National Energy Board

Canada's pipeline regulator, the National Energy Board (NEB), is giving energy giant Kinder Morgan some new help to speed up its Trans Mountain expansion project, after recognizing the Texas-based company was showing some "reluctance" to follow the existing rules.

Municipalities and residents in British Columbia are set to argue that the proposed route of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion would damage sensitive ecosystems, harm public parks and trails and adversely impact homeowners.

Alberta's carbon tax jumped on New Year's Day, but the province's NDP government maintains the tax played a vital role in Alberta's improving economic outlook.

The National Energy Board's chief operating officer, Josée Touchette, has left the regulator to accept an executive job with the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development in Paris. Back in Calgary, its NEB's executive in charge of "transparency" has taken a mysterious extended leave of absence.

Greenpeace author Jessica Wilson says the federal energy regulator is playing fast and loose with constitutional obligations by allowing Kinder Morgan to bypass Burnaby, B.C. bylaws for the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Energy company Kinder Morgan has received permission from the federal pipeline regulator to break the rules of the metro Vancouver suburb of Burnaby in its construction of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion. The regulator said it can’t yet explain why it made this decision. B.C.’s Environment Minister George Heyman is shocked and says all Canadians should be concerned.

Lawyer Maureen Killoran, part of a high-powered team of six from a Calgary-based law firm, called for the National Energy Board to quash Burnaby's bylaws on Monday. The regulator entertained the possibility of granting the pipeline company's request.

Kinder Morgan Canada says it is still not in a position to start significant construction on the Trans Mountain expansion project and expects spending on the project for at least part of next year to focus mostly on permitting.

British Columbia says the federal government needs to back off and stop interfering in an independent review process over the approval of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline.

The city has blamed the company’s incompetence for delays, explaining that Kinder Morgan has struggled to follow the rules that apply to all developers. But during a hearing on Wednesday, a lawyer for the city, Gregory McDade, objected to "softball questions" from the NEB to Kinder Morgan.

The procedure would be a departure from the NEB's previous treatment of Kinder Morgan. The regulator had refused to allow cross-examination of company officials in its original hearings to review the project, which were set up when the former Harper government was in power. The Trudeau government has declined to intervene in the case.

Alberta Premier Rachel Notley says she wants the National Energy Board to move quickly to remove roadblocks on the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project.

The National Energy Board has rejected a requested deadline proposed by pipeline giant Kinder Morgan to limit debate about its request to short-circuit provincial and municipal laws standing in the way of its Trans Mountain expansion project.

It seemed oddly perverse to many critics and observers when TransCanada Corporation announced its decision last week to sell off its solar assets and invest the proceeds in new natural gas projects.

When asked about Kinder Morgan's claims on Friday, Burnaby Mayor Derek Corrigan told National Observer in a phone interview that the company was playing "fast and loose with the facts."