How to verify electricity, gas, or petroleum supply emissions — and autofill 012-2196 with my-id.ca
File supply-chain verification without retyping operator contact details
Electricity importers, natural gas distributors, and petroleum suppliers repeat legal name, business address, authorized contacts, and verifier details on every Verification Statement for Electricity Importation, Natural Gas Distribution or Petroleum Products Supply. This guide is an example of storing them once in my-id.ca.
Official form and source
Start from the official source and always use the current version — form numbers and links can change:
- Service page: Cap and trade — ontario.ca
- Form (Central Forms Repository): Verification Statement for Electricity Importation, Natural Gas Distribution or Petroleum Products Supply — 012-2196
What this form is about
Form 012-2196 verifies emissions for electricity importation, natural gas distribution, or petroleum products supply — confirm cap-and-trade reporting on ontario.ca.
Before you start: what to gather
- Operator legal name and business address.
- Authorized contact name, phone, and email.
- Third-party verifier name, company, and accreditation.
- Supply chain activity type and reporting period — confirm on ontario.ca.
Confirm the current process on ontario.ca.
How my-id.ca makes it faster
- Save it once. Store your operator name, address, and contact details in your my-id.ca profile.
- Keep documents ready. Upload supporting documents to my-id.ca Files so you are not searching at form time.
- Autofill the form. Use the my-id.ca Chrome extension on a web form, or fill a PDF from your saved profile inside my-id.ca.
- Review and submit yourself through the official channel.
Why do it in my-id.ca
Related Ontario forms repeat the same personal details. Captured once in my-id.ca — stored in Canada, with AI on its own servers — every form starts mostly complete.
Frequently asked questions
- Who must file form 012-2196?
- Electricity importers, natural gas distributors, and petroleum suppliers — confirm on ontario.ca.
- How does my-id.ca help?
- It autofills operator name, address, and contact details.
- How is this different from form 012-2195?
- Form 012-2195 is the general verification statement — confirm which form applies.
Fill it once. Reuse it everywhere.
Save your information in my-id.ca once, then autofill this form and the next one — web forms with the Chrome extension, PDFs right in the app. Your data is stored in Canada and AI runs on my-id.ca's own servers, never sent to third-party AI providers.