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Company Performance

Program code
BTB01 (NEB)
Core responsibility
Safety and Environment Oversight
In Departmental Plans
2018-19 – 2018-19 · Appeared and later dropped

What it does

GC InfoBase has no Program Inventory description for this program.

History and lineage

First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2017-18. The data does not record when a program was created; it may be older than its first appearance here, which is limited by the sources (program spending starts in 2010-11, Departmental Plans in 2018-19).

2017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Company Performance 2017-18: $22MCompany Performance 2018-19: $21.4MCompany Performance 2019-20: $17.9MCompany Performance 2020-21: $10.7MCompany Performance 2019-20: $22.1MCompany Performance 2020-21: $14.8MCompany Performance 2021-22: $14.7MCompany Performance 2022-23: $15.1MCompany Performance 2023-24: $16.1MCompany Performance 2024-25: $17.6MCompany Performance 2025-26: $18.6MCompany Performance 2026-27: $20.7MCompany Performance 2027-28: $21.1MCompany Performance 2028-29: $18.3MIndustry Performance 2019-20: $447KIndustry Performance 2020-21: $2.2MIndustry Performance 2021-22: $4.7MIndustry Performance 2022-23: $5.4MIndustry Performance 2023-24: $5.4MIndustry Performance 2024-25: $6.9MIndustry Performance 2025-26: $5.3MIndustry Performance 2026-27: $4MIndustry Performance 2027-28: $3.9MIndustry Performance 2028-29: $3.6MCompany PerformanceCompany PerformanceIndustry Performance
Bars: spending by fiscal year (dark: actual; light: actual restated on the 2017-18 program structure; outlined: the latest plan's forecast; grey: related programs). Bands: each program in the lineage over the years it has data.
ProgramRelationYears with dataActual spending over those years
Company PerformanceThis program2017-18 – 2020-21$43.3M
Company PerformanceLater program (name match, high confidence)2019-20 – 2028-29$100M
Industry PerformanceLater program (name match, low confidence)2019-20 – 2028-29$25.1M

Significant changes in scope and budget

Detected from the data: renames between plans, programs it appears to replace, merge with or split into (matched by name), year-over-year changes in spending of at least 25% and $5M, or in employees of at least 20% and 25 FTEs, linked budget measures, and results indicators added or dropped.

YearWhat changedSource
2019-20Appears to be split across: Company Performance; Industry PerformanceCanada Spends name match across plans (an inference)
2020-21Planned spending $10.7M, against $17.9M in 2019-20 (−40%).Latest Departmental Plan

Success criteria

The program's indicators from its department's Departmental Results Framework: the target set in each year's plan, and the result reported the following year. Source: GC InfoBase.

Historical: targets against results

For companies using a letter of credit or surety bond, percentage of companies maintaining a letter of credit or surety bond that covers Abandonment Cost Estimate.
Expected result: Regulated companies have adequate funds to pay for pipeline abandonment.
100%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%2019100%Met
For companies using a trust, percentage of companies that set aside the Annual Contribution Amount (ACA) equal to or greater than the most recent Board-approved ACA.
Expected result: Regulated companies have adequate funds to pay for pipeline abandonment.
88%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%201988%
Of 42 trusts, 37 are within target range. ACAs can vary by year depending upon throughput on the system. Two companies have applied to change their funding schedule to address the issues. Staff are monitoring the other three trusts to see if there is a trend of under-funding and determine if corrective action is required.
Not met
Percentage compliance with conditions attached to facility authorizations.
Expected result: Regulated companies operate facilities in compliance with regulatory requirements and project specific conditions throughout the full lifecycle.
96%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%201996%
The result is within an acceptable threshold. Staff are actively monitoring companies to bring them into compliance as soon as possible.
Not met
Percentage of compliance verification activities targeted towards key incident trends.
Expected result: The NEB learns from non-compliances and all incidents and uses this information to drive company performance through risk-informed compliance verification activities (based on incident root cause analysis, company performance and consequence modelling).
14%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 50%201914%
The NEB was anticipating construction on several major projects to commence. This did not occur and the compliance plan has to be corrected. This resulted in a number of activities that would have been counted towards this indicator being cancelled.
Not met
Percentage of financial compliance audit findings addressed within timelines.
Expected result: Regulated companies operate facilities in compliance with regulatory requirements and project specific conditions throughout the full lifecycle.
100%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 100%2019100%Met
Percentage of incident reviews closed within timelines.
Expected result: The NEB learns from non-compliances and all incidents and uses this information to drive company performance through risk-informed compliance verification activities (based on incident root cause analysis, company performance and consequence modelling).
79%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 80%201979%
The result is within an acceptable threshold.
Not met
Percentage of non-compliances and corrective actions implemented within timelines.
Expected result: Regulated companies operate facilities in compliance with regulatory requirements and project specific conditions throughout the full lifecycle.
77%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 90%201977%
NEB staff have investigated late submission of corrective actions, more than half of which were attributed to three companies that have not had previous late submissions. Staff do not believe actions are warranted related to the companies identified above.
Not met
Percentage of non-compliances that are determined to be repeat.
Expected result: The NEB learns from non-compliances and all incidents and uses this information to drive company performance through risk-informed compliance verification activities (based on incident root cause analysis, company performance and consequence modelling).
10%2018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≤ 0%201910%
Staff identified 28 out of 282 non-compliances to be repeat. All are considered low consequence. Staff are actively monitoring companies to bring them into compliance as soon as possible.
Not met

Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets

No indicators in the 2026-27 plan.

Future goals: targets due after 2026-27

No targets with a later due date.

Spending and employees: planned against actual

Spending

2017-18: $22M2017-182018-19: $17.9M2018-19: $21.4M2018-192019-20: $17.9M2019-202020-21: $10.7M2020-21
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-18—$22M
2018-19$17.9M$21.4M
2019-20$17.9M*—
2020-21$10.7M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2017-18: 872017-18: 782017-182018-19: 902018-19: 682018-192019-20: 902019-202020-21: 692020-21
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
Show the numbers
Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-188778
2018-199068
2019-2090*—
2020-2169*—

Planned spending, plan by plan

Each row is one year's Departmental Plan and its forecast for the next three fiscal years; read a column down to see how the forecast for one year changed. The last row is what was actually spent. Click an amount for its source. Biggest changes in federal spending plans

Plan2018-192019-202020-21
2018-19 plan$17,919,432$17,919,432$10,691,982
Actual$21,350,599

Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.