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National Energy Board Cancels Enbridge Line 9 Tolls and Tariffs Hearing

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13 September 2007

National Energy Board Cancels Enbridge Line 9 Tolls and Tariffs Hearing

CALGARY - The National Energy Board (NEB, the Board) has cancelled its upcoming hearing on an application by Enbridge Pipelines Inc. (Enbridge) to change the transportation fees on Line 9, its only westbound pipeline. The hearing was scheduled to begin on 24 September 2007 in Stratford, Ontario.

In a letter issued to the NEB on September 12, Enbridge withdrew its application, saying the company had reached an agreement with Imperial Oil (Imperial) on the terms and conditions of a new Transportation Service Agreement for Line 9. Imperial is Line 9's largest shipper. Enbridge also indicated that it will file an application with the Board for 2008 tolls along with a second application to make the existing interim tolls final.

The Board had identified a number of issues for discussion during the proceeding including, but not limited to, the proposed rate base, revenue requirement and whether and to what extent terminal negative salvage should be collected. The Board will assess the need to examine the issue of terminal negative salvage outside the context of this hearing.

Enbridge's Line 9 ships 38 200 cubic metres (240,000 barrels) of liquid petroleum daily from Montreal to Sarnia, Ont. and onward to refineries in Corunna, Ont. The pipeline began westbound service in 1999.

The NEB is an independent federal agency that regulates several parts of Canada's energy industry. Its purpose is to promote safety and security, environmental protection, and efficient energy infrastructure and markets in the Canadian public interest, within the mandate set by Parliament in the regulation of pipelines, energy development and trade.

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2011-10-28