EDITORS’ NOTE It has been the practice since the launch of Energy Regulation Quarterly in 2013 to focus the Editorial in the first issue of each year on developments in Canadian energy regulation during the preceding calendar year. The incoming […]

The challenges raised by the relentless pursuit of “net-zero” and “electrification” are both immense and pervasive. It is becoming increasingly apparent that meeting those challenges, in many spheres, will likely necessitate innovative approaches, rather than mere incremental modifications to established […]

Sadly, the first item in this issue of Energy Regulation Quarterly (ERQ) is an In Memoriam remembering Gordon E. Kaiser, the Managing Editor who was instrumental in the founding of ERQ more than 10 years ago, who died on May […]

The abandonment of the Mackenzie Gas Project (MGP) in 2017 appeared, at the time, to sound a second death knell for the potential commercial development of the extensive natural gas reserves in the Mackenzie Delta. After a protracted regulatory review, […]

The climate change debate is frequently clouded by extreme claims, sometimes imbued with zealotry, intolerance and denial. Extreme positions, on both sides, can exceed the bounds of intelligent discussion of facts, confusing the real issues and impeding the challenge of […]

This is the last issue of the ERQ for 2023. A number of the articles in this last edition update issues addressed in articles published earlier in the year. The first and possibly the most important is a recent decision […]