Section 1 (1) definition of "Act" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 66/2021, effective March 11, 2021.
"Act" means the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act;
Section 1 (1) definition of "public official", paragraph (c) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 45/2024, effective March 6, 2024.
(c) a member or employee of a tribunal as defined in the Administrative Tribunals Act and includes a member or employee of the Forests Appeals Commission continued under section 194 of the Forest Practices Code of British Columbia Act,
Section 4 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 272/2009, effective November 25, 2009.
(3) Greenhouse gas emissions from an electricity generating facility operated by the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority are not emissions for which that authority is deemed to be responsible under the Act.
Section 4 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 45/2024, effective March 6, 2024.
(3) Greenhouse gas emissions from an electricity generating facility or electricity transmission equipment operated by the British Columbia Hydro and Power Authority or British Columbia Transmission Corporation are not emissions for which that authority or corporation are deemed to be responsible under the Act.
Section 7 BEFORE re-enacted by BC Reg 124/2014, effective July 1, 2014.
Emission offsets
7 A public sector organization that is required to acquire or dispose of emission offsets in order to be carbon neutral must do so by acquiring them from or disposing of them to the Pacific Carbon Trust on terms and conditions approved by the Treasury Board.
[am. B.C. Reg. 55/2010, s. 2.]
Section 8 BEFORE repealed by BC Reg 193/2014, effective October 27, 2014.
Carbon neutral action reports
8 (1) Before making a carbon neutral action report public in accordance with section 8 of the Act, a public sector organization, other than the Provincial Government, must submit a draft report to the responsible minister.
(2) A draft report under subsection (1) must be submitted
(a) in the form and with the content specified by the director, and
(i) at least one month before the day on which the public sector organization intends to make the report public, and
Schedule BEFORE amended by BC Reg 272/2009, effective November 25, 2009.
Column 1 Item | Column 2 Specified Gas | Column 3 Chemical Formula | Column 4 Global Warming Potential (100 year time horizon) |
1 | Carbon dioxide | CO2 | 1 |
2 | Methane | CH4 | 21 |
3 | Nitrous oxide | N2O | 310 |
4 | HFC-23 | CHF3 | 11 700 |
5 | HFC-32 | CH2F2 | 650 |
6 | HFC-41 | CH3F | 150 |
7 | HFC-43-10mee | C5H2F10 | 1 300 |
8 | HFC-125 | C2HF5 | 2 800 |
9 | HFC-134 | C2H2F4 (CHF2CHF2) | 1 000 |
10 | HFC-134a | C2H2F4 (CH2FCF3) | 1 300 |
11 | HFC-152a | C2H4F2 (CH3CHF2) | 140 |
12 | HFC-143 | C2H3F3 (CHF2CH2F) | 300 |
13 | HFC-143a | C2H3F3 (CF3CH3) | 3 800 |
14 | HFC-227ea | C3HF7 | 2 900 |
15 | HFC-236fa | C3H2F6 | 6 300 |
16 | HFC-245ca | C3H3F5 | 560 |
17 | Sulphur hexafluoride | SF6 | 23 900 |
18 | Perfluoromethane | CF4 | 6 500 |
19 | Perfluoroethane | C2F6 | 9 200 |
20 | Perfluoropropane | C3F8 | 7 000 |
21 | Perfluorobutane | C4F10 | 7 000 |
22 | Perfluorocyclobutane | c-C4F8 | 8 700 |
23 | Perfluoropentane | C5F12 | 7 500 |
24 | Perfluorohexane | C6F14 | 7 400 |
Note: The CH4 (Item 2) GWP includes the direct effect and those indirect effects due to the production of tropospheric ozone and stratospheric water vapour. Not included is the indirect effect due to the production of CO2.
Schedule BEFORE amended by BC Reg 124/2014, effective January 1, 2015.
[en. B.C. Reg. 272/2009, App. B, s. 2.]
Specified Gases and Their Global Warming Potentials
Column 1 Item | Column 2 Specified Gas | Column 3 Chemical Formula | Column 4 Global Warming Potential (100 year time horizon) |
1 | Carbon dioxide | CO2 | 1 |
2 | Methane | CH4 | 21 |
3 | Nitrous oxide | N2O | 310 |
4 | HFC-23 | CHF3 | 11 700 |
5 | HFC-32 | CH2F2 | 650 |
6 | HFC-41 | CH3F | 150 |
7 | HFC-43-10mee | C5H2F10 | 1 300 |
8 | HFC-125 | C2HF5 | 2 800 |
9 | HFC-134 | C2H2F4 (CHF2CHF2) | 1 000 |
10 | HFC-134a | C2H2F4 (CH2FCF3) | 1 300 |
11 | HFC-143 | C2H3F3 (CHF2CH2F) | 300 |
12 | HFC-143a | C2H3F3 (CF3CH3) | 3 800 |
13 | HFC-152 | C2H4F2 | 43 |
14 | HFC-152a | C2H4F2 (CH3CHF2) | 140 |
15 | HFC-161 | C2H5F | 12 |
16 | HFC-227ea | C3HF7 | 2 900 |
17 | HFC-236cb | C3H2F6 | 1 300 |
18 | HFC-236ea | C3H2F6 | 1 200 |
19 | HFC-236fa | C3H2F6 | 6 300 |
20 | HFC-245ca | C3H3F5 | 560 |
21 | HFC-245fa | C3H3F5 | 950 |
22 | HFC-365mfc | C4H5F5 | 890 |
23 | Perfluoromethane | CF4 | 6 500 |
24 | Perfluoroethane | C2F6 | 9 200 |
25 | Perfluoropropane | C3F8 | 7 000 |
26 | Perfluorobutane | C4F10 | 7 000 |
27 | Perfluorocyclobutane | c-C4F8 | 8 700 |
28 | Perfluoropentane | C5F12 | 7 500 |
29 | Perfluorohexane | C6F14 | 7 400 |
30 | Sulphur hexafluoride | SF6 | 23 900 |
Schedule table BEFORE amended by BC Reg 271/2022, effective December 19, 2022.
Column 1 Item | Column 2 Specified Gas | Column 3 Chemical Formula | Column 4 Global Warming Potential (100 year time horizon) |
1 | Carbon dioxide | CO2 | 1 |
2 | Methane | CH4 | 25 |
3 | Nitrous oxide | N2O | 298 |
4 | HFC-23 | CHF3 | 14 800 |
5 | HFC-32 | CH2F2 | 675 |
6 | HFC-41 | CH3F | 92 |
7 | HFC-43-10mee | C5H2F10 | 1 640 |
8 | HFC-125 | C2HF5 | 3 500 |
9 | HFC-134 | C2H2F4 (CHF2CHF2) | 1 100 |
10 | HFC-134a | C2H2F4 (CH2FCF3) | 1 430 |
11 | HFC-143 | C2H3F3 (CHF2CH2F) | 353 |
12 | HFC-143a | C2H3F3 (CF3CH3) | 4 470 |
13 | HFC-152a | C2H4F2 (CH3CHF2) | 124 |
14 | HFC-227ea | C3HF7 | 3 220 |
15 | HFC-236fa | C3H2F6 | 9 810 |
16 | HFC-245ca | C3H3F5 | 693 |
17 | Perfluoromethane | CF4 | 7 390 |
18 | Perfluoroethane | C2F6 | 12 200 |
19 | Perfluoropropane | C3F8 | 8 830 |
20 | Perfluorobutane | C4F10 | 8 860 |
21 | Perfluorocyclobutane | c-C4F8 | 10 300 |
22 | Perfluoropentane | C5F12 | 9 160 |
23 | Perfluorohexane | C6F14 | 9 300 |
24 | Sulphur hexafluoride | SF6 | 22 800 |