2023–24 Annual Report of the Canada Energy Regulator – What the Future Holds
In 2024–25, the CER will focus on implementing the first year of the organization's new three-year Strategic Plan and continuing to deliver on its Core Responsibilities.
The CER’s new strategic plan sets out four strategic priorities. These strategic priorities reflect areas of cross-organizational focus and improvement to help the CER better meet its regulatory mandate.
Trust and Confidence: This strategic priority will focus both externally and internally on building trust and confidence with the CER’s various audiences.
Externally, the CER will work to ensure that Canadians, stakeholders, and Indigenous rights holders impacted by CER-regulated infrastructure trust that the organization enables safe, reliable, competitive, and environmentally sustainable energy transmission. The CER will also continue to provide oversight of major projects and compliance verification in its role as a regulator to prevent harm. The organization will communicate transparently and engage meaningfully in all its interactions.
Internally, the CER will strive for an engaged, empowered, and diverse workforce with the skills and competencies to achieve its 2024-27 Strategic Plan. Staff will implement a variety of initiatives within the CER’s Strategic Workforce Plan aimed at ensuring the CER is a workplace where all employees can thrive. Key projects in that plan include the CER Employment Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan; the Official Languages Action Plan; the Indigenous Recruitment, Retention and Advancement Strategy; the Framework for Technical Excellence, a comprehensive Leadership development program; and a revamped Psychological Health and Safety Strategy.
- Reconciliation and Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: The CER will continue to take steps to implement the UN Declaration and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan and advance the work of the Indigenous Advisory and Monitoring Committees and the CER’s Indigenous Monitoring Program under the guidance and advice of the Board and the Indigenous Advisory Committee. It will also progress Action Plan Measure 34, advance collaboration agreements with Indigenous communities, and implement planning, training, other supports and guidance for CER staff for the Indigenous Recruitment, Retention and Advancement Strategy, the Indigenous Procurement Strategy, and the Elders-in-Residence Program.
Competitiveness and Regulatory Excellence: The CER will enhance Canada’s global competitiveness through leadership in regulatory innovation and best practices, focusing on cost-effectiveness, transparency, predictability, timeliness and efficiency of regulatory processes. This includes enhancing meaningful participation in CER proceedings, founded on early and inclusive engagement.
Building on the momentum of the previous strategic priority of Competitiveness, the CER will focus on ongoing improvement initiatives with longer timelines such as revisions to the Onshore Pipeline Regulations, updates to the Filing Manual and the CER Portal project. These projects are a cornerstone of this priority.
Preparing for the Energy Future: The CER will inform the energy transition by offering expertise and insight as the energy system transitions to a net-zero economy across Canada. The CER will also focus on energy innovation, security, competitiveness, and safe and reliable energy transmission infrastructure that is resilient to the effects of climate change.
Further refining aspects of the previous strategic plan, this priority is focused on adapting CER requirements and guidance; improving CER’s readiness to regulate pipelines transporting low-emitting energy forms; support electrification; and enhance climate change resiliency of regulated infrastructure. This priority also aims to identify and implement actions to support industry’s efforts to decarbonize existing CER regulated infrastructure.
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