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Program directory · Canada Energy Regulator

Emergency Management

Department: Canada Energy Regulator
Program code: BTB03 (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).

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.

Program	Relation	Years with data	Actual spending over those years
Emergency Management	This program	2017-18 – 2020-21	$520K
Emergency Management	Later program (name match, high confidence)	2019-20 – 2027-28	$7.7M

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.

Year	What changed	Source
2019-20	Appears to be replaced by Emergency Management	Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference)

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

Number of incidents where the NEB takes over the company emergency response.

Expected result: Regulated companies are prepared for emergencies.

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≤ 0	2019	0	Met

Percentage of companies that have Emergency Management Program information publicly available.

Expected result: Regulated companies are prepared for emergencies.

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 100%	2019	98% The result is within an acceptable threshold.	Not met

Percentage of companies that have emergency procedures manuals publicly available.

Expected result: Regulated companies are prepared for emergencies.

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 100%	2019	98% The result is within an acceptable threshold.	Not met

Percentage of companies with effective liaison activities and continuing education programs (s.34 and 35 Onshore Pipeline Regulations).

Expected result: First Responders and municipalities have the information they need to respond to emergencies.

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 100%	2019	100%	Met

Percentage of companies’ emergency procedures manuals in compliance with NEB regulatory requirements on emergency management.

Expected result: Regulated companies are prepared for emergencies.

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 100%	2019	99% The result is within an acceptable threshold.	Not met

Percentage of regulated companies that are in compliance with the form and amount of financial responsibility set out in the National Energy Board Act and regulations, or orders of the Board as required by the polluter pays principle.

Expected result: Regulated companies are prepared for emergencies.

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 100%	2019	100%	Met

Percentage of spills where monetary impacts are tracked and reported by the NEB.

Expected result: Spills are cleaned up and contamination remediation is conducted in an efficient and effective manner.

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 100%	2019	50% Staff are following up with two companies on the missed cost reporting. Initial indications suggest that there was some confusion related to when costs need to be reported.	Not met

Percentage of spills where remediation is proceeding in accordance the NEB Remediation Process Guide.

Expected result: Spills are cleaned up and contamination remediation is conducted in an efficient and effective manner.

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report year	Target	Due	Result	Status
2018-19	≥ 100%	2019	100%	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

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 year	Planned	Actual
2017-18	—	$242K
2018-19	$1.3M	$279K
2019-20	$1.3M*	—
2020-21	$1.1M*	—

Employees (FTEs)

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 year	Planned	Actual
2017-18	12	11
2018-19	9	10
2019-20	9*	—
2020-21	7*	—

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

Plan	2018-19	2019-20	2020-21
2018-19 plan	$1,308,210	$1,308,210	$1,067,370
Actual	$278,806

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