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ontario regulation 56/17

made under the

Climate Change Mitigation and Low-carbon Economy Act, 2016

Made: February 15, 2017
Filed: February 27, 2017
Published on e-Laws: February 27, 2017
Printed in The Ontario Gazette: March 18, 2017

Amending O. Reg. 144/16

(THE CAP AND TRADE PROGRAM)

1. Section 40 of Ontario Regulation 144/16 is amended by adding the following subsection:

(5) In 2017, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited shall be treated, for the purposes of this section, as if each registered participant were a separate registered participant that is not related to the other registered participant, within the meaning of subsection 2 (2).

2. Section 42 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(4) In 2017, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited shall be treated, for the purposes of this section, as if each registered participant were a separate registered participant that is not related to the other registered participant, within the meaning of subsection 2 (2).

3. Section 65 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsections:

(3) The exemption set out in subsection (2) does not apply in 2017 to a person who is a parent or subsidiary of Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. or Union Gas Limited.

(4) In 2017, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited shall be treated, for the purposes of this section, as if each registered participant were a separate registered participant that is not related to the other registered participant, within the meaning of subsection 2 (2).

4. Section 67 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(4) Despite subsections (1) and (3), for any auction in 2017, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited are exempt from the requirement set out in paragraph 1 of subsection (1) if the updated information that would be required is the result of,

(a) any change in the business relationship, as defined in subsection 2 (1), between Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited, their parent companies or their subsidiaries; or

(b) Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited becoming related persons within the meaning of subsection 2 (2).

5. Section 69 of the Regulation is amended by adding the following subsection:

(8) In 2017, Enbridge Gas Distribution Inc. and Union Gas Limited shall be treated, for the purposes of this section, as if each registered participant were a separate registered participant that is not related to the other registered participant, within the meaning of subsection 2 (2).

6. Subsections 40 (5), 42 (4), 65 (3) and (4), 67 (4) and 69 (8) of the Regulation, as made by sections 1 to 5, are revoked.

Commencement

7. (1) Subject to subsection (2), this Regulation comes into force on the day it is filed.

(2) Section 6 comes into force on January 1, 2018.