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Volume 66, No. 8

126/2023

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

May 23, including May 9, 2023

B.C. Reg. 126/2023 , deposited May 19, 2023, under the CLEAN ENERGY ACT [section 35]. Order in Council 309/2023, approved and ordered May 19, 2023.

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.

— J. OSBORNE, Minister of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation ; N. CULLEN, 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 definition:

"light-duty vehicle" means a vehicle with a manufacturer’s gross vehicle weight rating of 3 856 kg or less; .

2 The following

section is added:

Prescribed undertaking – zero-emission vehicle grants

5.2

(1) In this section:

"adjusted average price" , in relation to a fiscal year, means the product of

(a) 0.75, and

(

b) the average price of a credit transferred in the calendar year that ends on a date in the fiscal year, as published under

section 11.11 (5) (

b) of the Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements Regulation, B.C. Reg. 394/2008;

"credit" means a credit generated under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act ;

"government corporation" has the same meaning as in

section 1 of the Financial Administration Act ;

"motor vehicle liability policy" has the same meaning as in

section 1 of the Motor Vehicle Act ;

"specified credit" means a credit generated in relation to the supply of electricity

(

a) before January 1, 2022 to charge a vehicle at a residential building, or

(

b) on or after January 1, 2022 to charge a vehicle at a residential building that includes fewer than 5 dwelling units;

"zero-emission vehicle" has the same meaning as in

section 1 of the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act .

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

section 18 of the Act:

(

a) the public utility provides grants for the following who purchase or lease in British Columbia a new zero-emission vehicle that is a light-duty vehicle:

(

i) an individual who is resident in British Columbia;

(ii) a person, other than a person excluded under subsection (3), who operates in British Columbia, if the person

(

A) registers and licenses the vehicle in accordance with

section 3 (1) (

a) and (

b) of the Motor Vehicle Act , and

(

B) insures the vehicle under a motor vehicle liability policy that is valid for a period of 12 months beginning on the date the vehicle is delivered to the person and maintains that policy in force for that period;

(

b) expenditures on administration and marketing in relation to the undertaking, in each fiscal year of the public utility, do not exceed $2.5 million;

(

c) total expenditures on the undertaking, other than expenditures on administration and marketing, do not exceed the amount specified by subsection (4).

(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) (a) (ii), the following are excluded:

(

a) the government;

(

c) the government of a province or territory within Canada;

(

d) the government of a jurisdiction outside of Canada;

(

e) an agency of a government described in paragraphs (

a) to (d);

(

f) a government corporation or a corporation that stands in relation to a government described in paragraphs (

b) to (

d) as a government corporation stands in relation to the government of British Columbia.

(4) For the purposes of subsection (2) (c), the specified amount is the sum of the products, for the fiscal year of the public utility that begins in 2022 and each subsequent fiscal year, of

(

a) the number of specified credits transferred away by the public utility in the fiscal year, and

(

b) the adjusted average price for the fiscal year.

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