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Link to Bulletin Summarized Bulletin - COVID-19 - Industry Relief On April 9, 2020, the AER announced that Alberta Environment and Parks and Alberta Energy have temporarily suspended a number of reporting requirements that affect Alberta’s energy industry. The AER...

Link to Bulletin SummarizedBulletin - Regulatory Documents Review The AER continually works to improve its regulations and processes to ensure Alberta’s energy resources are developed in a manner that is responsible, safe, and efficient. As part of its contributions...

Link to Bulletin SummarizedAER Bulletin On March 11, 2020, the AER released new editions of Directive 065: Resources Applications for Oil and Gas Reservoirs and Manual 012: Energy Development Applications Procedures and Schedules. The AER updated s. 4.1.3 of Directive...

Link to Case SummarizedAdministrative Law - Standard of Review In this case, the same 7-2 majority in Vavilov applied the new standard of review framework to an appeal of a Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (“CRTC”) order (the “Order”). ...

Link to Case SummarizedAdministrative Law - Standard of Review In this case, a 7-2 majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Supreme Court”) revised the rules that govern the standard of review, and provided additional guidance in conducting a reasonableness...

Link to Bulletin SummarizedAUC Rules On November 22, 2019, the AUC approved amendments to Rule 002: Service Quality and Reliability Performance Monitoring and Reporting for Owners of Electric Distribution Systems and for Gas Distributors, Rule 003: Service Standards...

Link to Bulletin SummarizedAER Industry Levy The AER is 100 per cent funded by industry, and is undertaking a review of how the administrative fee levied on energy development projects and activities is calculated. It will be soliciting stakeholder feedback to...

Link to Bulletin SummarizedAUC Rules - Consultation In June 2019, the AUC issued Bulletin 2019-10 which initiated a consultation process on potential changes to AUC Rule 007: Applications for Power of Plants, Substations, Transmission Lines, Industrial System...

Link to letter decisionOil - Open Season - Firm Transportation In this decision, the CER considered submissions from Suncor Energy Inc. (“Suncor”), Shell Canada Limited (“Shell”), the Explorers and Producers Association of Canada (“EPAC”), and Canadian Natural...

Link to decision summarizedGas Pipeline - Upgrades and Expansion This decision provides reasons of the National Energy Board (“NEB”) under the letterhead of its successor, the CER.In this decision the NEB considered applications filed by Westcoast Energy Inc....

Link to decision summarizedISO Tariff In this decision, the AUC considered whether to approve an application (the “Application”) from the Alberta Electric System Operator (“AESO”) regarding its 2018 Independent System Operator (“ISO”) tariff. The AUC directed the AESO...

Link to decision bulletinFacility Applications - Performance Standards and Timelines - Update The AUC updated its internal performance standards and timelines for processing facility applications. The new standards and timelines replace those set out in Bulletin...

Link to decision summarizedRate Treatment Review - Distribution System Acquisition In this decision, the AUC considered the rate treatment of amounts paid by a distribution utility in Alberta for acquiring distribution systems owned by rural electrification...

Link to Letter DecisionGas - Pipeline Abandonment This is a decision by the National Energy Board (“NEB”), released on the letterhead of the CER.In this decision, the NEB considered an application the (“Application”) from AltaGas Holdings Inc. (“AltaGas”) for leave to...

Bulletin 2019-11 - OneStop Pre-Application Manual On May 16, 2019, the AER issued Bulletin 2019-11: Public Land Disposition Applications Moving to OneStop. The updates were delayed and implemented effective August 22, 2019.The AER indicated that as of August 22, 2019...

AUC Vice-Chair Appointment - Henry van Egteren The AUC announced that Commission member Henry van Egteren was appointed as a vice-chair. Mr. van Egteren joined the AUC in 2012. He has contributed to decisions in the AUC’s facilities, rates and markets-related...

Bulletin 2019-14 - eFiling System Update To track compliance with directions from facilities and markets decisions, the AUC updated its eFiling system in 2018. On August 1, 2019 the AUC extended the use of this tracking function to track certain directions resulting...

Directive 050 - New Soil Endpoint and Post-Disposal Sampling Values - Zinc The AER released a new edition of Directive 050: Drilling Waste Management. The zinc endpoint and threshold zinc concentrations were updated to align with the latest edition of the Government...

Contravention of AUC Rules - Specified Penalties On January 1, 2019, Rule 032: Specified Penalties (“Rule 032”) came into effect. Rule 032 established specified penalties for contraventions of select provisions of AUC rules related to customer care and billing issues...

Regulatory - Stakeholder Consultation AUC regulation, as with most forms of regulation, imposes costs on regulated companies. These include the costs of meeting regulatory process requirements and the administrative costs of running the agency, most of which are...

Micro-generation - Rule 024 In this bulletin, the AUC announced an update to the AUC’s Micro-Generation Notice Submission Guideline. The revised guideline summarizes the current processes required to obtain approval for micro-generation connection to the grid. The...

Cost Claims - Working Interest Participants The AER released a new form for submitting cost claims for defaulting working interest participants.Once abandonment or reclamation activities are completed, an active company may submit a claim to the AER for costs incurred...

Administration Fees The AER noted that its 2019/20 budget was not yet approved. As a result, the AER stated that it would issue two sets of administrative fees for 2019/20. The first set of administrative fees would allow the AER to operate until an approved budget...

Monogram Electric Resistance Weld - Potential Hazard On July 3, 2019, the NEB issued safety advisory NEB SA 2019-01 to inform pipeline operators of a potential hazard regarding API 5L Monogram Electric Resistance Weld pipe joints manufactured by Hyundai Steel in their...

Solar Energy - Wind Energy - Rule 007 In this bulletin, the AUC announced new interim information requirements for wind and solar energy projects. These new information requirements apply to all new wind and solar energy Rule 007: Applications for Power Plants,...

Rule 007 - Review - Consultation Process In this bulletin, the AUC announced that it had initiated a review of AUC Rule 007: Applications for Power Plants, Substations, Transmission Lines, Industrial System Designations and Hydro Developments (“Rule 007”). The goal of...