National Energy Board Cost Recovery Regulations

5.1 (1) Each intermediate oil pipeline company, intermediate gas pipeline company and intermediate commodity pipeline company shall, every year, pay to the Board an administration levy of $10,000.

(2) Each small oil pipeline company, small gas pipeline company and small commodity pipeline company and each small power line company that transmits 0.5 megawatt hours or more of electricity per year shall, every year, pay to the Board an administration levy of $500.

(3) However, a company is not required to pay, for a year or any portion of a year, a levy payable under subsection (1) or (2) if

• (a) after June 30 in that year, the company obtains an exemption order under section 58 of the Act or a certificate; or

• (b) in that year, the company pays a levy under section 5.2 or 5.3.

(4) An administration levy of $500 for the issuance of a certificate or the making of an exemption order authorizing the construction or operation of a border accommodation pipeline or a border accommodation commodity pipeline is payable to the Board by the authorized company.