13ACrediting period for certain projects

13A Crediting period for certain projects

(1) For paragraph 69(3)(b) and subparagraph 70(3)(d)(ii) of the Act, if a landfill gas project (other than a restarting flaring project) during its second or only crediting period: (a) does not use landfill gas to generate electricity; or (b) does not use landfill gas to generate electricity for more than a total period of 84 calendar months; the period of 12 years is specified. (2) However, if: (a) a project was covered by subsection (1) at the start of the 8th year of its second or only crediting period; and (b) before the crediting period ends under subsection (1) the total period for which landfill gas is used to generate electricity during the crediting period exceeds 84 calendar months; the crediting period ends at the start of the 85th calendar month that landfill gas is used to generate electricity. (3) For this section and reporting under section 31A: (a) landfill gas is used to generate electricity in a calendar month if at any point during 3 or more days in the calendar month electricity is generated from landfill gas; and (b) the total calendar months of generation do not need to be consecutive; and (c) a calendar month after electricity is first generated is presumed to be a month during which electricity is generated if there is no evidence to the contrary. (4) For paragraph 69(3)(b) of the Act, if a landfill gas project is a restarting flaring project, the period is specified as 12 years minus the length of the last crediting period when the project was previously an eligible offsets project. (5) However, the crediting period for a restarting flaring project under subsection (4) ends the day after the project uses landfill gas to generate electricity.