National Energy Board Cost Recovery Regulations

5.2 (1) Subject to subsections (3) and (4), any company that obtains an exemption order under section 58 of the Act in respect of, or a certificate authorizing, the construction of a pipeline shall pay to the Board a levy equal to 0.2% of the estimated cost of construction of the pipeline, as estimated by the Board in its decision issuing the certificate or making the order.

(2) The levy shall be paid to the Board within 90 days after the date of the Board’s invoice to the company for the levy.

(3) No levy is payable by a company in respect of the obtaining of the certificate or the exemption order if the company previously obtained a certificate that continues to be in force or an exemption order that continues to apply.

(4) This section applies to companies that file an application for a certificate or an exemption order after the coming into force of this section.