Direct Lobbying Transparency
| Overall Assessment | Comment | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Moderate | ATCO Ltd. offers only limited insight into which climate-related rules it tries to shape, but it is clearer about the changes it wants those rules to deliver. The company refers to broad policy areas—carbon sequestration, emissions-reduction compliance credits, hydrogen blending rules and investment tax credits for carbon-capture projects—but does not name any specific bills, regulations or consultation processes it has engaged on, merely noting that it is "working with all levels of government to advocate for enabling policy and regulation." Description of its methods is similarly high-level: ATCO says it engages directly with governments by "providing relevant information, perspectives, and recommendations" and by joining "technical and advisory working groups," yet it does not identify which ministries, regulators or legislators it approaches, or whether its outreach takes the form of meetings, letters or submissions. The clearest part of the disclosure concerns the outcomes it seeks; in relation to the Heartland Hydrogen Hub, ATCO states that it is pressing for "carbon sequestration rights, emissions-reduction compliance credits, regulations to allow hydrogen blending into natural gas, and investment tax credits for carbon capture, utilisation and storage," signalling concrete policy changes it wants enacted to make the project economically viable. Overall, the disclosure gives a moderate view of ATCO’s climate-policy lobbying: it sets out several specific policy objectives but remains vague about the particular instruments it lobbies on and how, and about the government bodies that are the focus of its engagement. | 2 |