CER Commission Adjudication Activities

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Since 2019, 4,216 applications, including 528 facility infrastructure applications, have been assessed. To date, none of the CER’s infrastructure decisions or recommendations since 2019 have been challenged in the courts.

Total Applications from 2019 - 2024
Tolls and Tariffs 129

Terms and conditions, including the price, under which a company can ship oil, gas, and other commodities on CER regulated pipelines must be approved by the CER Commission.

Process: Tailored processes, may involve a written or hearing process, participants usually include shippers and those with direct commercial interests.

Frontier / Oil and Gas Exploration and Production 160

Offshore renewable and oil and gas activities in areas not covered by an accord agreement. Decisions and recommendations are made under COGOA, OGOA, and the CER Act.

Process: Tailored collaborative processes with northern regulators and agencies.

Compensation, Changes and Variances 179

Applications for landowner compensation decisions, and changes or variances are also adjudicated by the CER Commission.

Process: Varies from written to hearing process.

Facility Applications 528

For small and large pipelines, applications that cover the entire lifecycle including new project proposals, deactivation, reactivation, abandonment, routing, sales and transfers, changes to service or variances to existing authorizations, as well as international power lines.

Process: Varies from highly routine to more tailored, may involve written or hearing process with varying number of participants.

Energy Exports 3220

Natural Gas, Natural Gas Liquids, Oil, and Electricity exports must by authorized by the CER Commission. May be short or long term.

Process: Routine administrative process.

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