Proposal for the Output-Based Pricing System Regulations: schedule 1
Schedule 1: List of covered industrial activities and their sub-activities
Note: Calculated in column 6 means an output-based standard (OBS) calculated in accordance with section 17.
| Column 1 | Column 2 | Column 3 | Column 4 | Column 5 | Column 6 |
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| Item | Covered industrial activity | Sub-item | OBS sub-activity | Production metric | OBS (tonnes of CO2e/production metric) |
| 1 | Smelting or refining, from feedstock that comes primarily from ore, of at least one of the following metals: nickel, copper, zinc, lead, or cobalt | 1.1 | Pyrometallurgical smelting of copper | tonnes of copper anodes | Calculated |
| 1.2 | Pyrometallurgical smelting of lead | tonnes of lead and lead alloys | 2.17 | ||
| 1.3 | Pyrometallurgical smelting of zinc | tonnes of zinc and lead | 0.856 | ||
| 1.4 | Pyrometallurgical smelting of nickel | tonnes of nickel matte | 0.750 | ||
| 1.5 | Hydrometallurgical refining of base metals | tonnes of base metals produced | 1.70 | ||
| 1.6 | Hydrometallurgical electro-refining of copper anodes | tonnes of base metals produced | Calculated | ||
| 2 | Extraction, processing and production of bitumen or crude oil | 2.1 | Extraction, processing and production of light crude oil (having a density of less than 940 kg/m3 at 15 °C) | barrels of light oil | 0.0159 |
| 2.2 | Extraction, processing and production of heavy crude oil (having a density of greater than or equal to 940 kg/m3 at 15 °C) | barrels of heavy oil | 0.0544 | ||
| 3 | Upgrading of bitumen or heavy oil to produce synthetic crude oil | 3.1 | Upgrading of bitumen or heavy oil | barrels of synthetic crude oil | 0.0408 |
| 4 | Processing of crude oil, including bitumen, heavy crude oil, light crude oil and synthetic crude oil or secondary petroleum products (a petroleum refinery only) | 4.1 | Refining of crude oil, including bitumen, heavy crude oil, light crude oil and synthetic crude oil | complexity-weighted barrels | 0.00370 |
| 4.2 | Production of lubricants | kilolitres of lubricant basestock | Calculated | ||
| 5 | Processing of natural gas, including processing to produce natural gas liquids | 5.1 | Processing of natural gas to produce transmission-pipeline-quality natural gas | 100,000 m3 at a temperature of 15 °C and a pressure of 101.325 kPa | 10.6 |
| 5.2 | Processing of natural gas to produce the natural gas liquids | m3 of propane and butane combined at a temperature of 15 °C and at an equilibrium pressure | 0.0301 | ||
| 6 | Transmitting natural gas (a natural gas pipeline transmission system only) | 6.1 | Transmitting processed natural gas | megawatt hour (MWh) | 0.419 |
| 7 | Production of hydrogen gas using steam hydrocarbon reforming or partial oxidation of hydrocarbons | 7.1 | Production of hydrogen gas at a facility dedicated to the production of hydrogen gas, and not at a covered facility that carries out the activity described in items 4, 11, 13 and 24 of this Schedule | tonnes of hydrogen | 8.75 |
| 8 | Production of cement from clinker | 8.1 | Production of intermediate clinker | tonnes of intermediate clinker | 0.799 |
| 8.2 | Production of grey cement from clinker produced at the covered facility For greater certainty, a tonne of clinker that is counted as production of intermediate clinker, cannot be counted again as part of the production of grey cement, even when the grey cement is produced in a different compliance period |
tonnes of grey cement Grey cement is the clinker produced at the covered facility mixed with gypsum and limestone |
0.733 | ||
| 8.3 | Production of white cement from clinker produced at the covered facility For greater certainty, a tonne of clinker that is counted as production of intermediate clinker, cannot be counted again as part the production of white cement, even when the white cement is produced in a different compliance period |
tonnes of white cement White cement is the clinker produced at the covered facility mixed with gypsum and limestone |
Calculated | ||
| 9 | Production of grain ethanol for use in industrial applications or as fuel | 9.1 | Production of grain ethanol for use in industrial applications | kilolitres of absolute ethanol for industrial ethanol | 0.728 |
| 9.2 | Production of grain ethanol for use as fuel | kilolitres of absolute ethanol for fuel ethanol | 0.321 | ||
| 10 | Production of carbon black in any form, including pellets and powders, using thermal oxidation or thermal decomposition of hydrocarbon feedstock | 10.1 | Production of furnace black | tonnes of furnace black | 1.85 |
| 11 | Production of 2-methylpenta-methylenediamine (MPMD) | 11.1 | Production of MPMD | tonnes of MPMD | 4.14 |
| 12 | Production of resins or fibres of Nylon 6 or Nylon 6,6 | 12.1 | Production of resins of Nylon 6 or Nylon 6,6 | tonnes of Nylon resins | 0.480 |
| 12.2 | Production of fibers of Nylon 6 or Nylon 6,6 | tonnes of Nylon fibers | 0.711 | ||
| 13 | Production of petrochemicals from feedstocks derived from petroleum or from petroleum and liquefied natural gas, including hydrogen gas, ethylene, propylene, butadiene and pyrolysis gas from steam cracking, aromatic cyclic hydrocarbons (including benzene from catalytic reforming), higher olefins, hydrocarbon solvents, styrene, and polyethylene, but excludes the production of petrochemicals as a byproduct | 13.1 | Production of hydrogen gas, ethylene, propylene, butadiene and pyrolysis gas that are produced from steam cracking (“high-value chemicals”) |
tonnes of high-value chemicals | 0.652 |
| 13.2 | Production of aromatic cyclic hydrocarbons, including benzene produced from catalytic reforming | tonnes of aromatic cyclic hydrocarbons (combined) | 0.694 | ||
| 13.3 | Production of higher olefins | tonnes of higher olefins | 0.954 | ||
| 13.4 | Production of hydrocarbon solvents | tonnes of hydrocarbon solvents | 1.14 | ||
| 13.5 | Production of polyethylene | tonnes of polyethylene | 0.164 | ||
| 13.6 | Production of styrene | tonnes of styrene | Calculated | ||
| 14 | Production of vaccines for human or animal use | 14.1 | Production of vaccines | litres of vaccines | 0.267 |
| 15 | Production of iron ore pellets from iron ore concentrate | 15.1 | Production of flux pellets | tonnes of iron ore flux pellets | 0.0880 |
| 15.2 | Production of pellets other than flux pellets | tonnes of iron ore pellets other than flux pellets | 0.0560 | ||
| 16 | Production of steel from feedstock that comes primarily from scrap iron or steel, other than such production in a foundry | 16.1 | Production of cast steel | tonnes of cast steel | 0.118 |
| 16.2 | Production of rolled steel | tonnes of rolled steel | 0.0875 | ||
| 17 | Production of iron or steel from smelted iron ore, or the production of metallurgical coke At an integrated steel facility that also produces lime, the lime OBSs in item 18 do not apply. At an integrated steel facility that also produces electricity, the electricity OBS’s in item 38 do not apply. | 17.1 | Production of metallurgical coke in a coke oven battery | tonnes of coke | 0.557 |
| 17.2 | Production of iron from smelted iron ore | tonnes of iron | 1.36 | ||
| 17.3 | Production of steel in a basic oxygen furnace | tonnes of steel | 0.150 | ||
| 17.4 | Production of steel in an electric arc furnace | tonnes of steel | Calculated | ||
| 18 | Production of lime from limestone using a kiln | 18.1 | Production of high-calcium lime | tonnes of high calcium lime and lime kiln dust sold | 1.20 |
| 18.2 | Production of dolomitic lime | tonnes of dolomitic lime and lime kiln dust sold | Calculated | ||
| 18.3 | Production of specialty lime | tonnes of specialty lime and lime kiln dust sold | Calculated | ||
| 19 | Production of coal by mining coal deposits | 19.1 | Production of thermal coal | tonnes of thermal coal | Calculated |
| 19.2 | Production of metallurgical coal | tonnes of metallurgical coal | 0.0499 | ||
| 20 | Production of metal or diamonds from the mining or milling of ore or kimberlite | 20.1 | Production of iron | tonnes of iron | 0.0169 |
| 20.2 | Production of uranium | tonnes of uranium | 9.26 | ||
| 20.3 | Production of gold, silver, platinum and palladium | kilograms of precious metals | 7.21 | ||
| 20.4 | Production of metals other than gold, silver, platinum, palladium, iron and uranium | tonnes of other metals | 0.643 | ||
| 20.5 | Production of diamonds | carats of diamond | 0.0172 | ||
| 21 | Calcining of coal to produce char | 21.1 | Calcining of coal to produce char | tonnes of char | Calculated |
| 22 | Production of activated carbon from coal | 22.1 | Production of activated carbon from coal | kilograms of activated carbon | Calculated |
| 23 | Production of nitric acid by the catalytic oxidation of ammonia | 23.1 | Production of nitric acid | tonnes of nitric acid | 0.313 |
| 24 | Production of anhydrous ammonia or aqueous ammonia by the steam reforming of a hydrocarbon | 24.1 | Production of anhydrous ammonia or aqueous ammonia | tonnes of ammonia | 1.72 |
| 24.2 | Production of urea liquor at facilities that produce ammonia | tonnes of urea liquor | 0.123 | ||
| 24.3 | Production of ammonium phosphate and its isomers (at facilities that produce ammonia) | tonnes of ammonium phosphate and its isomers | 0.0405 | ||
| 25 | Industrial processing of potatoes or oilseeds for human or animal consumption | 25.1 | Industrial processing of potatoes | tonnes of potatoes used as a raw material | 0.0728 |
| 25.2 | Industrial processing of oilseeds | tonnes of finished oilseed products | 0.0431 | ||
| 26 | Production of ethanol by distillation for use in the production of alcoholic beverages | 26.1 | Production of ethanol by distillation for use in the production of alcoholic beverages | kilolitres of absolute alcohol | 1.11 |
| 27 | Processing of corn through wet milling | 27.1 | Processing of corn through wet milling | tonnes of corn used as raw material | 0.101 |
| 28 | Production of citric acid | 28.1 | Production of citric acid | tonnes of citric acid | 0.429 |
| 29 | Production of refined sugar from raw cane sugar | 29.1 | Production of refined sugar | tonnes of refined sugar | 0.100 |
| 30 | Production of potash from the mining and refining of potash ore | 30.1 | Production of potash containing at least 90% potassium chloride using solution mining process | tonnes of potash containing at least 90% potassium chloride | 0.232 |
| 30.2 | Production of potash containing at least 90% potassium chloride using a conventional underground mining process | tonnes of potash containing at least 90% potassium chloride | 0.0382 | ||
| 31 | Production of pulp from wood, other plant material or paper or any product derived directly from pulp or a pulping process For a facility undertaking this activity, either sub-item 31.1 or 31.2 apply, but not both. | 31.1 | The production of pulp, paper or other product derived directly from pulp at a facility with a recovery boiler, lime kiln or pulping digester | tonnes of finished product | 0.203 |
| 31.2 | The production of pulp, paper or other product derived directly from pulp at a facility undertaking a sub-activity other than described in sub-item 31.1 | tonnes of finished product | 0.184 | ||
| 32 | Production of brick or other products made from clay or shale using a kiln | 32.1 | Production of brick or other products from clay or shale using a kiln | tonnes of brick or other products made from clay or shale using a kiln | 0.198 |
| 33 | Assembly of four-wheeled self-propelled vehicles that are designed for use on a highway and that have a gross vehicle weight rating of less than 4,536 kg (10,000 pounds) | 33.1 | Assembly of four-wheeled self-propelled vehicles | (number of vehicles) × (m2 of combined floor area) For the purposes of calculating production in subsection 14(4) of these regulations, the production for this activity is equal to the number of vehicles multiplied by the combined floor area of all buildings in the facility as of December 31 of the compliance period, measured between the exterior walls of each of the buildings, expressed in m2 |
4.33×10-7 |
| 34 | Production of glass using a furnace | 34.1 | Production of glass | tonnes of glass | Calculated |
| 35 | Production of gypsum products | 35.1 | Production of gypsum products that contain at least 70 weight percent of calcium sulphate dihydrate | tonnes of gypsum product that contain at least 70 weight percent calcium sulphate dihydrate | Calculated |
| 36 | Production of mineral wool insulation Excludes production of glass wool | 36.1 | Production of mineral wool insulation | tonnes of mineral wool insulation | Calculated |
| 37 | Production of metal tubes | 37.1 | Production of tubes from metal produced in a facility dedicated to the production of tubes, and not at a covered facility that carries out the activity described in items 16 and 17 of this Schedule | tonnes of metal tubes | Calculated |
| 38 | Generation of electricity using fossil fuels | 38.1 | The generation of electricity using solid fuels | gigawatt hour (GWh) | 800 in 2019 650 in 2020 622 in 2021 594 in 2022 566 in 2023 538 in 2024 510 in 2025 482 in 2026 454 in 2027 426 in 2028 398 in 2029 370 in 2030 and thereafter |
| 38.2 | The generation of electricity using liquid fuels Except where the electricity is being generated in a unit that is registered under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations and that used solid fuels in 2018. In such a case, the OBS in 38.1 applies regardless of the fuel type. |
gigawatt hour (GWh) | 550 | ||
| 38.3 | The generation of electricity using gaseous fuels Except where the electricity is being generated in a unit that is registered under the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Coal-fired Generation of Electricity Regulations and that used solid fuels in 2018. In such a case, the OBS in 38.1 applies regardless of the fuel type. |
gigawatt hour (GWh) | 370 |
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