Section 1 definition of "eligible vehicle" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
"eligible vehicle" means
(a) a specified vehicle with a power train and fuel system that has not been modified after manufacture, and
(b) a marine vehicle
that uses, as a primary fuel source, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas;
Section 1 definition of "eligible vehicle", paragraphs (a) and (d) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
(a) a specified vehicle with a power train and fuel system that has not been modified after manufacture,
Section 1 definitions of "heavy-duty vehicle" and "undertaking period" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
"heavy-duty vehicle" means a truck or tractor-trailer with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 11 793 kg or more;
"undertaking period" means the period that ends on March 31, 2017.
Section 1 definition of "eligible vehicle" BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
"eligible vehicle" means
that uses, as a fuel source, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas;
Section 1 definition of "undertaking period" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
"undertaking period" means the period that ends on March 31, 2018.
Section 1 definitions of "eligible vehicle or machine" and "operating costs" were added by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
Section 1 definitions of "non-bypass customer" and "shore-side asset" were added by BC Reg 114/2017, effective March 22, 2017.
Section 1 definition of "operating cost", paragraph (g) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 84/2018, effective April 20, 2018.
determined with reference to the remaining service life of the fuelling station or distribution or storage infrastructure, as estimated by the commission in setting rates;
Section 1 definitions of "eligible vehicle or machine", "heavy-duty vehicle", "medium-duty vehicle", "specified vehicle" and "undertaking period" BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 125/2023, effective May 22, 2023.
"eligible vehicle or machine" means
that uses, as a fuel source, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas;
"heavy-duty vehicle" means a truck, other than a mine haul truck, or tractor-trailer with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of 11 793 kg or more;
"medium-duty vehicle" means a vehicle, including a waste-haulage truck, with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of more than 5 360 kg but less than 11 793 kg;
"specified vehicle" means a heavy-duty vehicle, medium-duty vehicle, school bus or transit bus;
"undertaking period" means the period that ends on March 31, 2022.
Section 1 definitions of "implement of husbandry", "industrial utility vehicle", "farm tractor", "former regulation" and "logging truck" were added by BC Reg 125/2023, effective May 22, 2023.
Section 1 definition of "annual percentage change" and "fiscal year" were added by BC Reg 134/2021, effective May 25, 2021.
Section 2 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
(b) a grant or zero-interest loan for an eligible vehicle does not, in a year of the undertaking, exceed the percentage difference as indicated in the following table:
Section 2 (1) (c) (ii) (B) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
(B) on grants referred to in paragraph (a) (ii) do not exceed $4 million.
Section 2 (1.1) was added by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
Section 2 (2) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
(a) the public utility
(i) constructs and operates, or
(ii) purchases and operates
one or more compressed natural gas fuelling stations, including storage, compression and dispensing equipment and facilities, within the service territory of the public utility for the purposes of providing compressed natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on compressed natural gas;
Section 2 (2) (b) (i) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
(i) the average expenditure on stations, in any year of the undertaking, does not exceed $1.1 million per station, and
Section 2 (2) (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
(c) at least 80% of the energy provided at each station during the undertaking period is provided to one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years.
Section 2 (3) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
(a) the public utility
(i) constructs and operates, or
(ii) purchases and operates
one or more tanker truck load-outs or liquefied natural gas fuelling stations for the purposes of providing within British Columbia liquefied natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on liquefied natural gas;
Section 2 (3) (b) (ii) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
(ii) expenditures during the undertaking period on a tanker truck load-out do not exceed $4 million, and on administration and marketing do not exceed $250 000;
Section 2 (3) (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
(c) at least 80% of the energy provided at each station during the undertaking period is provided to one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years.
Section 2 (4) was added by BC Reg 235/2013, effective November 28, 2013.
Section 2 (0.1) was added by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
Section 2 (1) (b), (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
(b) an expenditure on a grant or zero-interest loan for an eligible vehicle does not, in a year of the undertaking, exceed the percentage difference as indicated in the following table:
| Year of Undertaking | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Percentage of the difference between the cost of the eligible vehicle and the cost of a comparable vehicle that uses gasoline or diesel | 100 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 |
(c) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education, do not exceed $62 million, and
(i) expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period on marine vehicles do not exceed $11 million, and
(ii) expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period
(A) on administration, marketing, training and education do not exceed $3.1 million, and
(B) on grants referred to in paragraph (a) (ii) do not exceed $6 million.
Section 2 (1.2) was added by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
Section 2 (2) (a) and (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
(a) the public utility, before April 1, 2017, enters into a binding commitment to
one or more compressed natural gas fuelling stations, including storage, compression and dispensing equipment and facilities, within the service territory of the public utility for the purposes of providing compressed natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on compressed natural gas;
(c) at least 80% of the energy provided at each station is provided to one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years.
Section 2 (3) (a) and (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
(a) the public utility, before April 1, 2017, enters into a binding commitment to
one or more tanker truck load-outs, liquefied natural gas tank trailers or liquefied natural gas fuelling stations for the purposes of providing within British Columbia liquefied natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on liquefied natural gas;
(c) at least 80% of the energy provided at each station is provided to one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years.
Section 2 (4) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
(4) In subsections (1) to (3), "expenditures" includes, except with respect to expenditures on administration and marketing, binding commitments to incur expenditures in the future.
Section 2 (3.1) was added by BC Reg 98/2015, effective June 3, 2015.
Section 2 (0.1) definition of "early adopter vehicle" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
"early adopter vehicle" means an eligible vehicle, other than a vehicle referred to in subsection (3.1) (a), used primarily in a market segment set out in column 1 of the following table, if
(a) the contracted demand for the market segment does not exceed, in any of years 5, 6 and 7 of the undertaking period, the annual amount set out in the corresponding row of column 2 of the table, or
(b) the total number of persons who receive grants or zero-interest loans does not exceed, in the undertaking period, the number set out in the corresponding row of column 3 of the table:
| Column 1 Market Segment | Column 2 Contracted Demand (GJ) | Column 3 Number of Persons who Receive Grants or Zero-Interest Loans |
| Wholesale distribution of food or beverages by truck | 100 000 | 5 |
| Short-haul trucking between a port and any of a railway, warehouse or trucking depot | 100 000 | 5 |
| Medium-duty vehicle and heavy-duty vehicle leasing | 100 000 | 5 |
| Passenger transportation by charter bus, other than a transit bus or school bus | 100 000 | 5 |
| Package courier service by truck | 200 000 | 5 |
| Off-highway mine hauling by truck | 1 million | 3 |
| Transportation of goods or passengers by rail | 1 million | 3 |
| Shipping, passenger transportation or commercial services by marine vessel fuelled in British Columbia | 1.5 million | 5 |
| Dump truck services | 100 000 | 5 |
| Transportation of cement in cement-mixing trucks | 100 000 | 5 |
| Bucket and digger trucking services | 100 000 | 5 |
| Pipe cleaning or hydro-vacuum excavation trucking services | 100 000 | 5 |
| On-highway hauling in trucks with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of more than 36 000 kg | 1 million | 10 |
| Off-highway earth excavation, grading and moving for construction or mining | 1 million | 5 |
Section 2 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
(1) A public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
(a) the public utility provides, through an open and competitive application process,
(i) grants or zero-interest loans to persons in British Columbia for the purchase of an eligible vehicle to be operated in British Columbia, or
(ii) grants to persons in British Columbia
(A) to implement safety practices, or
(B) to improve maintenance facilities
to meet safety guidelines for operating and maintaining an eligible vehicle;
(b) subject to subsection (1.2), an expenditure on a grant or zero-interest loan for an eligible vehicle does not, in a year of the undertaking, exceed the percentage difference as indicated in the following table:
| Year of Undertaking | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Percentage of the difference between the cost of the eligible vehicle and the cost of a comparable vehicle that uses gasoline or diesel | 100 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 |
(c) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education, do not exceed $62 million less the total expenditures, if any, on an undertaking described in subsection (3.1), and
(i) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 98/2015, s. 2 (e).]
(ii) expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period
(A) on administration, marketing, training and education do not exceed $3.1 million, and
(B) on grants referred to in paragraph (a) (ii) do not exceed $6 million.
Section 2 (1.1) and (1.2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
(1.1) Despite the reference in subsection (1) (a) to an open and competitive application process, a public utility may, in carrying out the undertaking described in subsection (1), give priority to a person in British Columbia who fuels an eligible vehicle using natural gas delivered through the public utility's pipeline system.
(1.2) The percentage difference indicated in the table in subsection (1) (b) may be increased
(a) by up to 50% for each of years 5, 6 and 7 of the undertaking period if the eligible vehicle is an early adopter vehicle, and
(b) by up to 20% for each of years 5, 6 and 7 of the undertaking period if the vehicle is a specified vehicle, is not an early adopter vehicle or a vehicle referred to in subsection (3.1) (a) and is owned or operated by a person who agrees, as a condition of receiving a grant or zero-interest loan, to
(i) complete or arrange for the completion of, within 3 years of the agreement, the construction of a compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas fuelling station that
(A) is within 25 km of a major transportation corridor, and
(B) provides fuelling services to one or more other persons, or
(ii) operate or arrange for the operation of a fuelling station described in clauses (A) and (B).
Section 2 (1.3) was added by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
Section 2 (2) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
(a) the public utility, before April 1, 2018, enters into a binding commitment to
one or more compressed natural gas fuelling stations, including storage, compression and dispensing equipment and facilities, within the service territory of the public utility for the purposes of providing compressed natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on compressed natural gas;
Section 2 (2) (c) (i) and (ii) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
(i) 80% of the energy provided at each station is provided to one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years, or
(ii) 60% of the energy provided at each station is provided to one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 7 years.
Section 2 (3) (a) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
(a) the public utility, before April 1, 2018, enters into a binding commitment to
one or more tanker truck load-outs, liquefied natural gas tank trailers or liquefied natural gas fuelling stations for the purposes of providing within British Columbia liquefied natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on liquefied natural gas;
Section 2 (3) (c) (i) and (ii) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
(i) 80% of the energy provided at each station is provided to one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years, or
(ii) 60% of the energy provided at each station is provided to one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 7 years.
Section 2 (3.1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
(3.1) A public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
(a) the public utility provides, through an open and competitive application process, grants or zero-interest loans to owners or operators in British Columbia of specified vehicles for the conversion of those vehicles to operate on compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas;
(b) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education,
(i) do not exceed the lesser of the following amounts:
(A) the amount required for the conversion of 30 vehicles;
(ii) expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period on administration, marketing, training and education do not exceed $1.5 million.
Section 2 (3.2), (3.3) and (3.4) were added by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
Section 2 (4) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 214/2016, effective August 19, 2016.
(4) In subsections (1), (2), (3) and (3.1),"expenditures" includes, except with respect to expenditures on administration and marketing, binding commitments to incur expenditures in the future.
Section 2 (0.1) definition of "early adopter vehicle or machine" table item BEFORE amended by BC Reg 114/2017, effective March 22, 2017.
| Shipping, passenger transportation or commercial services by marine vehicle that will use fuel purchased from a public utility | 1.5 million | 8 |
Section 2 (1) (b) (part) and (c) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 114/2017, effective March 22, 2017.
(b) subject to subsection (1.2), an expenditure on a grant or zero-interest loan for an eligible vehicle or machine does not, in a year of the undertaking, exceed the percentage difference as indicated in the following table:
(c) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education, do not exceed $107.9 million less the total expenditures, if any, on an undertaking described in subsection (3.1), and
Section 2 (1.4) was added by BC Reg 114/2017, effective March 22, 2017.
Section 2 (3) (a) and (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 114/2017, effective March 22, 2017.
(a) the public utility, before March 31, 2022, enters into a binding commitment to
one or more tanker truck load-outs, liquefied natural gas tank trailers or liquefied natural gas fuelling stations for the purposes of providing within British Columbia liquefied natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on liquefied natural gas;
(b) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration and marketing, do not exceed $30.5 million, and
(i) in any year of the undertaking period an expenditure on a station does not exceed $2.75 million, and
(ii) expenditures during the undertaking period on a tanker truck load-out do not exceed $5.5 million, and on administration and marketing do not exceed $250 000;
Section 2 (3.1) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 114/2017, effective March 22, 2017.
(3.1) Subject to subsection 3.3, a public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
Section 2 (3.4) (a) and (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 114/2017, effective March 22, 2017.
(a) the public utility, before March 31, 2022, enters into a binding commitment to
LNG distribution and storage infrastructure in British Columbia, including LNG rail tank cars and ISO containers, for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
(b) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education, do not exceed $15 million, and
Section 2 (3.5) to (3.9) were added by BC Reg 114/2017, effective March 22, 2017.
Section 2 (2) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 84/2018, effective April 20, 2018.
(b) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration and marketing, do not exceed $12 million, and
(i) the average expenditure on stations, in any year of the undertaking, does not exceed $2 million per station, and
(ii) expenditures, during the undertaking period, on administration and marketing do not exceed $240 000;
Section 2 (3) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 84/2018, effective April 20, 2018.
(b) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration and marketing, do not exceed $50.5 million, and
(i) in any year of the undertaking period an expenditure on a station does not exceed $2.75 million, and
(ii) expenditures during the undertaking period on a tanker truck load-out do not exceed $10 million, and on administration and marketing do not exceed $250 000;
Section 2 (2) (b.1), (3) (b.1) and (3.01) were added by BC Reg 84/2018, effective April 20, 2018.
Section 2 (3.71) was added by BC Reg 134/2021, effective May 25, 2021.
Section 2 (3.8) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 134/2021, effective May 25, 2021.
(3.8) The public utility acquires renewable natural gas
(a) for which the public utility pays no more than $30 per GJ, and
(b) that, subject to subsection (3.9), in a calendar year, does not exceed 5% of the total volume of natural gas provided by the public utility to its non-bypass customers in 2015.
Section 2 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 125/2023, effective May 22, 2023.
Prescribed undertakings
"contracted demand" means the total compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas demand under take-or-pay agreements with the public utility during the undertaking period;
"early adopter vehicle or machine" means an eligible vehicle or machine, other than a vehicle referred to in subsection (3.1) (a), used primarily in a market segment set out in column 1 of the following table, if
(a) the contracted demand for the market segment does not exceed, in any of years 5 through 11 of the undertaking period, the annual amount set out in the corresponding row of column 2 of the table, or
(b) the total number of persons who receive grants or zero-interest loans does not exceed, in the undertaking period, the number set out in the corresponding row of column 3 of the table:
| Column 1 Market Segment | Column 2 Contracted Demand (GJ) | Column 3 Number of Persons who Receive Grants or Zero-Interest Loans |
| Wholesale distribution of food or beverages by truck | 100 000 | 5 |
| Short-haul trucking between a port and any of a railway, warehouse or trucking depot | 100 000 | 5 |
| Medium-duty vehicle and heavy-duty vehicle leasing | 100 000 | 5 |
| Passenger transportation by charter bus, other than a transit bus or school bus | 100 000 | 5 |
| Package courier service by truck | 200 000 | 5 |
| Off-highway mine hauling by truck | 1 million | 3 |
| Transportation of goods or passengers by rail | 1 million | 3 |
| Dump truck services | 100 000 | 5 |
| Transportation of cement in cement-mixing trucks | 100 000 | 5 |
| Bucket and digger trucking services | 100 000 | 5 |
| Pipe cleaning or hydro-vacuum excavation trucking services | 100 000 | 5 |
| On-highway hauling in trucks with a manufacturer's gross vehicle weight rating of more than 36 000 kg | 1 million | 10 |
| Off-highway earth excavation, grading and moving for construction or mining | 1 million | 5 |
| Asphalt paving services | 100 000 | 6 |
| Fracture pump unit services | 200 000 | 4 |
| Shipping, passenger transportation or commercial services by marine vehicle that will use fuel purchased from a public utility | 10 million | 13 |
| Street sweeping services | 100 000 | 5 |
"major transportation corridor" means Highway 1, 3, 3A, 4, 5, 7, 16, 19, 33, 37, 91, 95, 97 or 99.
(1) Subject to subsection (3.3), a public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
(a) the public utility provides, through an open and competitive application process,
(i) grants or zero-interest loans to persons in British Columbia for the purchase of an eligible vehicle or machine to be operated in British Columbia, or
(ii) grants to persons in British Columbia
(A) to implement safety practices, or
(B) to improve maintenance facilities
to meet safety guidelines for operating and maintaining an eligible vehicle or machine;
(b) subject to subsection (1.2), an expenditure on a grant or zero-interest loan for an eligible vehicle or machine does not, in any year of the undertaking, exceed the percentage difference as indicated in the following table:
| Year of Undertaking | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||
| Percentage of the difference between the cost of the eligible vehicle or machine and the cost of a comparable vehicle that uses gasoline or diesel | 100 | 80 | 70 | 60 | 50 | 40 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 10 | 0 | |
(c) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education, do not exceed $177.9 million less the total expenditures, if any, on an undertaking described in subsection (3.1), and
(i) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 98/2015, s. 2 (e).]
(ii) expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period
(A) Repealed. [B.C. Reg. 214/2016, s. 3 (e).]
(B) on grants referred to in paragraph (a) (ii) do not exceed $6 million.
(1.1) Despite the reference in subsection (1) (a) to an open and competitive application process, a public utility may, in carrying out the undertaking described in subsection (1), give priority to a person in British Columbia who fuels an eligible vehicle or machine using natural gas delivered through the public utility's pipeline system.
(1.2) The percentage difference indicated in the table in subsection (1) (b) may be increased
(a) by up to 50 for each of years 5 through 11 of the undertaking period if the eligible vehicle or machine is an early adopter vehicle or machine, and
(b) by up to 20 for each of years 5 through 11 of the undertaking period if the vehicle is a specified vehicle, is not an early adopter vehicle or machine or a vehicle referred to in subsection (3.1) (a) and is owned or operated by a person who agrees, as a condition of receiving a grant or zero-interest loan, to
(i) complete or arrange for the completion of, within 3 years of the agreement, the construction of a compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas fuelling station that
(A) is within 25 km of a major transportation corridor, and
(B) provides fuelling services to one or more other persons, or
(ii) operate or arrange for the operation of a fuelling station described in clauses (A) and (B).
(1.3) Despite subsections (1) (a) (i) and (1.1), grants or loans referred to in subsection (1) in relation to an early adopter vehicle or machine respecting the market segment described in the table in paragraph (b) of the definition of "earlier adopter vehicle or machine" as "Shipping, passenger transportation or commercial services by marine vehicle that will use fuel purchased from a public utility" may be made to persons who are not in British Columbia.
(1.4) Despite subsection (1) (c), the total expenditures referred to in that subsection may exceed $177.9 million by $40 million if the $40 million is for expenditures in relation to eligible vehicles or machines operated on liquefied natural gas or compressed natural gas all of which is derived from biogas or biomass.
(2) A public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
(a) the public utility, before March 31, 2022, enters into a binding commitment to
one or more compressed natural gas fuelling stations, including storage, compression and dispensing equipment and facilities, within the service territory of the public utility for the purposes of providing compressed natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on compressed natural gas;
(b) the average expenditure on stations, in any year of the undertaking period, does not exceed $3 million per station;
(b.1) expenditures, during the undertaking period, on administration and marketing do not exceed $240 000;
(i) 80% of the station's forecast total operating costs for the first 5 years of the operation are recovered from one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years, or
(ii) 60% of the station's forecast total operating costs for the first 7 years of the operation are recovered from one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 7 years.
(3) A public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
(a) the public utility, before March 31, 2022, enters into a binding commitment to construct and operate, or purchase and operate, one or more of the following:
(i) one or more liquefied natural gas tank trailers or liquefied natural gas fuelling stations for the purposes of providing within British Columbia liquefied natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on liquefied natural gas;
(ii) one or more tanker truck load-outs for the purposes of providing within British Columbia liquefied natural gas fuel and fuelling services to owners of vehicles that operate on liquefied natural gas or to owners or operators of marine vehicles that operate on liquefied natural gas;
(b) in any year of the undertaking period an expenditure on a station does not exceed $2.75 million;
(b.1) expenditures, during the undertaking period, on a tanker truck load-out do not exceed $10 million, and on administration and marketing do not exceed $250 000;
(i) 80% of the station's forecast total operating costs for the first 5 years of the operation are recovered from one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years, or
(ii) 60% of the station's forecast total operating costs for the first 7 years of the operation are recovered from one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 7 years.
(3.01) The amount determined by adding the following must not exceed $62.5 million:
(a) total expenditures during the undertaking period on the undertaking described in subsection (2), including expenditures on administration and marketing;
(b) total expenditures during the undertaking period on the undertaking described in subsection (3), including expenditures on administration and marketing.
(3.1) A public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
(a) the public utility provides, through an open and competitive application process, grants or zero-interest loans to owners or operators in British Columbia of specified vehicles for the conversion of those vehicles to operate on compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas;
(b) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education,
(i) do not exceed the lesser of the following amounts:
(A) the amount required for the conversion of 50 vehicles;
(ii) expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period on administration, marketing, training and education do not exceed $1.5 million.
(3.2) Subject to subsection (3.3), a public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
(a) the public utility provides, through an open and competitive application process, grants or zero-interest loans to persons in British Columbia for
(i) the purchase or lease of generators, boilers, burners or kilns that use, as a fuel source, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas, or
(ii) the conversion of generators, boilers, burners or kilns to use, as a fuel source, compressed natural gas or liquefied natural gas
if the generators, boilers, burners or kilns will be operated at a location that, at the time of the expenditure, is not
(iii) within the authority's integrated area, or
(iv) connected to a natural gas transmission or distribution system;
(b) the total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, other than expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education, do not exceed $6.1 million.
(3.3) The undertakings referred to in subsections (1) and (3.2) are prescribed undertakings for the purposes of section 18 of the Act only if the total combined expenditures on the two undertakings, during the undertaking period on administration, marketing, training and education, do not exceed $8.1 million.
(3.4) A public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined as follows is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act:
(a) the public utility, before March 31, 2022, enters into a binding commitment to
LNG distribution and storage infrastructure, other than liquefied natural gas fuelling stations, in British Columbia, including LNG rail tank cars, ISO containers and shore-side assets, for the purpose of reducing greenhouse gas emissions;
(b) total expenditures on the undertaking during the undertaking period, including expenditures on administration, marketing, training and education, do not exceed $40 million, and
(i) 80% of the forecast total operating costs of the distribution and storage infrastructure for the first 5 years of the operation are recovered from one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 5 years, or
(ii) 60% of the forecast total operating costs of the distribution and storage infrastructure for the first 7 years of the operation are recovered from one or more persons under a take-or-pay agreement with a minimum term of 7 years.
(3.5) A public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined in subsection (3.6) is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act.
(3.6) The public utility, during the undertaking period, expends amounts on feasibility and development costs in relation to shore-side assets that do not exceed $5 million.
(3.7) A public utility's undertaking that is in the class defined in subsection (3.8) is a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Act.
(3.71) For the purposes of subsection (3.8), "acquires renewable natural gas" includes producing renewable natural gas by producing or purchasing biogas and upgrading it to renewable natural gas.
(3.8) The public utility acquires renewable natural gas
(a) at costs that meet the following criteria, as applicable:
(i) if the public utility acquires renewable natural gas by purchasing it, the price of the renewable natural gas does not exceed the maximum amount, determined in accordance with section 9, in effect in the fiscal year in which the contract for purchase is signed;
(ii) if the public utility acquires renewable natural gas by producing it, the levelized cost of production reasonably expected by the public utility does not exceed the maximum amount, determined in accordance with section 9, in effect in the fiscal year in which the public utility decides to construct or purchase the production facility, and
(b) that, in a calendar year, does not exceed 15% of the total amount, in GJ, of natural gas provided by the public utility to its non-bypass customers in 2019, subject to subsection (3.9) and section 10.
(3.9) The volume referred to in subsection (3.8) (b) does not include renewable natural gas acquired by the public utility that the public utility provides to a customer in accordance with a rate under which the full cost of the following is recovered from the customer:
(a) the acquisition of the renewable natural gas;
(b) the service related to the provision of the renewable natural gas.
(4) In subsections (1), (2), (3), (3.1), (3.2) and (3.4), "expenditures" includes, except with respect to expenditures on administration and marketing, binding commitments to incur expenditures in the future.
[am. B.C. Regs. 235/2013, s. 2; 98/2015, s. 2; 214/2016, ss. 2 to 8; 114/2017, ss. 2 to 8; 84/2018, s. 2; 134/2021, s. 2.]
Section 4 (2) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 124/2024, effective June 10, 2024.
(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:
Section 5 (1) definition of "eligible charging station" BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 125/2023, effective May 22, 2023.
"eligible charging station" means a fast charging station that
(a) is available for use 24 hours a day by any member of the public,
(b) does not require users to be members of a charging network, and
(c) is capable of charging electric vehicles of more than one make;
Section 5 (1) definitions of "eligible fast charging station" and "eligible level 2 charging station" were added by BC Reg 125/2023, effective May 22, 2023.
Section 5 (2) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 125/2023, effective May 22, 2023.
(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 constructs and operates, or purchases and operates, an eligible charging station;
(b) the public utility reasonably expects, on the date the public utility decides to construct or purchase an eligible charging station, that
(i) the station will come into operation by December 31, 2025, and
(ii) if the station will be located in a limited municipality, the number of eligible charging sites in the municipality on the date the station will come into operation will not exceed the site limit for the municipality on that date;
(c) if an eligible charging station comes into operation on or after January 1, 2022, the station uses or is configured to use the Open Charge Point Protocol.
Section 5 (3) was added by BC Reg 125/2023, effective May 22, 2023.
Section 5 (3) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 175/2023, effective July 10, 2023.
(b) the eligible level 2 charging station conforms or will confirm to the Open Charge Point protocol;
Section 5 (2) (part) and (3) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 124/2024, effective June 10, 2024.
(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:
(3) 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:
Section 5.1 (2) (part) and (3) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 124/2024, effective June 10, 2024.
(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:
(3) 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:
Section 5.2 (1) definition of "adjusted average price", paragraph (b) Before amended by BC Reg 80/2024, effective April 8, 2024
(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;
Section 5.2 (1) definitions of "credit" and "specified credit" (part) Before amended by BC Reg 80/2024, effective April 8, 2024
"credit" means a credit generated under the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Renewable and Low Carbon Fuel Requirements) Act;
"specified credit" means a credit generated in relation to the supply of electricity
Section 5.2 (2) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 124/2024, effective June 10, 2024.
(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:
Section 7 (2) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 124/2024, effective June 10, 2024.
(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:
Section 8 (1) (part) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 124/2024, effective June 10, 2024.
(1) 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: