The Government of Prince Edward Island has established an independent review to ensure IRAC remains effective, transparent, accountable, and aligned with modern best practices in regulation and administrative decision-making.
IRAC plays an important role in matters that touch the daily lives of Island residents, from electricity and utility regulation to land ownership approvals, appeals, and a wide range of other regulatory functions.
This review is an opportunity to step back, take a thoughtful look at whether IRAC's current processes and structure are aligned with its mandate and make recommendations regarding modernization and reform.
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Interim Report released, feedback open until October 2
September 18, 2026
The Independent Review of IRAC has released its Interim Report. Our thanks to everyone who has taken part so far, through presentations, written submissions and meetings. This report sets out directions, not final recommendations, and we want to hear from you again. What makes sense to you? What have we missed? What would you change?…
Areas for Review
The Independent Review's work will consider IRAC's mandate and operations as a whole, with particular attention to three areas:
Energy and utility regulation
including rate-setting processes, capital expenditure review, transparency, and ratepayer protection.
Appeals processes
including how consistent, timely, and transparent its decisions are on appeal matters such as planning, rental decisions, property and tax assessments, environmental, and heritage.
Lands Protection Act administration
including recommendation processes, timelines, consistency, and administrative transparency.
Governance and
organizational structure
including IRAC's role as a quasi-judicial appeals tribunal, independence safeguards, organizational design, and public accessibility.
As a tribunal, IRAC administers a range of regulatory, and appeals functions broader than any comparable body in Canada. The Independent Review will benchmark IRAC's structure and practices against similar regulators and tribunals in other provinces and territories, looking at the efficiency and effectiveness of different models.