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Energy System Information

Program code
BTC01 (NEB)
Core responsibility
Energy Information
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).

2017-182018-192019-202020-212021-222022-232023-242024-252025-262026-272027-282028-29Energy System Information 2017-18: $8.9MEnergy System Information 2018-19: $7.7MEnergy System Information 2019-20: $4.3MEnergy System Information 2020-21: $3.9MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2019-20: $7.8MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2020-21: $5MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2021-22: $6.6MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2022-23: $6.7MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2023-24: $6.8MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2024-25: $8.2MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2025-26: $6.8MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2026-27: $5.3MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2027-28: $5.2MEnergy and Pipeline Information 2028-29: $5.2MEnergy System InformationEnergy and Pipeline Information
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
Energy System InformationThis program2017-18 – 2020-21$16.6M
Energy and Pipeline InformationLater program (name match, medium confidence)2019-20 – 2028-29$41.1M

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 replaced by Energy and Pipeline InformationCanada 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

Increased amount of NEB energy system data and information published each fiscal year conveyed through interactive visualizations.
Expected result: Energy data visualizations, social media, and other tools are used to make energy system information accessible and interactive
Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19Increased amounts of energy system information conveyed through visualization tools2019In 2018-19, the NEB released new Import and Export Visualizations, and an updated Energy Futures Report. In addition, the NEB updated its online Condition Compliance Table and Pipeline Through-put data.Met
Number of errors in published NEB energy information identified through external queries.
Expected result: Energy system information is useful, accurate, neutral, and reflects the diversity of relevant energy issues in Canada
32018-19✗ not met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≤ 020193
Any errors are corrected immediately when identified.
Not met
Number of external queries related to NEB energy information.
Expected result: Energy system information is useful, accurate, neutral, and reflects the diversity of relevant energy issues in Canada
2722018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 1002019272Met
Percentage change in social media interactions related to NEB energy system information.
Expected result: Energy data visualizations, social media, and other tools are used to make energy system information accessible and interactive
45%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 10%201945%Met
Percentage change over previous years of energy information website indicators.
Expected result: Energy data visualizations, social media, and other tools are used to make energy system information accessible and interactive
18%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 10%201918%Met
Percentage of stakeholders and website users surveyed who agree that NEB energy system information is useful, accurate, neutral, and reflects the diversity of relevant energy issues in Canada.
Expected result: Energy system information is useful, accurate, neutral, and reflects the diversity of relevant energy issues in Canada
90%2018-19✓ met

Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.

Report yearTargetDueResultStatus
2018-19≥ 75%201990%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: $8.9M2017-182018-19: $4.3M2018-19: $7.7M2018-192019-20: $4.3M2019-202020-21: $3.9M2020-21
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-18—$8.9M
2018-19$4.3M$7.7M
2019-20$4.3M*—
2020-21$3.9M*—

Employees (FTEs)

2017-18: 352017-18: 532017-182018-19: 322018-19: 452018-192019-20: 322019-202020-21: 292020-21
Outlined bar: planned in that year's Departmental Plan (dashed: the latest plan, for years not yet reported). Filled bar: actual.
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Fiscal yearPlannedActual
2017-183553
2018-193245
2019-2032*—
2020-2129*—

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$4,263,082$4,263,082$3,869,499
Actual$7,741,142

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