Item - 2024.IE18.3
Tracking Status
- City Council adopted this item on December 17 and 18, 2024 without amendments and without debate.
- This item was considered by the Infrastructure and Environment Committee on November 27, 2024 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on December 17 and 18, 2024.
IE18.3 - Compressed Natural Gas Environmental Attributes
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted on Consent
- Wards:
- All
City Council Decision
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 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.
Background Information (Committee)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-250543.pdf
Communications (Committee)
IE18.3 - Compressed Natural Gas Environmental Attributes
- Decision Type:
- ACTION
- Status:
- Adopted
- Wards:
- All
Committee Recommendations
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 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.
Origin
Summary
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. 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.
Background Information
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ie/bgrd/backgroundfile-250543.pdf