Ottawa considers changes to clean-electricity rules after consultations
CTV
Ottawa is considering alterations to its proposed clean-electricity regulations after consultations with industry, opening the door to more flexibility for individual power generators.
Ottawa is considering alterations to its proposed clean-electricity regulations after consultations with industry, opening the door to more flexibility for individual power generators.
"We can still get to the same aim," said Oliver Anderson, a spokesman with Environment and Climate Change Canada.
The proposed changes, released Friday, would change several provisions that industry and provincial governments objected to in the original version.
The changes suggest dropping intensity-based standards from greenhouse-gas emissions limits. That means generators would no longer be forced to meet a single standard of how much carbon is emitted per unit of energy.
Instead, each generator would be assigned an annual emissions limit.
As well, companies that own a number of generators would be allowed to pool emissions from facilities operating in the same jurisdiction. Companies would also be allowed to buy carbon offsets to compensate for overshooting their assigned limits.
The government is also considering changes to how new plants are brought in under the regulations.
