What is the ERCB called now?

The regulator has had a number of names over the years, including the Petroleum and Natural Gas Conservation Board, the Oil and Gas Conservation Board, the Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB), the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board, and now the Alberta Energy Regulator.

What is the oil and Gas Conservation Act?

This Act establishes a regulatory regime administered by the Alberta Energy Regulator for the development of oil and gas resources and related facilities in Alberta.

When did ERCB become AER?

On June 17, 2013 the Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) succeeds the ERCB to provide full-lifecycle regulatory oversight of energy resource development in Alberta.

What is the Responsible Energy Development Act?

The Responsible Energy Development Act (REDA) was proclaimed in part on June 17, 2013. The Act defines the Regulator’s governance structure which separates corporate, operational, and governance responsibilities from adjudicative functions (i.e., hearings on energy applications).

What is an energy regulator?

In other words, it is the energy regulator. It is an official government regulatory body, like Ofcom or the FCA and, as such, has certain powers and duties. They are governed by the Gas and Electricity Market Authority (GEMA), and are funded by levies on the energy companies it regulates.

What is BOE report?

Boe Report is an online media company located in Calgary. Calgary, Alberta, Canada. www.boereport.com.

Who regulates the oil and gas industry?

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the primary body that regulates oil and gas companies, although a number of other federal offices oversee specific components of the oil and gas industry.

What does the Alberta pipeline Act cover?

(a) the economic, orderly and efficient development in the public interest of pipeline facilities in Alberta; (d) the control of pollution and conservation of the environment in the development, operation, discontinuation and abandonment of pipeline facilities.

What is the Orphan Well Association?

The Orphan Well Association is an industry-funded collaboration among the Alberta Government, provincial regulators and oil and gas producers to work toward a common goal: protecting public safety and managing the environmental risks of oil and gas properties that do not have a legally or financially responsible party …

What is the Public Lands Act?

The Public Lands Act is provincial legislation that ensures that oil and gas activity—as well as other land-use activity—on public land is done in a way that is safe and orderly and that protects the land for future generations.

What does the Alberta Pipeline Act cover?

Why is energy regulation?

The primary driver for regulation of infrastructure sectors (public service sectors) such as energy is generally to ensure proper competition and to prevent the growth of a dominant group or single utility servicing either function, essentially this is an attempt to keep prices down.

What was the purpose of the ERCB in Alberta?

The ERCB adjudicated and regulated matters related to energy within Alberta to ensure that the development, transportation, and monitoring of the province’s energy resources were in the public interest.

Is the ERCB still issuing industrial development permits?

As a result of these amendments, the ERCB will no longer issue industrial development permits. All existing industrial development permits and all applications for industrial development permits are cancelled, and Directive 025 is no longer in effect.] AMENDED BY ID 96-02.

What are the rules for Energy Resource Development in Alberta?

The rules under REDA are as follows: Energy resource enactments are the acts, regulations, and rules governing energy resource development in Alberta that the AER administers. Specified enactments are the acts and regulations that we administer with respect to energy resource activities.

What are the regulations for the AER in Alberta?

Legislation Governing the AER 1 Responsible Energy Development Act General Regulation 2 Security Management for Critical Upstream Petroleum and Coal Infrastructure Regulation 3 Specified Enactments (Jurisdiction) Regulation