Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain Expansion Project (the
"Project") received National Energy
Board (the "NEB") approval on May 19,
2016. Pursuant to its responsibilities under s. 52 of the
National Energy Board Act (the
"Act"), the NEB issued a 553-page report detailing its belief that the
Project is in the public interest and recommending that the Federal
Governor in Council approve the Project, provided it meets 157
conditions. If the Governor in Council also approves the Project,
he will then direct the NEB to issue the necessary Certificate of
Public Convenience and Necessity
("CPCN") for the Project to proceed.
The federal government has committed to make its final decision
on the Project in December, 2016. If approved, the twin lines (the
current pipeline plus the new twinned line) will carry nearly
900,000 barrels of crude oil a day, beginning as early as 2018,
from Edmonton to the Westridge Marine Terminal in Burnaby. At
that point, oil would be loaded onto
