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Search public engagements
- Alberta Pension Plan engagement
- Alberta Police Service transition study
- Budget 2024 consultation
- Early Learning and Child Care Funding Formula Approach Engagement
- Food Safety and Licensed Facility-Based Child Care Review Panel
- Gender-based violence engagement
- Institutions Regulation engagement
- K to 6 curriculum engagement
- Life leases review
- Local elections and councillor accountability engagement
- Prompt Payment and Construction Lien Act engagement
- Persons with Developmental Disabilities Safety Standards Consultation
- 2016 Forest and Prairie Protection Act amendments engagement
- Castle and Wildland provincial parks management plan engagement
- Caribou conservation agreement engagement
- Budget 2016 consultation
- Bow Basin water management options engagement
- 10-year tourism strategy engagement
- Physician-assisted death public engagement
- Agency and Human Services Procurement Advisory Table engagement
- Alberta Firearms Advisory Committee
- Child care engagement
- Commercial tenancy support feedback
- Curriculum advisory panel
- Local election rules engagement (2020)
- Mental health and addiction advisory council
- Choice in education engagement
- Skills for Jobs Task Force
- Municipal Government Act review
- Student Transportation Task Force
- Addiction and mental health services engagement
- Cut Red Tape engagement
- Advisory Panel on Coal Communities
- Advocate for Persons with Disabilities consultation
- Wapiti river water management plan engagement
- Bow Valley human-wildlife coexistence engagement
- Energy Efficiency Advisory Panel
- Budget 2020 consultation
- Infrastructure planning engagement
- Food regulation engagement
- Human Trafficking Task Force
- Talent Advisory Council on Technology
- Transportation regulation engagement
- Vision for student learning engagement
- Alberta Energy Regulator review
- Alberta Health Services review
- Arts Professions Act engagement
- Budget 2019 consultation (February)
- Castle region tourism strategy engagement
- Child safety seat consultation
- City Charters
- Condominium rules consultation
- Conversion Therapy Working Group
- Daylight saving time engagement
- Employment standards engagement
- Farm freedom and safety engagement
- FSCD Listening sessions
- MacKinnon Report on Alberta's Finances
- Mental Health Act engagement
- Minimum wage expert panel
- Road testing engagement
- Rural crime engagement
- Supervised consumption services review
- Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction engagement
- Tobacco and smoking reduction review
- Youth employment rules engagement
- Agricultural policy framework engagement
- Commercial driver and road test engagement
- Local Authorities Election Act engagement (2018)
- Local food engagement
- OHS regulations consultation
- Sixties Scoop apology engagement
- Builder licensing engagement
- Consumer protection consultation
- Farm and Ranch workplace consultations
- Farm and ranch workplace legislation
- Glenora building – Former Royal Alberta Museum
- Indigenous off-reserve affordable housing engagement
- OHS system review
- Opioid emergency response commission
- Output Based Allocation System Engagement
- Resident and Family Councils Act - PDD consultation
- Driver medical exams engagement
- Farmer-led research engagement
- Clare’s Law phase 2 engagement
- Alberta Joint Working Group on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG)
- Alberta 2030: Building Skills for Jobs engagement
- Red tape industry panels
- Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act review
- Radiation Protection Act review
- Affordable Housing Review Panel
- Highway 697 bridge financing engagement
- RAPID Response engagement
- Species at risk engagements
- Police Act review
- Victim services engagement
- Family and Community Support Services engagement
- Moose Lake 10 km management zone plan engagement
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Fisheries engagements
- Alberta fisheries management engagement
- Fisheries Action Plan communications preference survey
- Fisheries regulation changes 2019-20 engagement
- Eastern slopes fisheries regulations engagement
- Decontamination protocol engagement for industry and construction
- Barbless hooks engagement
- Bow River fisheries regulation changes engagement
- Lac Bellevue angler survey
- Lower Athabasca region fisheries management survey
- North central native trout recovery engagement
- North Saskatchewan region fisheries management survey
- Northern pike and walleye management frameworks engagement
- South Saskatchewan region fisheries management survey
- 2021-22 Sportfishing regulations engagement
- Fisheries regulations survey
- 2022-23 Sportfishing regulations engagement
- Lake Trout Working Group for Cold Lake
- Porsild’s bryum recovery plan engagement
- Ferruginous hawk draft recovery plan engagement
- Livingstone-Porcupine Hills footprint and recreation plans engagement
- Caribou range planning engagement
- Whitebark and limber pine recovery plan engagement
- Western grebe draft recovery plan engagement
- Bow River access plan engagement
- Peregrine falcon recovery plan engagement
- Bighorn Country proposal engagement
- Minerals strategy stakeholder engagement
- Budget 2021 consultation
- Energy Diversification Advisory Committee
- Condominium dispute resolution engagement
- Climate Change Advisory Panel
- Oil Sands Emissions Limit engagement
- Automobile insurance reform committee
- Mooring standards engagement
- Utilities Consumer Advocate engagement
- Workers' Compensation Board (WCB) Review
- Workers’ compensation review
- Mobile home site issues engagement
- Labour union dues and financial disclosure engagement
- Family Support for Children with Disabilities engagement
- Alberta Crown Land Vision
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Flood study engagements
- Athabasca flood study engagement
- Bow and Elbow River flood study engagement
- Camrose flood study engagement
- Cardston flood study engagement
- Drumheller flood study engagement
- Fort Macleod flood study engagement
- Medicine Hat flood study engagement
- North Saskatchewan River flood study engagement
- Peace River flood study engagement
- Pincher Creek flood study engagement
- Priddis flood study engagement
- Red Deer River flood study engagement
- Sheep River flood study engagement
- Siksika Bow River flood study engagement
- Slave Lake flood study engagement
- St. Albert flood study engagement
- Upper Bow River flood study engagement
- Fort McMurray flood study engagement
- Upper Red Deer River flood study engagement
- Fort Vermilion flood study engagement
- Highwood River flood study engagement
- Sustainable outdoor recreation engagement
- Financing Highway 697 project engagement
- Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Park engagement
- Persons with Developmental Disabilities Committee
- Reviewing Alberta's continuing care system
- Cold Lake Sub-regional Plan engagement
- Bull trout recovery plan engagement
- Roadside worker safety engagement
- Bistcho Lake Sub-regional Plan engagement
- Extended Producer Responsibility engagement
- Energy storage engagement
- OHS Code review
- Sub-regional planning engagements
- Coal policy engagement
- Updated draft K-6 curriculum engagement
- Feral Horse Advisory Committee
- Supporting Alberta Working Parents Advisory Group
- Fish Creek Provincial Park trails engagement
- Bow River Reservoir Options engagement
- Skilled trades and apprenticeship engagement
- Child and Youth Well-Being Review
- Agricultural Policy Framework engagement (2021-23)
- Elder abuse prevention engagement
- Local Food Council
- Surface water quality management framework engagements
- Privacy protection engagement
- Fair Deal Panel
- Strategic Aviation Advisory Council
- Education Services Agreement draft standards engagement
- Wildlife Management and the Vision for Recreational Hunting engagement
- Rural economic development engagement
- Wild turkey management engagement
- Drinking water standards engagement
- Provincial police service engagement
- Surveys Act engagement
- Modernizing cooperative legislation engagement
- Photo radar engagement
- Budget 2022 consultation
- Coordinated Community Response to Homelessness Task Force
- Research Commercialization Working Group
- Mine Financial Security Program engagement
- West Bragg Creek Trails Master Plan engagement
- Made in Alberta engagement
- Potable water regulation updates engagement
- Stormwater management engagement
- Alberta EMS Provincial Advisory Committee
- Edmonton Metro Region Economic Recovery Working Group
- Calgary Office Revitalization and Expansion Working Group
- Writing-on-Stone Provincial Park management plan engagement
- Regulated property assessment model engagement
- Personal Property Security engagement
- Big Island Provincial Park engagement
- Private sector pensions review engagement
- Technology Innovation and Emissions Reduction Regulation Review
- Career Education Task Force
- Parkdale Home stakeholder engagement
- Lower Athabasca Regional Plan review engagement
- Anti-racism engagement
- New teacher code of conduct engagement
- Modernizing Alberta's Primary Health Care System
- New homebuyer protection engagement
- Budget 2023 consultation
- Premier’s Advisory Task Force on Ukraine
- Public Security Indigenous Advisory Committee
- Digital Strategy engagement
- Edmonton Public Safety and Community Response Task Force
- Calgary Public Safety and Community Response Task Force
- Legislature grounds improvement engagement
- 2023-24 Sportfishing Regulation Engagement
- Public Health Emergencies Governance Review Panel
- Post-secondary gender-based violence stakeholder engagement
- Diabetes Working Group
- Tiny Cryptantha Recovery Plan engagement
- Small-Flowered Sand-Verbena Recovery Plan engagement
- Fort Chipewyan working group
- Recovery Expert Advisory Panel
- Improving the health system
- Public inquiry into anti-Alberta energy campaigns
- Glossary of terms
- Public engagements 2012 to 2015
Overview
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) is responsible for regulating the life cycle of oil, oil sands, natural gas and coal projects in a manner that protects public safety and the environment.
As a key economic driver, Alberta’s energy sector requires a well-designed, single regulator to regulate the responsible development of our energy resources.
The Government of Alberta conducted a review of the AER to identify enhancements to its mandate, governance and system operations to ensure Alberta remains a predictable place to invest and a world leader in responsible resource development.
Timeline
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Open
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Results under review
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Completed
Who is listening
Ministry of Energy and Environment and Parks
Engagement
The review of the AER solicited input from stakeholders and communities in the fall of 2019. More than 300 representatives responded, including those from:
- industry
- associations
- investors
- municipalities
- landowners
- environmental organizations
- academics
- think tanks
- Indigenous and Métis communities
- the general public
Feedback and suggestions covered various aspects of the AER’s effectiveness. Notable feedback includes:
- an overhaul of the AER is not needed
- refocusing and modernizing processes will help the AER function effectively and efficiently
- unclear and inflexible processes must be clarified and updated
Outcomes
As a result of the review, the following steps have been taken to improve the AER’s mandate, governance and systems operation.
- Fall 2019: An interim board was appointed. The board provided direction on restructuring, reviewed the industry level that funds the AER, established a recruitment process for a new CEO and updated the mandate and roles documents for clarity and proper oversight.
- March 26, 2020: A permanent CEO was appointed.
- April 1, 2020: A new AER board of directors was appointed
- June 26, 2020: The Responsible Energy Development Amendment Act came into force. The act directly addresses concerns about unnecessary delays in assessing project applications by providing government with the authority to establish maximum timelines for the AER to review applications.
Next steps
Ongoing work is addressing long-standing liability and environmental concerns and focus on implementing a new suite of policies to ensure industry can cover the cost of cleaning up oil and gas wells and sites in a manageable way.
In addition, the AER has been directed to establish a red tape reduction task force to identify unnecessary regulatory steps or duplication in processes.
News
- Act holds AER accountable for timely application reviews (May 27, 2020)
- Alberta Energy Regulator board appointments (April 1, 2020)
- Promise made, promise kept on the Alberta Energy Regulator (September 6, 2019)
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