NEB Publishes Energy East Project Draft Lists Of Issues For Comment

On May 10, 2017, the National Energy Board (NEB) issued a letter on the draft Lists of Issues related to the Energy East and Eastern Mainline pipeline projects, as well as draft Factors and Scope of the Factors to be considered in the NEB's environmental assessment of each project. As we have described in earlier posts (see here and here), the NEB's restarted hearing process for this proceeding required that all steps from the prior process were voided, meaning that the earlier Lists of Issues were no longer applicable. The new Hearing Panel has decided that the Energy East and Eastern Mainline applications should be combined into one hearing because "the two project applications are closely interrelated and would be most efficiently assessed through a coordinated approach." However, the new Hearing Panel has decided to issue separate Lists of Issues for each application because "[t]here will be different questions and issues that are specific to each project, and the