Integrated Business Statistics Program (IBSP)
Reporting guide
This guide is designed to assist you as you complete the 2018 Annual Electric Power Generating Stations Survey. If you need more information, please call the Statistics Canada Help Line at the number below.
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Definitions
Legal Name
The legal name is one recognized by law, thus it is the name liable for pursuit or for debts incurred by the business or organization. In the case of a corporation, it is the legal name as fixed by its charter or the statute by which the corporation was created.
Modifications to the legal name should only be done to correct a spelling error or typo.
To indicate a legal name of another legal entity you should instead indicate it in question 3 by selecting 'Not currently operational' and then choosing the applicable reason and providing the legal name of this other entity along with any other requested information.
Operating Name
The operating name is a name the business or organization is commonly known as if different from its legal name. The operating name is synonymous with trade name.
Current main activity of the business or organization
The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) is an industry classification system developed by the statistical agencies of Canada, Mexico and the United States. Created against the background of the North American Free Trade Agreement, it is designed to provide common definitions of the industrial structure of the three countries and a common statistical framework to facilitate the analysis of the three economies. NAICS is based on supply-side or production-oriented principles, to ensure that industrial data, classified to NAICS, are suitable for the analysis of production-related issues such as industrial performance.
The target entity for which NAICS is designed are businesses and other organizations engaged in the production of goods and services. They include farms, incorporated and unincorporated businesses and government business enterprises. They also include government institutions and agencies engaged in the production of marketed and non-marketed services, as well as organizations such as professional associations and unions and charitable or non-profit organizations and the employees of households.
The associated NAICS should reflect those activities conducted by the business or organizational unit(s) targeted by this questionnaire only, and which can be identified by the specified legal and operating name. The main activity is the activity which most defines the targeted business or organization's main purpose or reason for existence. For a business or organization that is for-profit, it is normally the activity that generates the majority of the revenue for the entity.
The NAICS classification contains a limited number of activity classifications; the associated classification might be applicable for this business or organization even if it is not exactly how you would describe this business or organization's main activity.
Please note that any modifications to the main activity through your response to this question might not necessarily be reflected prior to the transmitting of subsequent questionnaires and as a result they may not contain this updated information.
Commission year
Indicates the first year the turbine became active.
Electricity generation capacity
Indicates the maximum potential generation capacity of the turbine and not the actual generation value.
Principal fuel
Indicate the "primary" fuel used at this station. If this is a co-generation facility and the steam turbine is operated using recaptured waste heat, please indicate "Other fuels (waste heat)" as the fuel source.
Province
Please select the provincial location of each station from the menu provided.
Station
A station refers to a facility which generates electricity. Many stations contain multiple turbines.
Station detail
Indicate the station unit ID name and or unit number, the commission year of the unit, the unit's capacity and total capacity of the station.
Station latitude and longitude
If known please indicate as applicable.
Station name
Each station should be reported separately, as applicable. Indicate the name most commonly used when referring to the station.
Status
Please indicate if this station is:
- Active – A unit which is operating normally through the majority of the reference year
- Standby - A unit whose operation is temporarily inactive for the majority of the reference year or whose production is not part of the planned load, but is on hand ready to be used when needed (e.g. a back-up generator).
- Decommissioned - A unit which has been permanently removed from service.
Turbine
A machine used for converting mechanical power to electrical power, typically through a rotor. In the case of solar electricity generating stations, a turbine refers to a solar array, comprised of photovoltaic cells.
Turbine ID
Indicates the identifier associated with an individual turbine.
Turbine type
Indicate which type of turbine is present at the station - Combustion Turbine, Hydraulic (Hydro) Turbine, Internal Combustion Turbine, Solar, Nuclear Steam Turbine, Conventional Steam Turbine, Tidal Power Turbine or Wind Power Turbine, Wave, Geothermal, or Other non-Combustibles.
Water source
In the case of hydraulic (hydro) stations, name the river or lake being utilized.