Compliance and Enforcement

The Ministry of Energy, Mines and Low Carbon Innovation (Ministry) uses a variety of compliance and enforcement tools to gather information, obtain compliance, and deter future non-compliance with the LCFS.

Compliance and enforcement tools may include:

• Informal communications
• Formal letters (information request and/or warning)
• Audits
• Inspections
• Administrative monetary penalties
• Court prosecution

Publishing non-compliant organizations 

The Ministry provides online access to information related to its compliance and enforcement actions. The following information about regulated parties on whom an administrative penalty has been imposed under the LCFS may be published:

• Legal name
• Amount of the penalty
• The provision of the legislation or its regulations with which the regulated party failed to comply

See RLCF-021: Administrative Monetary Penalties for more details and to view a complete list of compliance actions that have resulted in compliance penalties.