Canadian Energy Regulator Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 10)

Marginal note:Recommendation and delay of issuance

• 257 (1) The Commission may make a recommendation to the Minister, which it must make public, that an international power line be designated by order of the Governor in Council under section 258, and may delay issuing a permit during the period that is necessary for the purpose of making the order.

• Marginal note:Criteria

  (2) In determining whether to make a recommendation, the Commission must seek to avoid the duplication of measures taken in respect of the international power line by the applicant and the government of any province through which the line is to pass, and must have regard to all considerations that appear to it to be relevant, including

  • (a) the effect of the power line on provinces other than those through which the line is to pass;

  • (b) the impact of the construction or operation of the power line on the environment; and

  • (c) any other considerations that may be specified in the regulations.