Provincial Utility, Saskatchewan

Credits that still clear on Canada’s hardest-CI grid.

Saskatchewan’s grid CI (~218 gCO₂e/MJ, per ECCC Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations v4.0, Table 12) is the highest in Canada — a deliberate stress test of the CFR Part 3 math. Even on the SK grid, an EER-corrected reference CI (~84–87 × 4.1–5.0) still sits well above the grid, so every MJ of depot-dispensed electricity booked against the registered low-CI electricity pathway still generates a positive credit. The yield per kWh is thinner than in BC or QC, but it’s real, it’s bankable, and it accrues every month without the utility lifting a finger on the compliance side.

Electrified units powering the credit stream.

What the utility receives each year.

At current CFR pricing (~$400 / credit), ~40 light service vans plus ~10 electric line trucks in Saskatchewan — charged on the SK grid (~218 gCO₂e/MJ, ECCC Fuel LCA Model v4.0 Table 12) — generate on the order of ~350 tCO₂e / year of CFR credits, around CAD 140,000 in annual credit revenue, paid to the utility 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 (ECCC Specifications for Fuel LCA Model CI Calculations v4.0, Schedule 1 & 6), EER per ECCC Schedule 5, SK grid CI per ECCC Fuel LCA Model v4.0 Table 12 (~218 gCO₂e/MJ), and credit pricing at current market (~CAD 400 / credit).

Annual credit volume drifts down steadily year-over-year as the CFR reference CI tightens under the declining trajectory — a high-CI grid amplifies that drift; revenue averages ~CAD 133K/yr across the cycle.

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

ZEV Catalyst builds the CFR methodology around the depot-charging meters, registers the utility as a Part 3 credit creator, runs the MRV for every kWh dispensed at the SK grid CI, and manages annual third-party verification with ECCC. The utility signs one agreement, deals with one counterparty, never sees a verifier invoice — and collects a credit stream that would otherwise be left on the table on one of Canada’s hardest grids for CFR math.