page_title: Canadian Energy Regulator
hierarchical_section_title: Canadian Energy Regulator
context_page_description: The Canada Energy Regulator is the agency of the Government of Canada under its Natural Resources Canada portfolio, which licenses, supervises, regulates and enforces all applicable Canadian laws as regards to interprovincial and international oil, gas, and electric utilities. The agency came into being on August 28, 2019, under the provision of the Canada Energy Regulator Act of the Parliament of Canada superseding the National Energy Board from which it took over responsibilities.
  In August 2020, Gitane De Silva was appointed as the new CEO of Canada Energy Regulator.
context_section_description: The Canada Energy Regulator (CER) is the agency of the Government of Canada under its Natural Resources Canada portfolio, which licenses, supervises, regulates and enforces all applicable Canadian laws as regards to interprovincial and international oil, gas, and electric utilities. The agency came into being on August 28, 2019, under the provision of the Canada Energy Regulator Act of the Parliament of Canada superseding the National Energy Board from which it took over responsibilities.
  In August 2020, Gitane De Silva was appointed as the new CEO of Canada Energy Regulator (CER).
caption: Pipelines originating from Alberta regulated by the CER