National Energy Board

Decision Information

Alliance Pipeline Ltd. (Re)

Regulator National Energy Board
Date 2012-11-08
File numbers MH-001-2012
Decision-makers Georgette Habib; Lyne Mercier; Roland George
Document type Decision and Order
Summary:

In early 2008, the National Energy Board (Board or NEB) identified a proposed approach for the Land Matters Consultative Initiative (LMCI), consisting of four distinct topic streams. One of the streams, Stream 3, was Pipeline Abandonment –Financial Issues. The Board indicated that the
key issue to be considered in respect of that stream was: “What is the optimal way to ensure that funds are available when abandonment costs are incurred?”The Board noted two key principles fundamental to its future decisions with respect to the financial matters related to pipeline abandonment. These were:

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