| HISTORY/BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH: | Dates of Founding and/or Dissolution:
The Gas Utilities Board was established through An Act to amend the Gas Utilities Act (S.A. 1962, chapter 28), effective March 20, 1962. The section of the Gas Utilities Act enabling the Gas Utilities Board was repealed by the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board Act (S.A. 1994, chapter A-19.5, section 24).
Functional Responsibility:
When matters involving applications regarding the supply of gas made to the Public Utilities Board or the Oil and Gas Conservation Board (and beginning in 1971 the Energy Resources Conservation Board) affected matters partly in the other Board's jurisdiction, either Board or any person affected could refer the application to the Gas Utilities Board for a decision. The Gas Utilities Board could make an order under the Gas Utilities Act or the Oil and Gas Conservation Act. Certain applications under the Pipe Line Act, 1958, could also be referred to the Board by the Oil and Gas Conservation Board (Energy Resources Conservation Board). The responsibilities of the Gas Utilities Board were further refined in the 1965 amendment to the Gas Utilities Act (S.A. 1965, chapter 34). The Oil and Gas Conservation Board (Energy Resources Conservation Board) and the Public Utilities Board were to enforce any order of the Gas Utilities Board. The Gas Utilities Board decisions could be appealed in the same manner as those for the other two boards. For carrying out its functions, the Board had the powers, rights and privileges of the Public Utilities Board and the Oil and Gas Conservation Board (Energy Resources Conservation Board).
Predecessor and Successor Bodies:
There was no longer a need for the Gas Utilities Board once the Energy Resources Conservation Board and the Public Utilities Board were amalgamated into the Alberta Energy and Utilities Board.
Administrative Relationships:
The Gas Utilities Board worked in relation to the Public Utilities Board and the Oil and Gas Conservation Board, later the Energy Resources Conservation Board.
Administrative Structure:
The Gas Utilities Board was composed of the chairman of the Public Utilities Board, or a representative from the Board, the chairman of the Oil and Gas Conservation Board, or a representative from the Board nominated by the chair, and one member appointed by the Lieutenant Governor. Initially, any member could be made chair, following a 1964 amendment to the Gas Utilities Act, the third member was to the chair.
Names of Chief Officers:
Chairmen of the Gas Utilities Board:
Bruce Cavanagh Whittaker (1964-1978)
Douglas Robert Craig (1981-[1995])
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