The Managing Editors gratefully acknowledge the contribution of Bennett Jones in the production of this Issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly.
Canadian Energy Reliability Council INTRODUCTION On May 28, 2026, the Canadian Energy Reliability Council (“CERC”) convened an Energy Reliability Summit in Ottawa to discuss the reliability challenges facing Canada’s energy system. The Summit brought together industry leaders, policymakers, reliability experts, […]
In the wake of Canada’s rapid catalyzation of national unity, spurred entirely by President Donald Trump’s threats of a United States takeover, economic or otherwise, one province is seemingly left behind. Talk of secession in Alberta is not new. Besides […]
The Greenhouse Gas Pollution Pricing Act[1] (GGPPA), the constitutionality of which was upheld by a majority of the Supreme Court,[2] expanded federal power at the resistance of most provinces. The revised Impact Assessment Act[3] (IAA) and the new Building Canada […]
It is not often that a case offers an opportunity to clarify the constitutional foundations of the law of judicial review, the ever-present architecture governing review of energy-related decisions. The Supreme Court’s decision in Democracy Watch provided that opportunity. A […]
Oil sands facility-level operational finance modelling by Rory Johnston, Commodity Context INTRODUCTION AND KEY FINDINGS The May 2026 federal-Alberta implementation agreement commits to industrial decarbonization while boosting Western Canadian energy exports. This paper examines the impact of two critical provisions […]
OVERVIEW As the nation embarks on the national strategy for an electrified economy recently announced by the Federal government,[1] provinces across Canada are becoming exposed to the risks of supply shortfalls. The objectives of the national strategy include doubling Canada’s […]
ABSTRACT I use extreme value theory and estimate a Generalized Pareto distribution for wholesale electricity prices using data from seven trading hubs in the United States. My estimates of the shape parameter indicate that the distribution of wholesale electricity prices […]