Gas prices will likely rise further due to new terms of a federal fuel standard finalized by the Department of Environment..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, an environmental advocacy group said Monday it was told of the proposal at a confidential briefing..“The Department of Environment held a stakeholder meeting Friday last week to reveal some proposed updates to the Clean Fuel Standard,” Bora Plumptre, secretary of the Clean Fuel Standard Advocates Association, testified at the House of Commons natural resources committee..“The role of crude oil should be very limited in the scope of the Clean Fuel Standard,” Plumptre.said..Regulators had proposed to triple ethanol content in gasoline from 2022. Higher costs for consumers are unavoidable, then-Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told reporters..“At the end of the day, politicians have an obligation to the public to tell them the straight goods,” Wilkinson said in 2021. “And if they have a disagreement, that’s fine. But let’s be serious and let’s be real about the facts.”.The proposed Clean Fuel Standard would mandate the greater use of renewable fuels. “Certainly there are additional costs associated with moving to reduce the amount of carbon in those fuels,” Wilkinson s.aid..On March 29, the Department of Environment scheduled a technical briefing with reporters to explain “the next steps in Canada’s plan for climate action.”.In a 2020 regulatory notice, the department put direct household costs of the Clean Fuel Standard at up to $2.4 billion nationwide..“These impacts will not be distributed evenly,” staff.wrote..In a subsequent 2021 memo, the department acknowledged there are “affordability concerns” with limiting use of gasoline and diesel..“When the Clean Fuel Standard was first announced in 2016, it was to be developed in a phased approach starting with regulations covering liquid fossil fuels followed by regulations covering gaseous and solid fuels,” the memo.said. ‘.“However, the scope of the Clean Fuel Standard has since been narrowed to liquid fossil fuels.”.Staff wrote that in July, the scope of the Clean Fuel Standard was further refined to focus on transportation fuels. “There will be no regulatory obligation for heavy and light oil, which are predominantly used in stationary applications and distillate fuels oils used in space heating.”.“This will help address affordability concerns in areas that presently rely heavily on home heating oil,” the memo said..According to Statistics Canada, 50% of Nova Scotians and 81% of Prince Edward Islanders heat their homes with oil..Matthew Horwood is the Parliamentary Bureau Chief of the Western Standard
Gas prices will likely rise further due to new terms of a federal fuel standard finalized by the Department of Environment..According to Blacklock’s Reporter, an environmental advocacy group said Monday it was told of the proposal at a confidential briefing..“The Department of Environment held a stakeholder meeting Friday last week to reveal some proposed updates to the Clean Fuel Standard,” Bora Plumptre, secretary of the Clean Fuel Standard Advocates Association, testified at the House of Commons natural resources committee..“The role of crude oil should be very limited in the scope of the Clean Fuel Standard,” Plumptre.said..Regulators had proposed to triple ethanol content in gasoline from 2022. Higher costs for consumers are unavoidable, then-Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson told reporters..“At the end of the day, politicians have an obligation to the public to tell them the straight goods,” Wilkinson said in 2021. “And if they have a disagreement, that’s fine. But let’s be serious and let’s be real about the facts.”.The proposed Clean Fuel Standard would mandate the greater use of renewable fuels. “Certainly there are additional costs associated with moving to reduce the amount of carbon in those fuels,” Wilkinson s.aid..On March 29, the Department of Environment scheduled a technical briefing with reporters to explain “the next steps in Canada’s plan for climate action.”.In a 2020 regulatory notice, the department put direct household costs of the Clean Fuel Standard at up to $2.4 billion nationwide..“These impacts will not be distributed evenly,” staff.wrote..In a subsequent 2021 memo, the department acknowledged there are “affordability concerns” with limiting use of gasoline and diesel..“When the Clean Fuel Standard was first announced in 2016, it was to be developed in a phased approach starting with regulations covering liquid fossil fuels followed by regulations covering gaseous and solid fuels,” the memo.said. ‘.“However, the scope of the Clean Fuel Standard has since been narrowed to liquid fossil fuels.”.Staff wrote that in July, the scope of the Clean Fuel Standard was further refined to focus on transportation fuels. “There will be no regulatory obligation for heavy and light oil, which are predominantly used in stationary applications and distillate fuels oils used in space heating.”.“This will help address affordability concerns in areas that presently rely heavily on home heating oil,” the memo said..According to Statistics Canada, 50% of Nova Scotians and 81% of Prince Edward Islanders heat their homes with oil..Matthew Horwood is the Parliamentary Bureau Chief of the Western Standard
