ARCHIVED – National Energy Board – 2017–18 Departmental Plan

Supplementary information

Corporate information

Organizational profile

Appropriate minister:

The Honourable Jim Carr, P.C., M.P.

Institutional head:

C. Peter Watson, P.Eng., FCAE

Ministerial portfolio:

Natural Resources

Enabling instrument(s):

National Energy Board Act (NEB Act)

Year of incorporation / commencement:

1959

Headquarters:

Calgary, Alberta

Regional Offices:

Montréal, Québec

Vancouver, British Columbia

Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Reporting framework

The NEB’s Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory of record for 2017–18 are shown below:

Table of Contents by Core Responsibility

• Energy Adjudication
• Safety and Environment Oversight
• Energy Information
• Engagement
• Internal Services

Energy Adjudication

Making decisions or recommendations to the Governor in Council on applications, which include environmental assessments, using processes that are fair, transparent, timely and accessible. These applications pertain to pipelines and related facilities, international power lines, tolls and tariffs, energy exports and imports, and oil and gas exploration and drilling in certain northern and offshore areas of Canada.

Safety and Environment Oversight

Setting and enforcing regulatory expectations for National Energy Board-regulated companies over the full lifecycle—construction, operation and abandonment— of energy-related activities. These activities pertain to pipelines and related facilities, international power lines, tolls and tariffs, energy exports and imports, and oil and gas exploration and drilling in certain northern and offshore areas of Canada.

Energy Information

Collecting, monitoring, analyzing and publishing information on energy markets and supply, sources of energy, and the safety and security of pipelines and international power lines.

Engagement

Engaging with stakeholders and Indigenous Peoples on topics within the National Energy Board’s mandate and role, beyond engagement on specific projects.

Internal Services

Internal Services are those groups of related activities and resources that the federal government considers to be services in support of programs and/or required to meet corporate obligations of an organization. Internal Services refers to the activities and resources of the 10 distinct service categories that support Program delivery in the organization, regardless of the Internal Services delivery model in a department.

The 10 service categories are:

1. Management and Oversight Services
2. Communications Services
3. Legal Services
4. Human Resources Management Services
5. Financial Management Services
6. Information Management Services
7. Information Technology Services
8. Real Property Services
9. Materiel Services
10. Acquisition Services.

Concordance between Departmental Results Framework and Program Inventory, 2017–18, and Strategic Outcome and Program Alignment Architecture, 2016–17

The NEB has transitioned from its current Strategic Outcome and Program Alignment Architecture, required under the former Policy on Management Resources and Results Structures, to the new DRF, required by the Policy on Results. The new DRF improves the NEB’s ability to transparently report on its performance across the full lifecycle of energy infrastructure projects. This is achieved by differentiating between the components of the NEB’s legislated mandate: Energy Adjudication, Safety and Environmental Oversight, and Engagement, and commits the organization to delivering meaningful results for Canadians in each of these areas. The new framework also enables the NEB to highlight the important role the agency plays. This role is reflected in the Energy Information Core Responsibility. The new NEB results framework supports the government’s commitment to improve the achievement of results across government and enhance understanding of the results government seeks to achieve, does achieve, and the resources used to do so.

Supporting information on lower-level programs

Supporting information on planned expenditures, human resources, and results related to the NEB’s Program Inventory is available in the TBS InfoBase.

Supplementary information tables

The following supplementary information tables are available on the NEB’s website.

• Disclosure of transfer payment programs of $5 million or more
• Upcoming evaluations over the next five fiscal years
• Upcoming internal audits for the coming fiscal year

Federal tax expenditures

The tax system can be used to achieve public policy objectives through the application of special measures such as low tax rates, exemptions, deductions, deferrals and credits. The Department of Finance Canada publishes cost estimates and projections for these measures each year in the Report on Federal Tax Expenditures. This report also provides detailed background information on tax expenditures, including descriptions, objectives, historical information and references to related federal spending programs. The tax measures presented in this report are the responsibility of the Minister of Finance.

Organizational contact information

Date modified:

2023-12-28