National Energy Board Cost Recovery Regulations — 2
2 In these Regulations, Act means the National Energy Board Act ; ( Loi ) border accommodation commodity pipeline means a commodity pipeline, constructed primarily for the transportation of a commodity other than oil or natural gas across the border between Canada and the United States, that (a) has an outside diameter of less than 100 mm, (b) carries the commodity at pressures of 700 kPa or less, and (c) has a capacity of less than 500 m 3 per day; ( productoduc destiné à un service frontalier ) border accommodation electricity exporter [Repealed, SOR/2009-307, s. 1] border accommodation pipeline means a pipeline, constructed for the transportation of natural gas across a border, that (a) has an outside diameter of less than 100 mm, (b) carries gas at pressures of not more than 700 kPa, and (c) has a capacity of less than 500 m 3 per day; ( pipeline destiné à un service frontalier ) commodity pipeline means a pipeline used primarily for the transportation of a commodity other than oil or natural gas; ( productoduc ) cost of service means the total cost of providing service, including operating and maintenance expenses, depreciation, amortization, taxes and return on rate base; ( coût de service ) delivery means a delivery of natural gas, oil, oil products, natural gas liquids or liquefied petroleum gas; ( livraison ) equichange transfer [Repealed, SOR/2009-307, s. 1] fiscal year , in respect of a company regulated by the Board, means the regular fiscal year of the company; ( exercice ) gas pipeline means a pipeline used for the transmission of natural gas; ( gazoduc ) inadvertent flow means the difference between the actual power flow and the scheduled power flow between two control areas that is caused by imperfect generation control or by an error in frequency bias; ( flux involontaire ) intermediate commodity pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more commodity pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $1,000,000 or more but less than $10,000,000; ( compagnie de productoduc de moyenne importance ) intermediate electricity exporter [Repealed, SOR/2009-307, s. 1] intermediate gas pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more gas pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $1,000,000 or more but less than $10,000,000; ( compagnie de gazoduc de moyenne importance ) intermediate oil pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more oil pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $1,000,000 or more but less than $10,000,000; ( compagnie d’oléoduc de moyenne importance ) large commodity pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more commodity pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $10,000,000 or more; ( compagnie de productoduc de grande importance ) large electricity exporter [Repealed, SOR/2009-307, s. 1] large gas pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more gas pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $10,000,000 or more; ( compagnie de gazoduc de grande importance ) large oil pipeline company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate one or more oil pipelines, the combined annual cost of service of which is $10,000,000 or more; ( compagnie d’oléoduc de grande importance ) large power line company means a person or company that is authorized under the Act to construct or operate an international or interprovincial power line and that annually transmits 50,000 megawatt hours or more of electricity, excluding any transmissions that are inadvertent flow or loop flow; ( compagnie de transport d’électricité de grande importance ) loop flow means an unscheduled power flow on an electri