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Introduction to Energy Regulation in Alberta Historical background Overview Current Role and use of Directives Application Directives for AER Licensee approval Resource Application for Oil anf Gas Reservoirs Alternative Dispute Resolution The hearing Process and Cost Awards

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Historical background Overview

  • What kind of role does the AER play?
  • Manages industry from “___ __ ____”
    • (land a____ and c________
    • to a_______ & r_________)
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  • “REGULATOR” Role
  • “cradle to grave”
  • access and construction
  • abandonment & reclamation
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AER

○ “REGULATOR” Role

○ Manages energy industry from “cradle to grave” (land access and construction to abandonment & reclamation) through l______ e________ r________

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legally enforceable regulations

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BALANCING IMPACTS “in the public interest”

(responsible development / public interest)

  • ○ S
  • ○ Protection of ___ ___ ____ quality, n____
  • ○ Manage ______ efficiently
  • ○ Enable development when it is in the _____ ______
  • ○ Minimize _____ of oil and gas
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  • safety
  • air and water. noise
  • resource
  • public interest
  • impacts
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AER BALANCING IMPACTS “in the public interest” through responsible developments. KEY Areas:

  1. ○ Safety
  2. ○ Protection of air and water quality, noise
  3. . MRE
  4. . ED … PI
  5. . MIoO&G
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      1. ○ Manage resource efficiently
  2. ○ Enable development when it is in the public interest
  3. ○ Minimize impacts of oil and gas
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○ MANAGER of ________ DEVELOPMENT

○ ENSURES COMPLIANCE with _______

○

○ Inspectors

○ Enforcement Mechanisms

○ Cycle of continuous improvement

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RESOURCE

Regulations

  • Field Offices
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AER ENSURES COMPLIANCE with Regulations

  1. ○ Field Offices
  2. ○
  3. ○ Enforcement ________
  4. ○ Cycle of continuous ________
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  1. .
  2. Inspectors
  3. Mechanisms
  4. improvement
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ENSURES COMPLIANCE with Regulations

○ Field Offices

○ Inspectors

○

○

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  • Enforcement Mechanisms
  • Cycle of continuous improvement
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ENSURES COMPLIANCE with Regulations

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FO I EM CoCI

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  1. Field Offices
  2. Inspectors
  3. Enforcement Mechanisms
  4. Cycle of Continuous Improvement
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ERCB effective as of the date

AER “phased in” in

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January 1, 2008

2013 - 2014

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AUB -> EUB -> AER

1915- ????????(regulates utility rates & service)

1938: ????- AB Gov’t takes control of Energy Resources
1957: becomes ????? (Oil and Gas Conservation Board)

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PUB=Public Utilities Board

P& NGB

O&G CB

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1971: becomes ____– includes coal, hydro-electric, oil sands

____: ERCB + ??? = becomes EUB (AGS joins in 1996)

2008: becomes ____ again

**_____: becomes AER**

The ENERGY INDUSTRY is ______ to various other Agencies

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  • ERCB
  • 1995; PUB
  • ERCB
  • 2013
  • interconnected
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  1. ____- PUB=Public Utilities Board (regulates utility rates & service)
  2. ____: P& NGB - AB Gov’t takes control of Energy Resources
  3. ____: becomes O&G CB (Oil and Gas Conservation Board)
  4. ____: becomes ERCB – includes coal, hydro-electric, oil sands
  5. ____: ERCB + PUB = becomes EUB (AGS joins in 1996)
  6. ____: becomes ERCB again
  7. **20__: becomes AER**
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  1. 1915
  2. 1938
  3. 1957
  4. 1971 coal, hydro-electric, oil sands
  5. 1995
  6. 2008
  7. **2013: becomes AER**
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The Alberta Energy Regulator:

  1. is a regulatory body with a _____ to provide for the efficient, safe, orderly, and environmentally _____ ________ of Alberta’s energy resources.
  2. is r_______ f__ r_________ the life cycle of oil, oil sands, natural gas, and coal projects in Alberta from application and construction to production, abandonment, and reclamation.
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  1. mandate
    1. responsible development
  2. responsible for regulating
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HOW does AER accomplish their Mandate?

R______ C________

As posted on the AER web-site:

The AER’s C____A____P_____ supports the regulator’s goal of F___A__R____ discovery, development, and delivery of Alberta’s energy resources.

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Regulatory Compliance

Compliance Assurance Program

fair and responsible

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Accomplish mandate cont’d

  1. How does the program ensure compliance to ensure compliance with its energy and environmental statutes.? (EPE)
  2. What is at the backbone of the AER’s energy-development regulations and requirements?
  3. What is the AER is committed to developing and enforcing during the exploration for and production of oil and gas resources?
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Accomplish mandate cont’d

  1. The program relies on Education, Prevention, and Enforcement activities
  2. Public safety
  3. safe and efficient practices
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accomplish their Mandate cont-d

Regulatory Compliance

As posted on the AER web-site:

______- Industry compliance with AER rules and regulations is in the best interest of all Albertans. Thus, the AER delivers educational programs designed to improve and assist industry with compliance through explanations, examples, and demonstrations.

______- The AER undertakes a number of monitoring activities to detect noncompliance with its energy and environmental statutes including surveillance, inspections, audits, investigations, self-regulation, and complaints response.

_____- AER enforcement activities provide the necessary checks and balances for industry participants, ensuring compliance with the regulator’s energy and environmental statutes.

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Education

Inspections & Audits

Enforcement

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accomplish their Mandate cont-d

Regulatory Compliance As posted on the AER web-site:

  1. Education
  2. Inspections & Audits
  3. Enforcement
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______- Educational programs designed to improve and assist the industry with compliance through explanations, examples, and demonstrations.

______- Monitoring activities to detect noncompliance with its energy and environmental statutes

  • surveillance, inspections, audits, investigations, self-regulation, and complaints response.

_____- provide the necessary checks and balances for industry participants, ensuring compliance with the regulator’s energy and environmental statutes.

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HOW does the AER communicate new information & requirements?

○ Website

○ Ener-FAQs

○ Directives

○ IL, Bulletins, Guides

○ Field Offices

○ Help lines

○ Letters for “closed” applications

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  1. Website
  2. Ener-FAQs
  3. ○ Directives
  4. ○ IL, Bulletins, Guides
  5. ○ Field Offices
  6. ○ Help lines
  7. ○ Letters for “closed” applications
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AER website (aer.ca)

MAIN Menu – 3 main tabs

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  1. Protecting What Matters
  2. Regulating Development
  3. Providing Information
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  1. Under what tab can you find out about Orphan sites?
  2. Copies of ENERFAQs & Fact Sheets
  3. AER Hearings
  4. Directives
  5. Annual Report – look a little deeper…what is interesting about this?
  6. The application process for a new pipeline
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  1. Protecting what matters
    • Protecting the Environment
  2. Providing Information
  3. Regulating development
  4. Regulating development
    • Rules and Directives
  5. Providing Information
    1. reports and surveys
  6. Regulating development
    • directives
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AER EnerFAQS

What is the AER?

It provides the

  1. safe,
  2. efficient,
  3. orderly,
  4. and ? responsible

development of energy resources.

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environmentally

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EnerFAQ ~ What is the AER? Role as a regulator of energy Industry:

  1. Corporate
  2. Operational
  3. Governance
  4. “Independent ?”

Headed by Chair and Board of Directors

  • operates at “??” from GOA
  • ?-funded
  • Current CEO appointed by LT governor
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adjudication

arm’s length

industry

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ENERFAQ - A LANDOWNER’S GUIDE

Purpose: to ensure Landowners are aware of ? and ?.

ENERFAQS - EXPRESSING YOUR CONCERNS -HOW TO FILE

Purpose: Provides basic information on how to file a concern.

  • Pre-application objection - an objection to a project before it is applied to.
  • Statement of Concern - concern about a _____ project
  • Operational Complaint - concern about an existing project
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rights and option

proposed

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Filling Statement of Concern continued

AER cannot deal with concerns out of their ?.

Examples: *compensation, unsatisfied commitments, unsatisfied commitments,

? line damages, utilities

(ASK ABOUT *REDA - Directive 031 - a guide on compensation for a hearing - do they mean that ?)

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jurisdiction

trap

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ENERFAQS - “OBJECTING TO A PROJECT”

“STATEMENT OF CONCERN”

  • MUST CONTAIN LIST OF SPECIFIC ITEMS AND NATURE OF ? EFFECT.
  • RULES OF PRACTISE: REQUIRE OBJECTIONS GO ONE A ??
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ADVERSE

PUBLIC RECORD

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ENERFAQS- HAVING YOUR SAY AT AN AER HEARING

PURPOSE -

  1. ? PUBLIC HEARINGS
  2. PROVIDES INFO ON HOW TO ??

AER hearing are

  1. EXPLAINS
  2. ? forum
  3. quasi-judicial (powers and procedures resembling court but only for very specific areas of expertise)
  4. decision are ?
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EXPLAINS

PARTICIPATE EFFECTIVELY

Public

Public

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EFQs - HAVING YOUR SAY AT AN AER HEARING

Who can go to a hearing?

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Those who are directly and adversely affected may “trigger” a hearing process.

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Having your say at an AER hearing…

  1. An ? may apply to be included (support or oppose)
  2. Issue a ? ? ? (SOC)(Statement of Concern was formally called an “Objection.)
    1. must be substantial
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intervener

Statement of Concern

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EnerFAQs - How to Have your Say at an AER Hearing

  1. ?- Encouraged to resolve issues without proceeding to costly and time-consuming hearing.
  2. You must be familiar with the ? of ?
  3. “Everyone” who may be potentially affected should be ? and/or consulted.
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  1. ADR
  2. “rules of practice.”
  3. notified
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True or False

AER may add and enforce ADDITIONAL conditions to a hearing.

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true

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___ ensures responsible development, and in the public interest.

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AER

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STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT FRAMEWORK

WHAT IS IT?

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AER INTERNAL GUIDING DOCUMENT THAT PROVIDES A STANDARD FOR PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT

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SH Engagement Framework - Stakeholder consultation requirements…

  1. D-?
  2. ? is permitted at any stage in the life cycle of an energy development. (ADR - non-routine; no hearings or ADR - “routine”)
  3. ? groups: FN and Metis who live and have traditional territory in AB.
  4. Gov’t of AB - is a ? ?, not a steak holder.
  5. AER supports open, effective and meaningful ? with stakeholders on provincial, national, and international levels.
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056

ADR

Aboriginal

working partner

relationships

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Who are stakeholders?

2

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  1. Those groups who can affect or are affected by the achievements of an organisation’s project.
  2. Those groups or persons who have a stake, a claim, or an interest in the operations and decisions of the firm…legal, financial, or moral claim, explicit or implicit contract
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AER Engagement actions

Take the engagement principles to action.

  1. ? : objectives, who, timelines, level of engagement, resources
  2. ? : implement and carry out activities
  3. Reporting: ? and comments reported
  4. ? & improve: evaluate successes and failures regularly
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planning

Action

concerns

Review

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Synergy groups…

○ Synergy Groups are Strongly encouraged by ?

○ Some common ? concerns can be addressed

○ AER, ?, and local community participation

TEAM = Together Each ________ _____

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○ Synergy Groups are Strongly encouraged by AER

○ Some common public concerns can be addressed

○ AER, industry, and local community participation

Together Each Achieves More

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D-056 = Energy Development Applications and Schedules

Sections of MAJOR interest to Surface Land Team

D-056

  1. Section 1 – overview of requirements for public involvement and energy applications
  2. Section 2 – details participant involvement from providing information to confirming non-objection
  3. Section 3 – outlines Schedule 1 which MUST accompany energy applications
  4. Section 4 – addresses ? ? related to compliance and enforcement
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Audit Process

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D-056 ~ Energy Development Applications & Schedules

MAJOR interest to Land Agents

○ Sections 5-7 – outlines applications for facility, ? , ? , and related Schedules (2,3,4)

○ Section 8 – describes ? circumstances

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pipeline

wellsite

special

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AER ~ Public Involvement

  1. AER wants the public to be fullt informed on AER, AER regulations and directives
    • ? & Fact Sheets
  2. D-056 Sec. 2 – Public Involvement requirements
    1. ○ 3 main participant groups:
    2. ○ Meeting ? requirements is a major component in the role of a Surface Land Team
    3. *Land Team MUST include information from ? within required Landowner Info Package*
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    • ENERFAQs
  2. Answer
    1. public, industry, AER
    2. D-056
    3. AER
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AER use of Directives

Directives are described on new AER web-site:

“Directives and interim directives are documents that set out new or amended AER ? or ? for implementation.

Licensees, permittees, and other approval holders under the jurisdiction of the AER are “required to ? ? ?.”

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requirements or processes

obey all directives

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CONTENTS of Directives

  1. 3 Digit number for the ?
  2. ? edition or original
  3. The ? of the Directive
  4. The date directive was ?
    1. ? &/or Scope
  6. Enforcement component
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  1. Directive
  2. Revised
  3. Name
  4. Contents (Table of Contents)
  5. approved
  6. Introduction
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AER Use of MANUALS

  1. Manuals are ? ?
    • (primarily designed as references for AER staff or ?.)
  2. They are NOT ? ?
  3. Inspection Manuals often list of requirements found in _______ and other rules, regulations
  4. They have been in use since 2010 and there are ? manuals built so far.
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instructive documents; stakeholders

REGULATORY DOCUMENTS

Directives

18-20

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What is Manual 004 about?

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Alternative Dispute Resolution Program and Guidelines for Energy Industry Disputes.

Explains AER alternative dispute resolution program and its guidelines.

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What Regalatory Powers does the AER operates under?

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REDA

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What does REDA stand for?

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Responsible Energy Development Act

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Summary

Energy regulation has been in place under different “names” since the early days of public utilities and oil & gas drilling in the province of Alberta.​

The main purpose and mission of the Board has been consistent through years of change and development:

AOC

1. Address… 2 Orderly … 3 Control…

  1. APE C 2. ODIP 3. CWAMP
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○ Address Public and Environmental Concerns

○ Orderly Development and Industry Practices

○ Control Waste and Manage Production

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SUMMARY cont’d:. AER communicates information through:

  1. ○ ?(hint:FOs)?, help-lines, etc
  2. ○ AER w___-s____
    1. Information Letters,
    2. Bulletins
    3. E?s,
    4. ____ Sheets,
    5. D_________
    6. ○ Public information related to H_____s and ? Assurance
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  1. Field offices
  2. web-site
    1. Information Letters
    2. Bulletins
    3. EnerFAQs;
    4. Fact Sheets;
    5. DIRECTIVES
    6. ​​​Hearings; Compliance Assurance
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HOW does AER accomplish their Mandate?

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Regulatory compliance

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The Areas where the AER tries to balance the Impact of Projects in the Public Interest

  1. .
  2. .
  3. .
  4. .
  5. .
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  1. Safety
  2. Protect air and water quality; noise
  3. Manage Resources efficiently
  4. Enable Development when it is in the Public Interest
  5. Minimize the impact of Oil and Gas
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Who are stakeholders?

1.

2.

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  1. Those who are not part of the firm but are affected by the physical development of the firm’s Project.
  2. Those who have a stake, claim, or interest in the firms action, such as financial or moral through an implicit or explicit contract.
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Four examples of how the AER ENSURES COMPLIANCE with Regulations

  1. .
  2. .
  3. .
  4. .
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  1. Field Offices
  2. Inspectors
  3. enforcement mechanisms
  4. Cycle of Continuous Improvement
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D-056

Section 1 – overview of ? for ? ? and ? applications

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requirements

public involvement

energy

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D-056

Section 2 – details ? ? from providing ? ? information to confirming ?-?

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participant involvement

non-objection

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D-056

Section 3 – outlines ?1 which MUST accompany energy applications

Section 4 – addresses ?? related to compliance and ?

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Schedule 1

Auditing Process

enforcement

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What is Manual 004 about?

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It explains the ADR program and its guidelines

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Describe AER manuals

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They are instructive documents that provide guidelines and lists of regulations found in other Directives, and other rules and regulations to be used by AER staff or stakeholders. They are not regulatory documents themselves. There are 18 to 20 manuals.

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