Abstract: Rural Utilities Gas Franchise areas are created and maintained by Rural Utilities under the authority of the Gas Distribution Act. It contains the following layers: Apex Franchise Areas, ATCO Franchise Areas, Coop Franchise Areas, County Franchise Areas, Independent Franchise Areas, Community Gas Distributors and Customer Meters. “Changes to boundaries are based on a) additions or deletions of lands under the Gas Distribution Act and b) annexations or dissolutions under the Municipal Government Act.” Franchises cannot be issued for federal lands. However, the gas distributors serving these lands are under the authority of the Gas Distribution Act. Please Note: Rural Utilities assumes no responsibility as to the accuracy or completeness of these plans, Individual distributors must be contacted for actual locations of their pipelines. For pipelines located in Indigenous Lands, please contact the applicable Band Administration Office or the gas distributor for that area. Rural Utilities will not be liable for any direct, indirect, special, punitive, or consequential damages arising from the use of, or the inability to use this website. Links to other websites are provided for convenience only. Rural Utilities does not control, endorse, or guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy and timeliness of other websites and is not responsible for the privacy practices of other websites.
Metadata:
File identifier:
C6C28B80-EA3A-4AAF-AE9E-512C9CD22CE6
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Metadata author:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Affordability and Utilities, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Rural Utilities Section, Industry Governance and Rural Utilities
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Suite 108, J.G. O'Donoghue Building
Delivery point:
7000 - 113 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6H 5T6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
ruralutilities@gov.ab.ca
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
780-427-0125
Facsimile:
780-422-1613
Role:
Role code:
publisher
Date stamp:
2022-12-06
Metadata standard name:
NAP - Metadata
Metadata standard version:
1.2
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Vector spatial representation:
Topology level:
Topology level code:
geometryOnly
Geometric objects:
Geometric objects:
Geometric object type:
Geometric object type code:
composite
Geometric object count:
71
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Reference system:
Reference system identifier:
RS Identifier:
Code:
3400
Code Space:
EPSG
Version:
8.8(9.3.1.2)
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Data identification:
Citation:
Citation:
Title:
Rural Utilities Gas Franchise Areas
Date:
Date:
Date:
2017-01-01
Date type:
Date type code:
creation
Date:
Date:
Date:
2023-05-02
Date type:
Date type code:
publication
Date:
Date:
Date:
2023-12-06
Date type:
Date type code:
revision
Cited responsible party:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Affordability and Utilities, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Rural Utilities Section, Industry Governance and Rural Utilities
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Suite 108, J.G. O'Donoghue Building
Delivery point:
7000 - 113 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6H 5T6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
ruralutilities@gov.ab.ca
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
780-427-0125
Facsimile:
780-422-1613
Role:
Role code:
originator
Presentation form:
Presentation form code:
mapDigital
Abstract:
Rural Utilities Gas Franchise areas are created and maintained by Rural Utilities under the authority of the
Gas Distribution Act. It contains the following layers: Apex Franchise Areas, ATCO Franchise Areas, Coop
Franchise Areas, County Franchise Areas, Independent Franchise Areas, Community Gas Distributors and
Customer Meters. “Changes to boundaries are based on a) additions or deletions of lands under the Gas
Distribution Act and b) annexations or dissolutions under the Municipal Government Act.” Franchises cannot
be issued for federal lands. However, the gas distributors serving these lands are under the authority of
the Gas Distribution Act. Please Note: Rural Utilities assumes no responsibility as to the accuracy or
completeness of these plans, Individual distributors must be contacted for actual locations of their
pipelines. For pipelines located in Indigenous Lands, please contact the applicable Band Administration
Office or the gas distributor for that area. Rural Utilities will not be liable for any direct, indirect,
special, punitive, or consequential damages arising from the use of, or the inability to use this website.
Links to other websites are provided for convenience only. Rural Utilities does not control, endorse, or
guarantee the accuracy, completeness, efficacy and timeliness of other websites and is not responsible for
the privacy practices of other websites.
Purpose:
This dataset consists of only boundary polygon features to show the low pressure franchise boundaries of Rural
Utilities under the authority of the Gas Distribution Act.
Status:
Progress code:
onGoing
Point of contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Affordability and Utilities, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Rural Utilities Section, Industry Governance and Rural Utilities
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
Suite 108, J.G. O'Donoghue Building
Delivery point:
7000 - 113 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T6H 5T6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
ruralutilities@gov.ab.ca
Phone:
Telephone:
Voice:
780-427-0125
Facsimile:
780-422-1613
Role:
Role code:
pointOfContact
Resource maintenance:
Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
annually
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Alberta, Canada
Type:
Keyword type code:
place
Descriptive keywords:
Keywords:
Keyword:
Rural Utilities
Keyword:
Franchise Boundary
Keyword:
Pipelines
Keyword:
Gas
Keyword:
Low Pressure
Keyword:
Distribution
Keyword:
AltaGas
Keyword:
Apex Franchise Areas
Keyword:
ATCO Franchise Areas
Keyword:
Coop Franchise Areas
Keyword:
County Franchise Areas
Keyword:
Independent Franchise Areas
Keyword:
Customer Meters
Keyword:
Community Gas Distributors
Type:
Keyword type code:
theme
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Access constraints:
Restriction code:
otherRestrictions
Other constraints:
To access the data you must agree to the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta found at
https://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use constraints:
Restriction code:
license
Other constraints:
Your use of this information will be governed by the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, in
forced as of the date you accessed the information, found at https://open.alberta.ca/licence
Resource constraints:
Legal constraints:
Use limitation:
Distribution Liability: Under the terms of the Open Government Licence - Alberta, the Information is
licensed as is, and the Information Provider excludes all representations, warranties, obligations, and
liabilities, whether express or implied, to the maximum extent permitted by law. The Information
Provider is not liable for any errors or omissions in the Information, and will not under any
circumstances be liable for any direct, indirect, special, incidental, consequential, or other loss,
injury or damage caused by its use or otherwise arising in connection with this licence or the
Information, even if specifically advised of the possibility of such loss, injury or damage.
Resource constraints:
Security constraints:
Classification:
Classification code:
unclassified
User note:
Public/Unrestricted
Classification system:
Government of Alberta Information Security Classification
Handling description:
https://imtpolicy.sp.alberta.ca/standards/Pages/Data-and-Information-Security-Classification.aspx
Spatial representation type:
Spatial representation type code:
vector
Language:
Language Code:
eng
Character set:
Character set code:
utf8
Topic category:
Topic category code:
utilitiesCommunication
Topic category:
Topic category code:
boundaries
Environment description:
Version 6.2 (Build 9200) ; Esri ArcGIS 10.7.1.11595
Extent:
Extent:
Geographic element:
Geographic bounding box:
West bound longitude:
-120
East bound longitude:
-110
South bound latitude:
49
North bound latitude:
60
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Distribution:
Distribution format:
Format:
Name:
File Geodatabase
Version:
10.7.1
Specification:
FGDB
File decompression technique:
ZIP
Distributor:
Distributor:
Distributor contact:
Responsible party:
Organisation name:
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas, Government of Alberta
Position name:
Provincial Geospatial Centre
Contact info:
Contact:
Address:
Address:
Delivery point:
14th Floor, Oxbridge Place
Delivery point:
9820 - 106 Street NW
City:
Edmonton
Administrative area:
Alberta
Postal code:
T5K 2J6
Country:
Country:
CA
Electronic mail address:
AEP.Data@gov.ab.ca
Role:
Role code:
distributor
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://geospatial.alberta.ca/titan/rest/services/agriculture/agriculture_rural_utilities/MapServer
Protocol:
REST
Name:
Rural Utilities Natural Gas Distribution Service Features
Description:
Layers included in this data frame are franchise areas, customer meters, community gas distributors
and low pressure natural gas pipelines in Alberta.
Function:
Online function code:
webService
Transfer options:
Digital transfer options:
Units of distribution:
MB
Transfer size:
10
Online:
Online Resource:
Linkage:
URL:
https://extranet.gov.ab.ca/srd/geodiscover/srd_pub/utilitiesCommunication/RuralUtilitiesGasFranchiseAreas.zip
Protocol:
FTP
Name:
Rural Utilities Franchise Areas (FGDB)
Description:
FGDB for Rural Utilities Franchise Areas (ZIP)
Function:
Online function code:
download
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Data quality:
Scope:
Scope:
Hierarchy level:
Scope code:
dataset
Lineage:
Lineage:
Statement:
This dataset was originally created in Bentley Microstation. Drawn in dgn file based on Order in Council
documents and AltaLIS cadastral files. Then converted to an Esri Feature Class via ESRI ArcGIS. Dataset
contains the following layers: Apex Franchise Areas, ATCO Franchise Areas, Coop Franchise Areas, County
Franchise Areas, Independent Franchise Areas, Community Gas Distributors and Customer Meters.
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Maintenance information:
Maintenance and update frequency:
Maintenance frequency code:
asNeeded
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