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Mandatory Closure Spend Quotas for 2024, AER Bulletin 2023-35

Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Supplemental Closure Spending Licensees must spend a minimum amount annually on abandoning, remediating and reclaiming their inactive oil and gas sites. In Bulletin 2023-31: Industry-Wide Closure Spend Requirement for 2024,...

New Edition of Directive 020, AER Bulletin 2023-32

Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Well Abandonment On September 5, 2023, the Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER”) released a new edition of Directive 020: Well Abandonment (“Directive 020”), which sets out the requirements for routine abandonment of wells...

File Changes for Brine Hosted Minerals, AER Bulletin 2023-28

Link to Bulletin Summarized Minerals – Resource Development The AER updated its Digital Data Submission system to enable the collection, in the pressure ASCII standard (PAS) file, of the data required to be submitted by licensees pursuant to requirement 79 of...

New Edition of Directive 001, AER Bulletin 2023-27

Link to Bulletin Summarized Oil and Gas - Geothermal Resources On July 4, 2023, the Alberta Energy Regulator released a new edition of Directive 001: Requirements for Site-Specific Liability Assessment, which includes the following changes: Removal of irrelevant or...

Increased Risk of Wildfire During Drier Seasons, AER Bulletin 2023-25

Link to Bulletin Summarized Oil and Gas - Monitoring The AER reminded licensees that the risk of brush/grass fires increases significantly during wildfire season, which is from March 1 to October 31. The Alberta Agriculture and Forestry (“AAF”) has a tiered fire ban...

Amendments to AUC Rule 019, AUC Bulletin 2021-03

Link to Bulletin Summarized The AUC approved amendments to Rule 019: Specified Penalties for Contravention of ISO Rules. The changes are effective as of March 1, 2021.On December 17, 2020, the AUC initiated a rule-review process in which it sought feedback from...

Proposed Amendments to AUC Rule 016, AUC Bulletin 2021-02

Link to Bulletin Summarized As part of the effort to implement process efficiencies identified in the Report of the AUC Procedures and Process Review Committee, the AUC proposes amendments to Rule 016: Review of Commission Decisions.Proposed ChangesIn consideration of...

Proposed Amendments to AUC Rule 005 Schedules, AUC Bulletin 2021-01

Link to Bulletin SummarizedRegulatory Efficiency The government of Alberta introduced the Red Tape Reduction Act to reduce regulatory burden and improve regulatory efficiency. As part of this, the AUC is reviewing its rules to reduce regulatory requirements.The AUC...

Amendment to AUC Rule 027, AUC Bulletin 2020-37

Link to Bulletin Summarized On November 19, 2020, Rule 027: Specified Penalties for Contravention of Reliability Standards came into effect in its amended form. Rule 027 was amended to reflect a revision to the naming of an Alberta reliability standard PRC-005-AB1-6...

Process Improvements to AUC Rate Proceedings, AUC Bulletin 2020-33

Link to Bulletin SummarizedRule 001 - Rule 022 The AUC announced it would make changes to its process and procedures for rate cases. The Bulletin provides additional information concerning the implementation of changes recommended in the report by the AUC Procedures...

Amendments to AUC Rule 027, AUC Bulletin 2020-32

Link to Bulletin SummarizedBulk-Power System Security - Critical Infrastructure Protection Reliability Standards On October 21, 2020, the AUC amended Rule 027: Specified Penalties for Contravention of Reliability Standards with the addition of clause 5.3.The previous...

Amended Rule 006: Rules on Regulatory Audits, AUC Bulletin 2020-29

Link to Bulletin SummarizedMinor Amendments - Modernization On July 28, 2020, the AUC approved an amended Rule 006: Rules on Regulatory Audits. This amended rule, with links to related information, can be found on the AUC website. The effective date of the amended...

New Edition of Directive 060, AER Bulletin 2020-15

Link to Bulletin SummarizedBulletin - New Edition of Directive 060 On July 7, 2020 the AER released a new edition of Directive 060: Upstream Petroleum Industry Flaring, Incinerating, and Venting. Section 2.6 was updated to permit the use of incinerators and enclosed...

OneStop Enhancements and Fixes, AER Bulletin 2020-13

Link to Bulletin SummarizedBulletin - OneStop Platform The AER announced on June 19, 2020, that on June 25, 2020, it would release enhancements and fixes to the OneStop platform.The AER stated that industry would be able to request to withdraw any undecided...

New Edition of Directive 054, AER Bulletin 2020-08

Link to Bulletin SummarizedBulletin - Reporting and Surveillance - In Situ Oil Sands Schemes On April 3, 2020, the AER released a new edition of Directive 054: Performance Reporting and Surveillance of In Situ Oil Sands Schemes. This edition focuses on requirements...

COVID-19 Announcements and Bulletins

COVID-19 Updates AUC Defers Live Proceedings to Reduce COVID-19 Risk (AUC Bulletin 2020-06)Link to Bulletin SummarizedOn March 12, 2020, the AUC announced that, as part of its response to COVID-19, the AUC would immediately defer all public hearings, consultations or...