Terms and Conditions

Table of Contents

• 1. Background
• 2. Terms and Conditions of the ecoENERGY RP
  • 2.1 Basic Eligibility Criteria
  • 2.2 Eligible Recipients
  • 2.3 Qualifying Projects
  • 2.4 Environmental Choice^M Program Certification
  • 2.5 Qualifying Period 
  • 2.6 Minimum Qualifying Capacity
  • 2.7 Eligible Production
  • 2.8 Sale of Electricity
  • 2.9 Own Consumption
  • 2.10 Test Wind Turbines
  • 2.11 Class 43.1/Class 43.2 of the federal Income Tax Act Regulations
  • 2.12 Reductions in Emissions of Greenhouse Gases (GHGs) and Air Pollutants
  • 2.13 Maximum Contributions
  • 2.14 Production Estimates
  • 2.15 Stacking Limits
• 3. The Approval Process: First in Construction, First Served
  • Step 1: Notice of Project Application
  • Step 2: Technical Project Information
  • Step 3: Environmental Assessment Process
  • Step 4: Notification of the Start of Construction
  • Step 5: Commissioning of a Project 
• 4. Terms of the Incentive
  • 4.1 Level of the Incentive
  • 4.2 Payment of Eligible Production
  • 4.3 Period of Payment
  • 4.4 Maximum Eligible Production and Annual Eligible Production
  • 4.5 Maximum Contribution
• 5. Project Reporting
  • 5.1 Invoicing of Payment Due
  • 5.2 Annual Reporting on the Project's Performance
  • 5.3 First-Year Reporting on the Project's Costs and Air Emissions Reductions
  • 5.4 Repayable Contribution Clause
• 6. Other Administrative Requirements
  • 6.1 Audit Rights
  • 6.2 Partnerships and Joint Ventures
  • 6.3 Transferability
  • 6.4 For Further Information

Annexes

• Annex A: Notice of Project Application form
• Annex B: Technical Project Information
• Annex C: Costing Report for Qualifying Projects