effect or has been renegotiated within one year of contract expiration for the same facility for the same share or quantity of net generation from the specified source,

(ii) electricity purchased other than as described in subparagraph (

i) that is not associated with an increase in the facility's generating capacity,

(iii) electricity purchased other than as described in subparagraph (

i) that is associated with an increase in the facility's generating capacity due to increased efficiencies or other capacity increasing actions, or

(iv) electricity purchased other than as described in subparagraph (

i) from hydroelectric generating facilities during a "spill or sell" situation in which power not purchased is lost.

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