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Legislation Governing the AER
In 2013, the Responsible Energy Development Act (REDA) established the AER. REDA sets out our mandate, structure, powers, duties, and functions.
The following regulations under REDA provide more details about the AER's legislative framework, including principles governing the transition of the ERCB to the AER and the transfer of jurisdiction over the specified enactments (also below) to the AER.
- Responsible Energy Development Act General Regulation
- Security Management for Critical Infrastructure Regulation
- Specified Enactments (Jurisdiction) Regulation
The rules under REDA are as follows:
- Alberta Energy Regulator Administration Fee Rules
- Alberta Energy Regulator Rules of Practice
- Enforcement of Private Surface Agreement Rules
Energy Resource Enactments
Energy resource enactments are the acts, regulations, and rules governing energy resource development in Alberta that the AER administers.
- Coal Conservation Act
- Gas Resources Preservation Act
- Geothermal Resource Development Act
- Mineral Resource Development Act
- Oil and Gas Conservation Act
- Oil Sands Conservation Act
- Pipeline Act
- Turner Valley Unit Operations Act
Specified Enactments
Specified enactments are the acts and regulations that we administer with respect to energy resource activities. Alberta government departments administer these acts and regulations in relation to other kinds of activities.
- Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
- Activities Designation Regulation
- Administrative Penalty Regulation
- Approvals and Registrations Procedure Regulation
- Conservation and Reclamation Regulation
- Disclosure of Information Regulation
- Environmental Assessment Regulation
- Environmental Assessment (Mandatory and Exempted Activities) Regulation
- Environmental Protection and Enhancement (Miscellaneous) Regulation
- Methane Emission Reduction Regulation
- Ozone-Depleting Substances and Halocarbons Regulation
- Remediation Regulation
- Release Reporting Regulation
- Substance Release Regulation
- Waste Control Regulation
- Wastewater and Storm Drainage Regulation
- Wastewater and Storm Drainage (Ministerial) Regulation
- Mines and Minerals Act
- Public Lands Act
- Water Act
Ministerial Order
- Energy Ministerial Order 105/2014 and Environment and Sustainable Resource Development Ministerial Order 53/2014, pursuant to section 67 of the Responsible Energy Development Act, make the Aboriginal Consultation Direction, in the attached Appendix.
Codes of Practice under the Water Act or the Environmental Protection and Enhancement Act
- Code of Practice for a Waterworks System Consisting Solely of a Water Distribution System
- Code of Practice for Compressor and Pumping Stations and Sweet Gas Processing Plants
- Code of Practice for Outfall Structures on Water Bodies
- Code of Practice for Pipelines and Telecommunication Lines Crossing a Water Body
- Code of Practice for the Release of Hydrostatic Test Water from Hydrostatic Testing of Petroleum Liquid and Gas Pipelines
- Code of Practice for the Temporary Diversion of Water for Hydrostatic Testing of Pipelines
- Code of Practice for Watercourse Crossings
- Code of Practice for Wastewater Systems Consisting Solely of a Wastewater Collection System
- Code of Practice for Wastewater Systems Using a Wastewater Lagoon
- Code of Practice for Waterworks Systems Using High Quality Groundwater
