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Publisher-reported update

2026-05-27

Under the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Cap and Trade System Regulations (RSPEDE), emitters must cover their greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, i.e. obtain an emission allowance for each ton of GHGs they have emitted into the atmosphere and return them to the government. Emitters must cover emissions reported and verified in accordance with the Regulations on the Mandatory Reporting of Certain Contaminant Emissions into the Air (RDOECA). CO2 emissions (t eq. CO2) from a biogenic source (example: biomethane), CO2 (t eq. CO2) captured, stored, valued or transferred off-site as well as emissions attributable to mobile equipment are excluded and should not be covered. Reporting issuers are as follows: Industrial establishments that emit 25,000 tmt eq. CO2 or more per year (aluminum plants, cement factories, refineries, chemical factories, steel mills, mines, etc.); Producers and importers of electricity, whose GHG emissions associated with the production of this electricity equal or exceed 25,000 tm eq. CO2 per year; Distributors of fuels and fuels used in Quebec (gasoline, diesel, propane, diesel, propane, propane, butane, kerosene, coal, petroleum coke, coal, distillation gas, ethanol,…

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