These articles by our expert team cover the details of various decisions made by the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER), Alberta Utilities Commision (AUC), and Canada Energy Regulator (CER). Browse our searchable archive below to learn more about the results we’ve achieved for our clients.
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Statutory Appeal – Confidentiality Application The Minister of Environment and Parks ("AEP" or "Crown") appealed a decision of the case management judge ordering the production of eight records ("Disputed...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Download Summary in PDF Oil and Gas – Abandonment The Government of Alberta approved a levy of $135 million to fund the Orphan Well Association’s (“OWA”) operating budget for the fiscal year 2024/25. As a result, the AER prescribed an...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Download Summary in PDF Facilities – Applications The AUC updated Rule 007: Applications for Power Plants, Substations, Transmission Lines, Industrial System Designations, Hydro Developments and Gas Utility Pipelines (“Rule 007”) to align...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Facilities – Duty to Consult Application Airport City Solar East Ltd. (“ACSE”) requested approval to construct and operate the 112-megawatt (“MW”) Airport City Solar power plant (the “Project”) bordering the Edmonton...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Rates - Electricity Application Peace River Energy Project Inc. (“PREP”) applied for approval to construct and operate the 4.99-megawatt (“MW”) Peace River Energy Project solar power plant (the “Project”), located...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Facilities - Solar Application Aura Power Renewable Ltd. (“Aura Power”) applied for approval to construct and operate the 230-megawatt (“MW”) Peace Butte Solar Farm and Battery Storage Project (the “Project”),...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Facilities - Solar Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) submitted its 2024 annual performance-based regulation (“PBR”) rate adjustment filing pursuant to the provisions of the third generation PBR (“PBR3”) plan. AE...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Facilities - Value Application FortisAlberta Inc. (“Fortis”) requested the AUC to direct the transfer of electric distribution system assets from Battle River Power Coop REA Ltd. (“BRPC”) to Fortis, including the...
Link to Decision Summarized Download Summary in PDF Gas - Facilities Application Inuvialuit Energy Security Project Ltd. (“IESPL”) applied to the Canadian Energy Regulator (“CER”) for approval of the installation and operation of the Inuvialuit Energy Security Project...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Download Summary in PDF Facilities – Partial Reclamation In December 2023, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (“AEPA”) announced the Interim directive: pilot for site reductions on well sites (Land Policy, 2023, No.2), regarding a...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Download Summary in PDF Oil and Gas – Land Reclamation On December 14, 2023, Alberta Environment and Protected Areas (“AEPA”) released the Interim directive: pilot for reclaiming peatlands - decision framework and support tools for...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Facilities Application ATCO Pipelines (“AP”) requested approval of the 2024 revenue requirement of $362,852,000 on an interim and refundable basis. Decision The AUC approved AP’s 2024 interim revenue requirement of...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity – Facilities Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) applied for approval to construct and operate a new transmission line, a transmission line alteration and a connection to the approved Kiwetinohk Opal Gas Project. Decision The...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil – Facilities To eliminate duplicative or obsolete requirements, the AER rescinded Directive 026: Setback Requirements for Oil Effluent Pipelines (“Directive 026”), effective immediately. The AER also rescinded the Directive 026 related...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil - Facilities On February 8, 2024, the Alberta Energy Regulator (“AER”) released a new edition of Directive 023: Oil Sands Project Applications (“Directive 023”), effective immediately. Directive 023 replaced the May 2013 draft edition....
Link to Decision Summarized Enforcement - Facilities Application Enforcement staff of the AUC Enforcement Division (“Enforcement Staff”) applied for approval of a negotiated settlement agreement (“NSA”) between Enforcement Staff and Avex Energy Inc. (“Avex”) in...
Link to Decision Summarized Thermal Peaking - Facilities Application TransAlta Corporation (“TransAlta”) applied for approval to construct and operate a natural gas-fired thermal power plant (the “Power Plant”), including an associated substation, located within the...
Link to Decision Summarized Gas - Facilities Application Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (“Trans Mountain”), pursuant to s 190 of the Canadian Energy Regulator Act , submitted an application to vary (“Application”) Schedule A of Certificate of Public Convenience and...
Link to Decision Summarized Gas – Facilities Application PGI Processing ULC (“PGI”) applied for approval to construct and operate a new 33-megawatt cogeneration power plant within the fenceline of the existing Kaybob #3 South Gas Plant (the “K3 Plant”) near Fox Creek,...
Link to Decision Summarized Gas - Facilities Application ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd (“ATCO”) applied for approval to construct and operate 1.4 kilometers of new 219.1-millimeter high-pressure natural gas pipeline and related above-ground facilities (the “Project”)...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power – Generation Program Cancellation Application 2171802 Alberta Ltd., operating as Bull Pound Solar Partners (“BPSP”), requested that the AUC rescind the community generating unit designation for the 15-megawatt (“MW”) Bull Pound...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Facilities Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) applied for approval of a sale offering for isolated generating units CUL 483, CUL 429, CUL 430 and CUL 280 (“Isolated Units”) contained within its Narrows Point Power Plant...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Facilities Application Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (“Trans Mountain”) filed an application requesting a variance of Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity OC-065 (the “Certificate”). The variance involved a change to...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Facilities The AER released a new edition of Manual 023 Licensee Life-Cycle Management that includes clarifications based on feedback received as part of the ongoing implementation of the Government of Alberta’s Liability...
Link to Decision Summarized Facilities - Approval Requirement Application Enforcement staff of the AUC (“Enforcement Staff”), following an investigation prompted by a noise complaint, filed an application with the AUC alleging that Energy Sustain Service Ltd. (“ESS”)...
Link to Decision Summarized Gas - Facilities Application Apex Utilities Inc. (“AUI”) applied for approval to install the Drumheller High Pressure Pipeline Project, consisting of approximately 1,040 meters (“m”) of new 114.3-millimeter (“mm”) natural gas pipeline as...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Communication Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) applied for approval to construct and operate a 13-kilometer (km”) overhead fibre optic cable between AE’s existing Brintnell 876S Substation and Alberta PowerLine General...
Link to Decision Summarized Wind Power - Safety Application RES Forty Mile Wind GP Corp (“RES”) applied to amend, construct and operate the previously approved Forty Mile Wind Power Project (the “Project”) and the Forty Mile 516S Substation. RES also applied to split...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Service Area Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) applied to the Alberta Utilities Commission (“AUC”) for: confirmation of exclusive service area boundaries as determined by applicable Electric Distribution System Municipal...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power - Facilities Application Solar Krafte Utilities Inc. (“Solar Krafte”) applied for approval to amend, construct and operate the 360-megawwatt (“MW”) Brooks Solar Farm power plant (the “Project”). Solar Krafte also applied for...
Link to Decision Summarized Gas - Facilities Application ATCO Gas and Pipelines Ltd. (“AG”) applied for approval to construct and operate the Swanhills Loop Transmission Project, consisting of 4.6 kilometers (“km”) of new 168.3-millimeter (“mm”) high-pressure natural...
Link to Decision Summarized Gas - Facilities Application Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (“Trans Mountain”) applied for approval of a deviation (“Deviation Application”) to the approved plan, profile and book of reference (“PPBoR”) in respect of certain lands in Segment...
Link to Decision Summarized Natural Gas Liquids - Facilities Application NorthRiver Midstream NEBC Connector GP Inc. (“NorthRiver”), a wholly owned subsidiary of NorthRiver Midstream Inc., applied for authorization to construct and operate the NEBC Connector Project...
Link to Decision Summarized Communications - Facilities Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) applied for approval to construct and operate the 185-meter (“m”) ELADFO021 underground fibre optic telecommunications cable, from AE’s existing Dog Rib 2082S Substation to...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas – Facilities The AER is implementing a reclamation liability reduction program (the “Program”), with an anticipated release in the spring of 2024. The Program is intended to allow licensees to request a temporary reduction of...
Link to Decision Summarized Solar Power – Facilities Application Georgetown Solar Inc. (“Georgetown Solar”) has an AUC approval to construct the Georgetown Solar + Energy Storage Project (the “Power Plant”), which includes a solar power plant, a battery energy storage...
Link to Decision Summarized Communication - Facilities Application AltaLink Management Ltd. (“AML”) applied for approval to connect Solar Krafte Utilities Inc.’s (“Solar Krafte”) Vauxhall Solar Farm to the Alberta Interconnected Electric System (“AIES”) through a new...
Link to Decision Summarized Communications – Facilities Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) applied to the AUC for approval to construct and operate the new Sweeney Creek 1090 Telecommunications Tower Site (the “Project”), located on Crown land, approximately 50...
Link to Decision Summarized Communications - Facilities Application ATCO Electric Ltd (“AE”) applied to decommission and salvage the Touchwood Microwave Power Plant and alter the Touchwood Telecommunications Tower Site by connecting it to the Alberta Interconnected...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Facilities The AER announced that it would contact applicable licensees by email to validate the operational life-cycle status of their facilities, as an one-time supplemental data request. Additional information is required...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Facilities Application The Alberta Electric System Operator (“AESO”) filed a needs identification document (“NID”) application, for approval of the need for the Vauxhall Area Transmission Development (the “NID Application”)....
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Facilities Application Enterprise Solar GP Inc., on behalf of Enterprise Solar LP (“Enterprise Solar”), filed a letter of inquiry with the AUC for amendments to the approved but not yet constructed Enterprise Solar power plant...
Link to Decision Summarized Communication - Facilities Application ATCO Electric Ltd. (“AE”) applied for permission to construct and operate 640 meters of underground fibre optic cable from AE’s existing Loyalist 903S Substation to its existing optical protection...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Facilities Application IPC Canada Ltd. (“IPC”) applied to construct and operate a 33.06-megawatt (“MW”) natural gas-fired cogeneration power plant and a 2.5-MW dual fuel diesel/natural gas-fired emergency backup power plant...
Link to Decision Summarized Electricity - Facilities On September 6, the AUC announced the introduction of new and interim information requirements relating to agricultural land, municipal land use, viewscapes, reclamation security, and land use planning as part of...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Oil and Gas - Facilities The AER implemented an inventory reduction program described in Directive 088: Licensee Life-Cycle Management under the Government of Alberta’s Liability Management Framework, which involves setting an industry-wide...
Link to Decision Summarized Facilities – Review and Variance Application Anita Jenkins (“A. Jenkins”), applied for review and variance of Decision 27561-D01-2023 (the “Decision”). The Decision partially approved, with conditions, applications from RES Forty Mile Wind...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Facilities Application MGM Energy Corp. (“MGM”) applied for an authorization to inspect ten wells and four associated drilling sumps (the “Application”) in the Mackenzie Delta, within the Inuvialuit Settlement Region,...
Link to Bulletin Summarized Oil and Gas - Facilities The AER noted a 69% increase in the number of pipeline incidents related to contact damage during ground disturbance (26 incidents in 2020 to 44 incidents in 2022) over the past three years. The AER was particularly...
Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Facilities Application By a letter decision issued on June 28, 2023, the CER approved Inuvialuit Energy Security Project Ltd. (“IESPL”) well workover application (the “WW Application”) for the Inuvialuit Energy Security...