BC’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation, known as the GGRR, defines a prescribed undertaking for the purposes of section 18 of the Clean Energy Act. The BCUC may not prevent a public utility from carrying out a prescribed undertaking, and must allow the utility to collect its costs from ratepayers.

The GGRR is passed by the Lieutenant Governor in General pursuant to section 35 of the Clean Energy Act. That means, in practice, that the BC government determines what is a prescribed undertaking; legislation is not needed to amend the GGRR.

The following are examples of prescribed undertakings:

• Liquified natural gas (LNG) distribution and storage (section 2.1).
• Renewable natural gas acquisition (section 2.2).
• Electrification (section 4).
• Electric vehicle (EV) charging stations (section 5).
• Hydrogen (section 6).