Canada Energy Regulator's Departmental Results Framework
Table of Contents
- Energy Adjudication
- Safety and Environment Oversight
- Energy Information
- Engagement
- Internal Services
Energy Adjudication
Making decisions or recommendations to the Governor in Council on applications that pertain to pipelines and related facilities, international power lines, offshore renewable energy, tolls and tariffs, compensation disputes, energy exports, and oil and gas exploration and drilling in certain northern and offshore areas of Canada. Decisions and recommendations use processes that are fair, inclusive, transparent, and efficient.
| Departmental Result | Result Indicator(s) |
|---|---|
| Energy adjudication processes are fair and transparent. | Percentage of adjudication decisions overturned on judicial appeal related to procedural fairness. |
| Energy adjudication processes are efficient. | Percentage of adjudication decisions and recommendations that are made within legislated time limits. |
| Energy adjudication processes are inclusive. | Percentage of surveyed participant funding recipients who agree that participant funding enabled their participation in an adjudication process. |
Program Inventory
Infrastructure, Tolls and Export Applications
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) makes decisions and recommendations, which include impact assessments, on applications to construct, operate, decommission, and abandon pipelines, offshore renewable energy, and international and designated interprovincial power lines. The CER also makes decisions on applications for pipeline tolls and tariffs so that they are just and reasonable, applications for compensation disputes resolution, applications related to oil and gas exploration and drilling activities and infrastructure in certain northern and offshore areas of Canada, and applications for the export of oil, natural gas, natural gas liquids and electricity. Participants in program processes include the applicant, interveners and commenters, or in the case of formal complaints received by the CER, all parties to the complaint.
Safety and Environment Oversight
Setting and enforcing regulatory expectations for regulated companies over the full lifecycle – construction, operation and abandonment – of energy-related activities. These activities pertain to pipelines and related facilities, international power lines, offshore renewable energy, tolls and tariffs, energy exports and imports, and oil and gas exploration and drilling in certain northern and offshore areas of Canada.
| Departmental Result | Result Indicator(s) |
|---|---|
| Harm to people or the environment, throughout the lifecycle of energy-related activities, is prevented. | Number of serious injuries and fatalities related to regulated infrastructure. Number of incidents related to regulated infrastructure that harm the environment. Percentage of unauthorized activities on regulated infrastructure that involve repeat violators. |
Program Inventory
Company Performance
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) holds its regulated companies accountable for meeting regulatory requirements and project-specific conditions to prevent incidents and provide for the safety of people and the protection of property, the environment, and the rights and interests of Indigenous Peoples during the construction, operation and abandonment phases of a project lifecycle. This includes compliance and oversight of financial, economic and export requirements, including requirements for companies to have adequate funds for abandonment. The CER undertakes risk-based compliance promotion, verification and enforcement activities in the technical areas of safety, damage prevention, security and socio-economic effects. This includes regulatory requirements for companies to have an effective management system and protection programs.
Industry Performance
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) works to ensure Canada’s energy infrastructure remains reliable, secure, and safe for people, the environment, and property. We achieve this by monitoring industry trends, addressing emerging risks, building strong networks, and using a variety of regulatory interventions to encourage continual improvement. Regulatory interventions include the promotion of Safety Culture, the advancement of management system understanding, and the application of innovative regulatory tools to help prevent harm and support companies to meet regulatory expectations. By working collaboratively with industry and experts, including practitioners, academics, and Indigenous Peoples, we support learning and improvement across the industry.
Regulatory Framework
The Canada Energy Regulator’s (CER) Regulatory Framework Program (Program) provides oversight and support to ensure the regulatory instruments used to execute our mandate (i.e., regulations and other statutory instruments, advisories and guidance products) continue to meet stated objectives. This includes key activities to monitor our policy context and liaise on parliamentary affairs, manage regulatory framework issues, conduct policy analysis and development, review and develop regulations, and support the development of regulatory guidance, and pursue cooperation activities to enhance collaboration with other regulators and to avoid or reduce duplication and overlap where possible. The Program delivers the functions of regulatory development, regulatory stock management and ongoing administration of the quality management system used by the CER to manage its regulatory framework.
Energy Information
Collecting, monitoring, analyzing and publishing information on energy markets and supply, sources of energy, and the safety and security of pipelines and international power lines.
| Departmental Result | Result Indicator(s) |
|---|---|
| Canadians access and use energy information for knowledge, research or decision-making. | Evidence that Canadians access and use CER energy Information products and specialized expertise, including community-specific information, for knowledge, research or decision-making. |
| Canadians have opportunities to collaborate and provide feedback on Canada Energy Regulator information products. | Number of opportunities that Canadians have to collaborate and provide feedback on energy information products. |
Program Inventory
Energy and Pipeline Information
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) conducts energy analysis to inform its regulatory decisions and share energy and pipeline information with the public. The scope of CER energy analysis and data is diverse and includes traditional oil, gas and electricity information, as well as renewable energy, emerging technologies, and the links between energy, economic, social, and environmental issues. The CER also provides information on pipelines and powerlines, including safety and environment issues in which the public is interested.
Engagement
Engaging with Indigenous Peoples, using a distinctions-based approach, and with stakeholders nationally and regionally, through open and responsive dialogue.
| Departmental Result | Result Indicator(s) |
|---|---|
| Indigenous Peoples and stakeholders shape the Canada Energy Regulator’s work. | Evidence that Indigenous Peoples and stakeholders shape the Canada Energy Regulator’s work. |
| Canada Energy Regulator engagement with Indigenous Peoples and stakeholders is meaningful. | Feedback that CER engagement with Indigenous Peoples and stakeholders is meaningful. |
Program Inventory
Stakeholder Engagement
Canada Energy Regulator (CER) engages with regulated industry, stakeholders such as landowners and non-governmental organizations, various levels of government and energy experts to shape its work.
Indigenous Engagement
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) uses a cooperative, respectful and distinctions-based approach, grounded in the recognition of the right to self-determination, to engage with Indigenous Peoples to integrate Indigenous voices and worldviews in all aspects of its work.
Internal Services
Internal Services are those groups of related activities and resources that the federal government considers to be services in support of programs and/or required to meet corporate obligations of an organization. Internal Services refers to the activities and resources of the 10 distinct service categories that support Program delivery in the organization, regardless of the Internal Services delivery model in a department.
The 10 service categories are:
- Management and Oversight Services
- Communications Services
- Legal Services
- Human Resources Management Services
- Financial Management Services
- Information Management Services
- Information Technology Services
- Real Property Management Services
- Materiel Management Services
- Acquisition Management Services.
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