Designated Officers Regulations
This regulatory initiative is part of the 2024-2026 Forward Regulatory Plan.
Enabling Acts
Description
The Canadian Energy Regulator Act (CER Act) came into force on August 28, 2019. The CER Act replaced the National Energy Board with the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).
The Designated Officer Regulations would allow officers, designated by the CER’s Chief Executive Officer, to perform certain powers, duties, and functions of the Commission that are technical or administrative in nature and would set out the circumstances and processes for doing so.
Potential impacts on Canadians, including businesses
There are no expected business impacts.
Regulatory cooperation efforts (domestic and international)
As part of their overall engagement efforts, departmental staff are consulting with provincial and federal regulators with similar delegation programs to learn best practices and help inform regulatory development and implementation plans.
Consultations
Natural Resources Canada (NRCan) and the National Energy Board released a Discussion Paper on the regulatory proposal on October 15, 2018, and an opportunity to provide input and comments was provided until November 28, 2018. The comments received are available online.
Given that the last consultation on the regulatory proposal was in 2018, NRCan and the CER will evaluate the need for further consultations.
There would be further opportunity to comment on the proposed regulations once pre-published in the Canada Gazette, Part I. Information on this future consultation opportunity will appear on NRCan’s Public Consultation Opportunities webpage.
Departmental Contact
Natural Resources Canada
Carolyn Pharand, Senior Director
Fuels Sector
Natural Resources Canada
Telephone: 613-608-5183
carolyn.pharand@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca
Canada Energy Regulator
Chantal Briand, Senior Regulatory Policy Analyst
Systems Operations Business Unit
Canada Energy Regulator
Telephone: 403-389-1209
Chantal.Briand@cer-rec.gc.ca
Date First included in Forward Regulatory Plan
April 1, 2019
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