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Ontario Emissions Trading Registry
Introduction

Covering nitrogen oxides (NO_x) and sulphur dioxide (SO₂), Ontario’s emission trading program has been in place since December, 2001

Stringent emissions caps reduce air pollution and mean cleaner air for the people of Ontario. Emissions reduction trading is a supplementary tool that provides broad incentives to reduce air emissions in all sectors.

Ontario's emissions trading system is of the "cap, credit and trade" variety, a hybrid that incorporates the best features of a pure "cap-and-trade" with those of a "baseline-and-credit" system.

The Ontario Emissions Trading Regulation calls for an Emissions Trading Registry which:

• provides notice to the public of the distribution of NO and SO₂ Emission Allowances;
  
  
• provides notice of the application for and the creation of NO and SO₂ Emission Reduction Credits, or ERCs;
  
  
• provides public access to all documentation submitted in support of an application to create an ERC; and
  
  
• records decisions about credit creation and credit and allowance retirement.

For more information and the regulatory requirements of emissions trading in Ontario, refer to the following hyperlinks.

For the electricity sector:

The Technical Description presents the mechanics of Ontario's emissions trading system in brief.

The Regulation sets the legal framework for emissions trading in Ontario.

The Ontario Emissions Trading Code is intended to supplement Ontario Regulation 397/01 (Electricity Generation) and 194/05 (Industry Emissions – Nitrogen Oxides and Sulphur Dioxide) governing emissions trading made under the Environmental Protection Act and provides specific information about its requirements.

The Fact Sheet provides a brief overview of how emissions trading works.

For further information concerning electricity sector emission trading, please contact:
John Hutchison
Senior Policy Advisor
Ministry of the Environment
Air Policy and Climate Change Branch
Toronto
Tel: 416-314-6789
E-mail: john.hutchison@ontario.ca

For the industrial sectors:

Ontario’s Regulation 194/05 sets the legal framework for emissions for industrial sectors in Ontario.

The Guidance Documents are intended to supplement O. Reg. 194/05.

For further information concerning emissions trading for the industry sector please contract:

Eric Loi
Senior Policy Coordinator
Ministry of the Environment
Air Policy and Climate Change Branch
Toronto
Tel: 416-314-1700
E-mail: eric.loi@ontario.ca

Please click the ‘Registry' button to access the Ontario Emissions Trading Registry.

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