Pipelines
Pipelines generation, transmission, distribution or transport.
Overview
Pipelines operators carry safety, reliability, environmental and market obligations, with permits and licences for each facility.
Pipeline operators face integrity management, leak detection, emergency response, damage prevention and, in the US, TSA security directives. Interprovincial and interstate lines answer to federal regulators; local lines to state or provincial ones.
Authorities in this glossary active in it include CER and AER. It sits within energy and utilities.
Check the official sources below for legal scope, applicable dates and exceptions. This entry is an explanatory reference, not legal advice.
Why it matters
Regulators increasingly look at activities and outcomes in this space, so obligations follow the business model rather than the label.
Who it affects
Organisations operating in pipelines, and the vendors who serve them.
Where it sits
Ten linked steps connect where you operate to the proof that you complied.
- 01Jurisdiction
- 02Industry
- 03Activity
- 04Authority
- 05Regulation
- 06Requirement
- 07Guidance
- 08Control
- 09Evidence
- 10Enforcement
Hierarchy
- Part of
- Energy and utilities
Connections
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What to do about it
- 1List the activities you actually perform.
- 2Identify the authorities and licences those activities trigger.
- 3Scope your obligation library to the sector and its activities.
- 4Set up controls and evidence for the highest-risk obligations first.
From requirement to evidence.
Tag your organisation with this sector and Regulation Layer scopes the obligation library to it.
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