The Energy Resources Conservation Board (ERCB) was an independent, quasi-judicial agency of the Government of Alberta. It regulated the safe, responsible, and efficient development of Alberta's energy resources: oil, natural gas, oil sands, coal, and pipelines. The ERCB's mandate was to ensure that the discovery, development, and delivery of Alberta's energy resources took place in a manner that was fair, responsible, and in the public interest. The ERCB was dissolved in 2013 and its functions were transferred to the Alberta Energy Regulator.