Environment and Sustainable
Resource Development
Alberta Emission Performance Credits (EPC)
Notice of EPC Instructions and Updates
For the Alberta EPC Registry
The EPC Registry is for the tracking of the Emission Performance Credits within the Alberta
Specified Gas Emitters Regulation. This form must be completed and uploaded as a necessary
step in transferring EPCs between companies or identifying EPCs for retirement.
Emission performance credits are generated when facilities lower their intensities beyond their
intensity targets. These credits are revocable licenses which can be banked or retired by
facilities subject to the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation to meet their reduction targets.
The Specified Gas Emitters Regulation is a strategic regulation that confirms Alberta’s intent to
set greenhouse gas intensity limits for large emitters of greenhouse gases in Alberta. The
Regulation is an important step in delivering on the current Alberta climate change action plan.
The Regulation applies to all facilities in Alberta that emitted equal to or greater than 100,000
tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2eq) units in 2003 or in
any year since.
Emission performance credits are generated when facilities lower their intensities beyond their
intensity targets. These credits are revocable licenses which can be banked or retired by
facilities subject to the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation to meet their net emissions intensity
limit. Emission performance credits must be owned by the facility that is retiring them.
There is a minimum fee of $50 dollars that will be applied to all transactions. A transfer of units
from one company to another will be at a fee of $0.02 per unit and retirement of credits for
compliance will be at a fee of $0.05 per unit. There is no fee for intra-company name transfers,
updates, or voluntary retirement of units. *
For any questions, please contact Alberta Environment by email at ESRD.GHG@gov.ab.ca .
*
All fees will be charged in Canadian dollars.
Air and Climate Change Policy
Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development
12th Floor, Baker Centre
10025 - 106th Street
Edmonton, Alberta, T5J 1G4
E-mail: ESRD.GHG@gov.ab.ca
Description: Enter Short Description of Requested Action
(example: Retirement, inter-company transfer etc. for facility X)
Please check what type of update this is:
Pending Retirement (fee of $0.05/tonne)†
- retire tonnes against a facility's compliance obligation.
- when using EPCs for facility compliance they must be owned by the facility retiring them and must be
moved into the pending retirement state. Once in pending retirement the facility will not be able to
access or further change the state of the EPCs. There is a $0.05/tonne fee associated with moving EPCs
into pending retirement. Once the facility compliance review is complete the EPCs will be moved to the
Retired state by Alberta Environment and Sustainable Resource Development.
Emission Performance Credits
Pending Retirement
(1 credit = 1 tonne CO2e)
The Person Responsible owns all of the above Emission
Performance Credits being used for the compliance of this
facility.
TRUE
FALSE
None of these credits have been used for compliance by any
other facility within my company.
TRUE
FALSE
None of these credits have been used for compliance by any
other facility.
TRUE
FALSE
Important: If you answered "false" to any of the above, your Emission Performance Credits may not be
valid under the Specified Gas Emitters Regulation. Please contact Alberta Environment
(ESRD.GHG@gov.ab.ca) for further instruction
An external company or organization jointly owns some of
the above credits.
TRUE
FALSE
If true, in the field below please list the company(ies) and any necessary contact information
Joint Company (ies) Name (include information for all companies if there is more than one)
Enter Contact Name
Enter Title
Enter address
Enter city
Enter province/state
Enter postal/zip code
†
There is a minimum fee of $50 dollars that will be applied to all transactions.
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Enter telephone number
Enter fax number
Enter email - required for communication
Voluntarily Retirement (no fee)
- permanently retire EPCs with no compliance benefit.
- Any owner of EPCs may choose to voluntarily retire them from the registry. Retired tonnes will no
longer be accessible.
Intra-Company Transfer (no fee)
- move EPCs between sites owned by the same company.
- EPCs may be transferred between sites owned by the same company. EPCs must be assigned to a
facility in order for them to be retired by that facility for compliance.
Inter-Company Transfer (fee of $0.02/tonne)‡
- move EPCs between different companies.
- EPCs may be transferred between companies. The transfer occurs in two parts. The current owner of
the EPCs must initiate the transfer and upload a signed transfer agreement. The recipient must then
accept the EPCs (and that the documentation is complete and accurate once counter signed) to
complete the transfer. There is a fee associated with each transfer between companies.
Export (fee of $0.05/tonne)§
- remove EPCs from the Alberta registry for use in another system.
- If holders of EPCs wish to use their credits in another system, possibly outside Alberta, they must first
remove them from the Alberta registry.
‡
Ibid
Ibid
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List the range of serial numbers , current owner, and new recipient of these Emission Performance
Credits.
A tracking document or invoice will be provided in the name of the New Recipient Company or Facility
Name.
Enter
vintage
year of EPC
being used
Enter quantity of
Emission Performance
Credits (tonnes CO2 e)
Serial range
start of EPCs
Serial range end
of EPCs
Enter current
owner company
name
Enter new
recipient company
name
Enter new
recipient facility if
applicable.
By signing below, we warrant that as of the date of this Notice, we are the party identified
above as the listed current owner and the new recipient of the EPCs, and have appropriate
supporting documentation to substantiate the above requested EPC update. Alberta
Environment may request copies of such supporting documentation at any time.
Owner or Generator Company Name
Company Name of New Recipient
Per: Signature
Name: Enter Contact Name
Title: Enter Title
Address:Enter address
City:Enter city
Province/State: Enter province/state
Postal/Zip code:Enter postal/zip code
Telephone number:Enter telephone number
Fax number:Enter fax number
Email: Enter email - required for communication
Date: yyyy-MM-dd
Having the authority to bind the company.
Per: Signature
Name: Enter Name - signature on above line
Title: Enter Title
Address:Enter Address
City:Enter City
Province/State:Enter province/state
Postal/Zip code:Enter postal/zip code
Telephone number:Enter telephone number
Fax number:Enter fax number
Email: Enter email - required for confirmation
Date: yyyy-MM-dd
Having the authority to bind the company
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