Supermarket Chain, Quebec

Running electric material-handling across six DCs.

A national grocery chain retrofitting six regional distribution centres with light-duty electric forklifts and warehouse movers — replacing propane counterbalance trucks and diesel tuggers with Class II / III battery-electric units. Material handling runs two shifts, year-round, across all six sites.

Electrified units powering the credit stream.

What the operator receives each year.

At current CFR pricing (~$400 / credit), a ~100-unit light-duty electric material-handling fleet across six DCs in Quebec — on the cleanest grid in North America — generates on the order of ~880 tCO₂e / year of CFR credits, around CAD 353,000 in annual credit revenue, paid to the operator after each annual cycle. Climate Decode retains only a small management fee.

Credit revenue across the first compliance cycle.

Projection pulled directly from the site CFR calculator — CFR reference CIs (Fuel LCA Model v4.0), EER per ECCC Schedule 5, Quebec grid CI ~5 gCO₂e/MJ per ECCC Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations v4.0 (Table 12), and credit pricing at current market (~CAD 400 / credit).

Annual credit volume drifts down slightly year-over-year as the CFR reference CI tightens under the declining trajectory; revenue stays roughly stable at ~CAD 345K/yr across the cycle.

The work the operator would otherwise have to build a compliance team to do.

ZEV Catalyst aggregates all six DCs into one CFR Credit Creation Agreement, installs kWh sub-metering at each DC charger, runs a single pooled MRV plan (energy delivered, source, and equipment class per shift), and consolidates annual third-party verification with ECCC. The supermarket’s sustainability team signs one agreement, deals with one counterparty, and never sees a verifier invoice.