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Compressed Natural Gas Environmental Attributes

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2024-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024, adopted the following: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and/or designate, to negotiate, enter into, and execute any new agreements, amendments of existing agreements, or acknowledgements - including on the basis of a non-competitive procurement under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Procurement, necessary in connection with the

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efforts to generate, manage, market, distribute, use and sell in a manner beneficial to the City the environmental attributes associated with Solid Waste Management Services' compressed natural gas use in vehicles, on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

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As the city filed it

The City's Solid Waste Management Services has been transitioning from diesel-powered trucks to quieter and more environmentally conscious natural-gas-powered trucks since 2010, with 96 percent of the City's in-house residential waste collection fleet now using natural gas. To support the move away from diesel, Solid Waste Management Services had compressed natural gas fuelling stations installed at three of its sites.

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As a result of its compressed natural gas use and ownership of any related environmental attributes, Solid Waste Management Services has an opportunity to benefit from the creation and sale of compliance credits pursuant to the Clean Fuel Regulations under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act and may be eligible to generate environmental attributes under other programs as well. Environmental attributes refer to any and all credits, benefits, emissions reductions, offsets, and allowances, related to the avoidance, removal or mitigation of greenhouse gases or pollutants. The purpose of this report is to seek authority for Solid Waste Management Services to enter into agreements related to the generation, management, marketing, distribution, use and sale of environmental attributes associated with its compressed natural gas use.

Staff recommended

The General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and / or designate, to negotiate, enter into, and execute any new agreements, amendments of existing agreements, or acknowledgements - including on the basis of a non-competitive procurement under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Purchasing - necessary in connection with

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the efforts to generate, manage, market, distribute, use and sell in a manner beneficial to the City the environmental attributes associated with Solid Waste Management Services' compressed natural gas use in vehicles, on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

Considered

  • 2024-11-27 · Infrastructure and Environment Committee · adopted

    Decision as filed

    The Infrastructure and Environment Committee recommends that: 1. City Council authorize the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and / or designate, to negotiate, enter into, and execute any new agreements, amendments of existing agreements, or acknowledgements - including on the basis of a non-competitive procurement under Toronto Municipal Code Chapter 195, Purchasing - necessary in connection with the efforts

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    to generate, manage, market, distribute, use and sell in a manner beneficial to the City the environmental attributes associated with Solid Waste Management Services' compressed natural gas use in vehicles, on terms and conditions acceptable to the General Manager, Solid Waste Management Services and in a form satisfactory to the City Solicitor.

  • 2024-12-17 · Toronto City Council · adopted

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