To stop reviewing New Energy East Information from TransCanada

May 13, 2015, Toronto – More than sixty groups across Canada are asking the National Energy Board (NEB) to close TransCanada’s Energy East application and keep it closed until the broken federal regulatory process is fixed.

Groups, including environmental, civic, arts, justice and peace organizations, sent their request in a letter to NEB chair Peter Watson asking that TransCanada’s new, updated application, expected in early Fall, not be considered until the NEB’s review process is overhauled. Meanwhile, the NEB continues to review new information sent from TransCanada, despite the fact the company’s application is no longer relevant and out of date. The NEB recently gave TransCanada a deadline of May 20 to justify why it should continue reviewing the application prior to TransCanada’s filing of additional documents in the fourth quarter of 2015.

“TransCanada’s Energy East application was a complete fiasco, but one that continues to be overseen and accepted by the National Energy Board,” said Keith Stewart of Greenpeace Canada. “The federal regulatory system needs a complete overhaul if it is to be relevant and trusted again by Canadians.”

While TransCanada delays its Energy East project for two years as it looks for another oil terminal to replace Cacouna, numerous problems with the regulatory process have come to light. First Nations say th ...