National Energy Board Electricity Regulations — 5
5 An application for a permit for the construction and operation of an international power line that exceeds an operating voltage of 50 kV shall contain the following information, unless the Board advises the applicant that the information is already in the possession of the Board or that the information is not relevant to the application: (a) the name of the applicant and of any authorized representative of the applicant and their mailing address, address for personal service, telephone number and any other telecommunications numbers of the applicant or the authorized representative of the applicant; (b) in respect of the owner and the operator of the international power line, (i) their names and addresses, where they are not the applicant, (ii) a description of the power systems that each owns or operates, and (iii) a copy of their most recent annual report; (c) a proof of publication of the notice; (d) a description of any early public notification process implemented by the applicant; (e) a map on a scale sufficient to locate and identify (i) the general route and facility sites being considered, (ii) the alternative route and facility sites under consideration, (iii) the areas subject to physical and environmental constraints, including biophysical and land use or natural resource use constraints, that limit the general route or facility sites, and (iv) the approximate sites of all proposed ancillary facilities; (f) a description of the environmental, land-use and other criteria used for the identification of the proposed, and any alternative, general route and major facility sites; (g) all terminal points and the international boundary crossover point; (h) the distance in kilometres from the international boundary crossover point to each terminal point; (i) a map, on a scale sufficient to locate and identify all essential features, showing (i) all terminal points, the international boundary crossover point and the distance in kilometres from the international boundary crossover point to each terminal point of the international power line in and outside Canada, (ii) the provinces, cities, towns, villages, park boundaries, rivers, major roads, railways and navigable waters through, under or across which the international power line is to pass, and (iii) the power line outside Canada; (j) a plan of survey from which the international boundary crossover point can be accurately determined on the ground; (k) the name and address of the owner and of the operator of the power line outside Canada; (l) a copy of the most recent annual report of the owner and the operator of the power line outside Canada; (m) a brief engineering description of the proposed international power line, including (i) the voltage level, (ii) the number and size of conductors, (iii) a description of the tower or other structures that will provide physical support for the international power line, (iv) a single-line diagram identifying all the facilities that constitute the international power line, (v) the power transfer capability for sustained transmission of power under winter and summer conditions, and (vi) the criteria for the stated power transfer capability; (n) the total export and import power transfer capabilities, with and without the proposed international power line, of the applicant’s power system and of the power system to which it will be interconnected by the international power line, stating the criteria for those capabilities; (o) a copy of (i) each interconnection agreement that relates to the construction of the international power line, and (ii) any other agreement between the applicant and the owner or the operator of the power line outside Canada that relates to the construction and operation of the international power line and the power line outside Canada; (p) a description of the provincial requirements and associated review process that must be satisfied, including (i) a description of the review process applicable to each appr