Link to Decision Summarized Oil and Gas - Pipelines The AER temporarily paused new pipeline application submissions through OneStop from November 6, 2023, to November 16, 2023, in response to the new Pipeline Rules release scheduled for November 15, 2023. The...
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ATCO Pipelines, a Division of ATCO Updated Placeholder for Acquisition of the Pioneer Pipeline in Compliance With Decision 25937-D01-2021 and Decision 26443-D01-2021, AUC Decision 27053-D01-2022
Link to Decision SummarizedPipeline Acquisition - Placeholder TreatmentIn this decision, the AUC approved the application from ATCO Pipelines, a division of ATCO Gas and Pipelines (“AGP”), to revise the zero-dollar placeholder approved in Decision 25663-D01-2021...
Trans Mountain Expansion Project Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity OC-065 Austeville Properties Ltd. Detailed Route Hearing MH-023-2020, CER Letter Decision
Link to Decision SummarizedPipelines - Route Hearings BackgroundOn December 16, 2013, Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (“Trans Mountain”) filed an application with the National Energy Board (“NEB”) under section 52 of the National Energy Board Act (“NEB Act”) for a...
Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans Mountain Expansion Project, Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity OC-065 Detailed Route Hearing MH-031-2020 – Robin Scory, CER Letter Decision
Link to Decision SummarizedConstruction Method In this decision, the CER decided that the construction methods proposed by Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (“Trans Mountain”) were the most appropriate for this portion of the route.As part of the application process for the...
Many Islands Pipe Lines (Canada) Limited Application for the Pierceland Supply Project Under Section 58 of the National Energy Board Act, CER Decision File OF-Fac-Gas-M182-2019-02 01
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities In this decision, the CER considered an application from Many Islands Pipe Lines (Canada) Limited (“MIPL(C)L”) for the Pierceland Supply Project (“Project”). The CER approved the Project. Transitional ProvisionsOn 28 August 2019,...
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. Application for the Saddle Lake Lateral Loop Under Section 58 of the NEB Act and Section 45.1 of the CER Onshore Pipeline Regulations, CER Decision N081-2019-11 01
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Gas Pipeline - Project to Support Increase in Delivery Transportation In this decision, the CER considered an application from NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (“NGTL”) for the Saddle Lake Lateral Loop (Cold Lake Section) (the...
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. Application to Abandon the Etzikom Pipelines, CER Decision MHW-006-2019
Link to Decision SummarizedGas - Pipeline Abandonment In this decision, the CER considered whether to approve an application (the “Application”) from NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (“NGTL”) to abandon part of the NGTL System. The CER denied NGTL’s...
Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC MH-048-2018 – Application for the Westridge Delivery Line Relocation, CER Letter Decision MH-048-2018
Link to Decision SummarizedFacilities - Pipelines - Indigenous Consultation The Westridge Delivery Line Relocation ApplicationOn 21 December 2017, Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (“Trans Mountain”) filed an application with the National Energy Board (“NEB”) for an...
Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans Mountain Expansion Project – Review of Decision MH-003-2018 Issued to 1054408 BC Ltd. in Detailed Route Hearing, CER Decision MH-001-2020
Link to Decision SummarizedPipeline - Routing BackgroundOn 16 December 2013, Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC (“Trans Mountain”) applied with the National Energy Board (“NEB”) under section 52 of the National Energy Board Act (“NEB Act”) for a certificate of public...
Trans Mountain Pipeline ULC Trans Mountain Expansion Project Detailed Route Hearings MH-002-2020 (Sugarloaf Ranches Ltd.) and MH-003-2020 (KGHM Ajax Mining Inc.)
Link to Decision SummarizedPipeline - Routing BackgroundThe Trans Mountain Expansion Project (“TMEP”) includes twinning the existing 1,147-kilometre-long Trans Mountain Pipeline (“TMPL”) system in Alberta and British Columbia (“BC”) with approximately 981 kilometres...
NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. Application for 2021 NGTL System Expansion Project, CER Decision GH-003-2018
Link to Decision SummarizedGas Pipeline - System Expansion In this decision, the CER considered an application from NOVA Gas Transmission Ltd. (“NGTL”) to construct and operate the 2021 System Expansion Project (the “Project”). The CER recommended to the Governor in...
Pipeline Integrity Management Programs Must Consider Slope Movement, AER Bulletin 2019-28
Link to Bulletin SummarizedBulletin - Pipeline Integrity Management A number of factors can increase the instability of slopes, including precipitation. The AER has noted a slight increase in the number of pipeline failures in 2019 resulting from earth movement of...