Canadian Energy Regulator Act (S.C. 2019, c. 28, s. 10).

The Canadian Energy Regulator Act's purpose is to regulate certain energy matters within Parliament’s jurisdiction and, in particular, (a) to ensure that pipelines and power lines as well as facilities, equipment or systems related to offshore renewable energy projects, are constructed, operated and abandoned in a manner that is safe, secure and efficient and that protects people, property and the environment; (b) to ensure that the exploration for and exploitation of oil and gas, as defined in section 2 of the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act, is carried out in a manner that is safe and secure and that protects people, property and the environment; (c) to regulate trade in energy products; and (d) to ensure that regulatory hearings and decision-making processes related to those energy matters are fair, inclusive, transparent and efficient.
The Act establishes the Canadian Energy Regulator and sets out its composition, mandate and powers. The role of the Regulator is to regulate the exploitation, development and transportation of energy within Parliament’s jurisdiction. The Canadian Energy Regulator Act, among other things: (a) provides for the establishment of a Commission that is responsible for the adjudicative functions of the Regulator; (b) ensures the safety and security of persons, energy facilities and abandoned facilities and the protection of property and the environment; (c) provides for the regulation of pipelines, abandoned pipelines, and traffic, tolls and tariffs relating to the transmission of oil or gas through pipelines; (d) provides for the regulation of international power lines and certain interprovincial power lines; (e) provides for the regulation of renewable energy projects and power lines in Canada’s offshore; (f) provides for the regulation of access to lands; (g) provides for the regulation of the exportation of oil, gas and electricity and the interprovincial oil and gas trade; and (h) sets out the process the Commission must follow before making, amending or revoking a declaration of a significant discovery or a commercial discovery under the Canada Oil and Gas Operations Act and the process for appealing a decision made by the Chief Conservation Officer or the Chief Safety Officer under that Act.