Program directory · Canada Energy Regulator
Company Performance
- Department
- Canada Energy Regulator
- Program code
- BXT01 (NEB)
- Core responsibility
- Safety and Environment Oversight
- In Departmental Plans
- 2019-20 – 2026-27 · New since an earlier plan
What it does
The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) holds its regulated companies accountable for meeting regulatory requirements and project-specific conditions to prevent incidents and provide for the safety of people and the protection of property, the environment, and the rights and interests of Indigenous Peoples during the construction, operation and abandonment phases of a project lifecycle. This includes compliance and oversight of financial, economic and export requirements, including requirements for companies to have adequate funds for abandonment. The CER undertakes risk-based compliance promotion, verification and enforcement activities in the technical areas of safety, damage prevention, security and socio-economic effects. This includes regulatory requirements for companies to have an effective management system and protection programs.
Source: the department's Program Inventory, via GC InfoBase.
History and lineage
First appears in GC InfoBase's actual spending by program in 2019-20. 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).
| Program | Relation | Years with data | Actual spending over those years |
|---|---|---|---|
| Company Performance | Earlier program (name match, high confidence) | 2017-18 – 2020-21 | $43.3M |
| Company Performance | This program | 2019-20 – 2028-29 | $100M |
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 split across: Company Performance; neb-bxt02 | Canada Spends name match across plans (an inference) |
| 2020-21 | Spending $14.8M, against $22.1M in 2019-20 (−33%). | Actual spending (GC InfoBase) |
| 2026-27 | Indicators added: Percentage of companies with effective liaison activities and continuing education programs (s.34 and 35 Onshore Pipeline Regulations). | Departmental Results Framework (GC InfoBase) |
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.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 86% Results from the current year indicate that we have improved from 84% to 93%. Three companies remain below the 90% threshold. The CER continues to follow up with these companies to bring them into compliance. Further enforcement actions will be considered if warranted. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | 100% – 100% | 2021 | 96% 55 of 57 companies using a letter of credit or surety bond are maintaining compliant financial instruments. Of the two outstanding companies, one has filed to abandon the pipeline and the other has submitted a LoC which requires some amendments before the Commission can make a decision on it. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 100% – 100% | 2022 | 96% Two companies have not provided an updated/compliant letter of credit to the amount approved in the Group 2 Company ACE Review. One company has had its abandonment application approved and should file a new letter of credit (LOC) to cover post-abandonment costs. The second company has filed a letter of credit that was deficient, and the CER is waiting for a revised LOC to be filed. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | 100% – 100% | 2023 | 98% One company did not update its letter of credit in its approved Abandonment Cost Estimate; however, its abandonment application has been approved and the company will file a new Letter of Credit once abandonment activities are completed. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 98% Companies have been directed to provide updated letters of credit and surety bonds. 56 out of 57 companies have provided updated mechanisms and are in compliance. | Not met |
For companies using trusts, the percentage of trusts where the amount set aside is at least 90% of the planned balance.
Expected result: Regulated companies have adequate funds to pay for pipeline abandonment.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 84% Results from the current year indicate that we have improved from 84% to 93%. Three companies remain below the 90% threshold. The CER continues to follow up with these companies to bring them into compliance. Further enforcement actions will be considered if warranted. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | 100% – 100% | 2021 | 93% No change from previous period. This percentage will be updated in the next reporting period as companies submit their reporting forms on 30 April. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 100% – 100% | 2022 | 95% Two companies fell short of being within 90% of the planned amount. Both cited lower volumes than forecast. One of the two companies will update its annual collection amount at the next abandonment cost update; the other has filed an Application to vary its ACE, which is under review. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | 100% – 100% | 2023 | 95% Two companies fell short of being within 90% of the planned amount. Both cited lower volumes than forecast and will update their annual collection amounts at eth next abandonment cost update. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 34% 15 out of 44 trusts are within 90% of the planned balances. Lower trust balances were largely driven by lower than anticipated investment returns in the trusts. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 59% The result is an improvement over last year. Poor market performance in 2022, during which Canadian government bonds fell by 12.3%, and the TSX and S&P500 decreased by 5.8% and 12.2% respectively, continues to impact investments in the trusts. | 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.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 96% The result is within an acceptable threshold. The non-compliances identified have since been resolved but once they are identified they remain counted as a non-compliance. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | 100% – 100% | 2021 | 99% Target was missed by 1%. The CER considers this within tolerances. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 100% – 100% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | 100% – 100% | 2023 | 99% Result is within target risk-tolerance for this measure. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | 100% | Met |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | 99% Three out of 272 non-compliances were not closed, accounting for the target being missed by only one percent. The non-compliances have since been resolved. | 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.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 100% | 2020 | 100% | Met |
| 2020-21 | 100% – 100% | 2021 | — One financial regulatory audit is still in progress at the time of reporting. | No result reported |
| 2021-22 | 100% – 100% | 2022 | 100% | Met |
| 2022-23 | 100% – 100% | 2023 | — No activity. A financial regulatory audit was completed in 2022-23 which did not have any findings. | No result reported |
| 2023-24 | 100% – 100% | 2024 | — No activity. No financial compliance audits were completed during the year. | No result reported |
| 2024-25 | 100% – 100% | 2025 | — No activity. Financial compliance audits did not have any findings. | No result reported |
Percentage of incident reviews closed within timelines.
Expected result: The CER 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).
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 80% | 2020 | 91% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 80% | 2021 | 80% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 80% | 2022 | 91% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 80% | 2023 | 93% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 80% | 2024 | 93% | Met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 80% | 2025 | 80% | 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.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 90% | 2020 | 93% | Met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 90% | 2021 | 90% | Met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 90% | 2022 | 96% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 90% | 2023 | 90% | Met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 90% | 2024 | 81% Corrective actions were late for 33 out of 174 corrective actions closed. These were spread across 15 different companies with Trans Mountain having the most corrective actions late at 14. The result is lower than the prior fiscal year, but there are no obvious trends by company or discipline. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 90% | 2025 | 85% Corrective actions were late for 121 out of 143 corrective actions closed. These were spread across seven different companies. This is a modest improvement over last fiscal year. | Not met |
Percentage of non-compliances that are determined to be repeat.
Expected result: The CER 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).
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 0% | 2020 | 5% All repeat non-compliances have been reviewed and are considered low consequence with no further action needed. Staff are actively monitoring companies to bring them into compliance as soon as possible. | Met |
| 2020-21 | 0% – 0% | 2021 | 10% Repeat NC’s are almost exclusive to TMEP where the majority of field inspections were undertaken. TMEP has taken appropriate action where a pattern was identified (eg. stand-down of construction where COVID 19 and safety protocols were identified). | Not met |
| 2021-22 | 0% – 0% | 2022 | 7% Result is within risk-tolerances of target. The CER continues to closely monitor compliance-related trends. | Not met |
| 2022-23 | 0% – 0% | 2023 | 5% Of 188 non compliances issued year to date, nine were determined to be repeat. All repeats were assessed by compliance program managers to be of low consequence. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | 0% – 0% | 2024 | 2% 3 out of 147 non-compliances were determined to be repeat. All repeats were assessed by compliance program managers to be of low consequence and within acceptable risk tolerance for the target. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | 0% – 0% | 2025 | 9% 10 out of 116 non-compliances were determined to be repeat. All repeats were assessed by compliance program managers to be of low consequence and within acceptable risk tolerance for the target. | Not met |
Percentage of risk-informed compliance verification activities targeted towards key incident trends.
Expected result: The CER 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).
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | ≥ 20% | 2020 | 14% The CER was anticipating construction on several major projects to commence. This did not occur and the compliance plan was modified. This resulted in a number of activities that would have been counted towards this indicator being cancelled. | Not met |
| 2020-21 | ≥ 20% | 2021 | 19% The target was missed by 1%. The CER considers this within tolerances. | Not met |
| 2021-22 | ≥ 20% | 2022 | 22% | Met |
| 2022-23 | ≥ 20% | 2023 | 15% Of 241 activities scheduled year to date 36 were related to key incident trends. 24 were related to worker safety and 12 were related to operation beyond design limits. | Not met |
| 2023-24 | ≥ 20% | 2024 | 15% 34 out of 231 activities scheduled were related to key incident trends. 17 were related to worker safety and 17 were related to operation beyond design limits. | Not met |
| 2024-25 | ≥ 20% | 2025 | 8% Of 294 activities scheduled, 24 were related to operation beyond design limits. | Not met |
Current: the 2026-27 plan's targets
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.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 100% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
For companies using trusts, the percentage of trusts where the amount set aside is at least 90% of the planned balance.
Expected result: Regulated companies have adequate funds to pay for pipeline abandonment.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 100% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 100% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 100% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 100% – 100% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Percentage of incident reviews closed within timelines.
Expected result: The CER 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).
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 80% | 2027 | — | Planned |
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.
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 90% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Percentage of non-compliances that are determined to be repeat.
Expected result: The CER 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).
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | 0% – 0% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Percentage of risk-informed compliance verification activities targeted towards key incident trends.
Expected result: The CER 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).
Bars: result reported. Dashed line: target.
| Report year | Target | Due | Result | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-27 | ≥ 20% | 2027 | — | Planned |
Future goals: targets due after 2026-27
No targets with a later due date.
Spending and employees: planned against actual
Spending
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | $18.2M | $22.1M |
| 2020-21 | $11M | $14.8M |
| 2021-22 | $15.7M | $14.7M |
| 2022-23 | $13.4M | $15.1M |
| 2023-24 | $13.2M | $16.1M |
| 2024-25 | $12.9M | $17.6M |
| 2025-26 | $18.6M | — |
| 2026-27 | $20.7M | — |
| 2027-28 | $21.1M* | — |
| 2028-29 | $18.3M* | — |
Employees (FTEs)
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| Fiscal year | Planned | Actual |
|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 | 96 | 78 |
| 2020-21 | 72 | 91 |
| 2021-22 | 88 | 92 |
| 2022-23 | 74 | 80 |
| 2023-24 | 74 | 85 |
| 2024-25 | 71 | 83 |
| 2025-26 | 90 | — |
| 2026-27 | 97 | — |
| 2027-28 | 95* | — |
| 2028-29 | 86* | — |
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 | 2019-20 | 2020-21 | 2021-22 | 2022-23 | 2023-24 | 2024-25 | 2025-26 | 2026-27 | 2027-28 | 2028-29 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-20 plan | $18,202,921 | $11,926,531 | $11,926,535 | |||||||
| 2020-21 plan | $10,969,657 | $11,346,136 | $10,790,797 | |||||||
| 2021-22 plan | $15,705,729 | $14,832,365 | $13,705,233 | |||||||
| 2022-23 plan | $13,403,775 | $12,079,763 | $12,079,763 | |||||||
| 2023-24 plan | $13,166,180 | $12,893,401 | $12,638,917 | |||||||
| 2024-25 plan | $12,881,630 | $12,315,462 | $12,218,141 | |||||||
| 2025-26 plan | $18,595,293 | $18,263,905 | $17,945,021 | |||||||
| 2026-27 plan | $20,710,586 | $21,147,563 | $18,318,979 | |||||||
| Actual | $22,099,956 | $14,807,206 | $14,709,098 | $15,071,455 | $16,094,480 | $17,622,086 |
Actual spending is from Departmental Results Reports and the Public Accounts, as published in GC InfoBase. FTEs are full-time equivalents.
