National Energy Board Cost Recovery Regulations

2 In these Regulations,

Act

Act means the National Energy Board Act; (Loi)

border accommodation commodity pipeline

border accommodation commodity pipeline means a commodity pipeline, constructed primarily for the transportation of a commodity other than oil or natural gas across the border between Canada and the United States, that

• (a) has an outside diameter of less than 100 mm,

• (b) carries the commodity at pressures of 700 kPa or less, and

• (c) has a capacity of less than 500 m³ per day; (productoduc destiné à un service frontalier)

border accommodation electricity exporter

border accommodation electricity exporter[Repealed, SOR/2009-307, s. 1]

border accommodation pipeline

border accommodation pipeline means a pipeline, constructed for the transportation of natural gas across a border, that

• (a) has an outside diameter of less than 100 mm,

• (b) carries gas at pressures of not more than 700 kPa, and

• (c) has a capacity of less than 500 m³ per day; (pipeline destiné à un service frontalier)

commodity pipeline

commodity pipeline means a pipeline used primarily for the transportation of a commodity other than oil or natural gas; (productoduc)

cost of service

cost of service means the total cost of providing service, including operating and maintenance expenses, depreciation, amortization, taxes and return on rate base; (coût de service)

delivery

delivery means a delivery of natural gas, oil, oil products, natural gas liquids or liquefied petroleum gas; (livraison)

equichange transfer

equichange transfer means an interchange of equal quantities of power or energy within a stated period; (transfert d’équivalents)

fiscal year

fiscal year, in respect of a company regulated by the Board, means the regular fiscal year of the company; (exercice)

gas pipeline

gas pipeline means a pipeline used for the transmission of natural gas; (gazoduc)

inadvertent flow

inadvertent flow means the difference between the actual power flow and the scheduled power flow between two control areas that is caused by imperfect generation control or by an error in frequency bias; (flux involontaire)

intermediate commodity pipeline company

intermediate commodity pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more commodity pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $1,000,000 or more but less than $10,000,000; (compagnie de productoduc de moyenne importance)

intermediate electricity exporter

intermediate electricity exporter[Repealed, SOR/2009-307, s. 1]

intermediate gas pipeline company

intermediate gas pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more gas pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $1,000,000 or more but less than $10,000,000; (compagnie de gazoduc de moyenne importance)

intermediate oil pipeline company

intermediate oil pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more oil pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $1,000,000 or more but less than $10,000,000; (compagnie d’oléoduc de moyenne importance)

large commodity pipeline company

large commodity pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more commodity pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $10,000,000 or more; (compagnie de productoduc de grande importance)

large electricity exporter

large electricity exporter means a person authorized to export, in any period of 12 consecutive months, a quantity of energy not less than 250,000 megawatt hours; (exportateur d’électricité de grande importance)

large gas pipeline company

large gas pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more gas pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $10,000,000 or more; (compagnie de gazoduc de grande importance)

large oil pipeline company

large oil pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more oil pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $10,000,000 or more; (compagnie d’oléoduc de grande importance)

large power line company

large power line company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate an international or interprovincial power line and that annually transmits 50,000 megawatt hours or more of electricity, excluding any transmissions that are inadvertent flow or loop flow; (compagnie de transport d’électricité de grande importance)

loop flow

loop flow means an unscheduled power flow on an electric system’s transmission facilities that is caused by parallel flows that result from scheduled electric power transfers between two other electric systems; (flux de bouclage)

oil pipeline

oil pipeline means a pipeline used for the transmission of oil, oil products, natural gas liquids and liquefied petroleum gas; (oléoduc)

program costs

program costs means the costs that are attributable to an activity for the achievement of an objective of the Board in relation to its responsibilities under the Act or any other Act of Parliament; (coût du programme)

sale transfer

sale transfer means a transfer of power or energy under a contract of sale; (transfert relatif à la vente)

small commodity pipeline company

small commodity pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more commodity pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is less than $1,000,000, and excludes a person or company that is only authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more border accommodation commodity pipelines; (compagnie de productoduc de faible importance)

small electricity exporter

small electricity exporter[Repealed, SOR/2009-307, s. 1]

small gas pipeline company

small gas pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more gas pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is less than $1,000,000, and excludes a person or company that is only authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more border accommodation pipelines; (compagnie de gazoduc de faible importance)

small oil pipeline company

small oil pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more oil pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is less than $1,000,000; (compagnie d’oléoduc de faible importance)

small power line company

small power line company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate an international or interprovincial power line and that annually transmits less than 50,000 megawatt hours of electricity, excluding any transmissions that are inadvertent flow or loop flow; (compagnie de transport d’électricité de faible importance)

year

year means a calendar year. (année)