Why don’t on-grid electricity generation or reduction projects qualify to produce offsets?
BC’s electricity system primarily comprises hydro and green power plants. Electricity projects are by provincial government policy considered to be essentially carbon neutral due to their small impact (measured in carbon per kilowatt hour). In addition, under the BC Energy Plan, new power plants are required by regulation to be carbon neutral, and existing power plants will have to be carbon neutral by 2016. However, off-grid projects where electricity is generated primarily by fossil fuels – for example, diesel – would potentially be eligible as offset projects.
